Toronto Maple Leafs Rumors & News

TSN.ca "The Toronto Maple Leafs may have some competition if they want to keep Leo Komarov in the fold. In an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti translated by Dmitry Chesnokov of Yahoo! Sports, the soon-to-be restricted free agent forward has already spoken to his former KHL club Moscow..." May 22

Toronto Sun "In all things hockey, it seems, Randy Carlyle is about moving forward. The Maple Leafs’ head coach hates the rear-view beyond addressing it briefly and carrying on. But for the big one that got away Monday night in Boston, the blown 4-1 lead in Game 7 of the franchise’s first playoff..." May 19

Toronto Star "James Reimer didn’t fall asleep until well after dawn. “Just lying there, thinking about it.’’ That’s how he’d ended the season too, just lying there, on the ice in Boston, though incapable of thinking through what had just happened, synthesizing it, not in the dreadful finality of the moment,..." May 18

Toronto Star "As Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis wrapped up his season-ending news conference, there was only one player on the roster who received his unwavering support: Phil Kessel. When he mentioned the names of others — such as pending unrestricted free agent Tyler Bozak and No. 1 goalie James Reimer — there..." May 17

Toronto Star "Twenty-four years ago, the Memorial Cup was held in Saskatoon and included 19-year-old enforcer and Maple Leaf draftee Tie Domi of the Peterborough Petes, who spent most of his time riding shotgun for star centre Mike Ricci. Starting Friday night, the Memorial Cup, now attached to a major..." May 16

Toronto Sun "The unshaven faces of sadness and disappointment walked through and around the Maple Leafs dressing room, their expressions of shock saying more than their words could muster. It was that difficult. It was that challenging. It was, in so many ways, that sad for the Maple Leafs. A night that..." May 15

CSN New England "Trailing 4-1 with about 11 minutes left to play in Monday night's Game 7 at the TD Garden, it looked as if the Bruins season would be ending as the result of a blown 3-1 series lead. But the B's scored four unanswered goals to seal the deal on an improbable comeback, as Patrice Bergeron scored..." May 14

Boston Herald "That killer instinct you may have hoped the Bruins had somewhere in them did not surface last night at the Air Canada Centre. And the scoring touch, which had been so unreliable in the regular season before surfacing earlier in the series, has gone missing again as well. As a result, the B’s..." May 13

Boston Herald "Tuukka Rask didn’t even want to talk about what happened to the Bruins in the playoffs three years ago. The reference of the postgame question at the Air Canada Centre last night was, of course, to the B’s blowing a 3-0 lead in the 2010 Eastern Conference semifinal series, as they dropped four..." May 13

Boston Herald "For a team filled with playoff newcomers, the Toronto Maple Leafs have grabbed the momentum in this series like a squad of veterans. Led by goaltender James Reimer, making his first appearance in NHL postseason play, the Leafs head into tonight’s seventh and deciding game against the Bruins..." May 13

CSN New England "After intense, scoreless hockey through two periods Sunday night, it appeared that the first mistake from either team was going to decide whether or not a Game 7 in Boston was going to be necessary. That mistake happened in the opening minutes of the third period as David Krejci couldn’t..." May 13

CSN New England "Adding insult to the injury of losing Game 6 by a 2-1 score to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre, the Bruins will be stuck in Toronto on Sunday night after developing mechanical trouble with the jet they charter. They will instead remain at the Toronto Four Seasons, where they’ve..." May 13

Toronto Star "They grew up watching Game 7s as children. Now the Toronto Maple Leafs — the youngest team in the NHL playoffs — get to play one. It’s Leafs vs. Bruins on Monday night at the TD Garden, with the winner advancing to the second round against the winner of Washington-New York Rangers. “It’s..." May 13

NESN "The Bruins have no one to blame but themselves, and if they don’t figure it out quickly — in less than 24 hours — their season will be over. The B’s played an inexplicably ugly game Sunday night in Game 6 against the Maple Leafs, and Toronto took full advantage of it. The Leafs won the do-or-die..." May 13

Toronto Star "Don Cherry took a veiled shot at Vancouver that earned him an ovation from Toronto Maple Leafs fans. Speaking during the Coach’s Corner segment on “Hockey Night in Canada,” the hockey commentator noted Sunday there were thousands of people watching Game 6 between the Leafs and Boston Bruins..." May 13

Toronto Sun "In the greatest moment of James Reimer’s young career, he skated a circle on the Air Canada Centre ice with his right arm and his goalie stick in the air, the perpetual smile on his reddened face, with an ovation ringing in his ears. He didn’t want to leave. It felt that special. It was that..." May 13

Toronto Sun "For the captain, the goal was one of redemption, not just for himself but for his Maple Leafs teammates who have given so much in the franchise’s uplifting return to the Stanley Cup playoffs. For leading scorer Phil Kessel, it was arguably the biggest goal of his career, a game-winner that..." May 13

WEEI Boston "The Bruins ended up having the comeback that mattered most, Boston came back from a 4-1 deficit in the third period against the Maple Leafs in Game 7 before advancing on an overtime goal from Patrice Bergeron. With the Bruins trailing, 4-1, entering the third, Nathan Horton, Milan Lucic and..." May 13

NHL.com "As if a disappointing 2-1 loss in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the Toronto Maple Leafs wasn’t enough, the Boston Bruins received more bad news Sunday night. Hoping to be able to sleep in their own beds before Monday’s Game 7 at TD Garden, the Bruins were forced..." May 13

Toronto Star "The Maple Leafs go into winner-takes-all Game 7 against the Boston Bruins with a bit of a controversy. Tyler Bozak is day-to-day with an undisclosed upper-body injury and his replacement — Joe Colborne — could be in hot water with coach Randy Carlyle. The Leafs kept Bozak’s injury a secret,..." May 13

Toronto Sun "It was bold, creative and acrobatic, and it showed something that has been growing in the Maple Leafs as a whole against a team that, not so long ago, was painfully lacking: Confidence. Mikhail Grabovski’s daring display two nights ago in Boston — where he scooped the puck on to his stick..." May 12

Toronto Star "Back to Boston. The Maple Leafs pulled off the improbable, forcing a Game 7 on Monday night in Boston with a 2-1 win over the Bruins on Sunday night. Captain Dion Phaneuf, with his first goal of the playoffs, forward Phil Kessel, with his third, and another outstanding performance in net by..." May 12

Toronto Star "At their worst this season, when the Maple Leafs couldn’t clear the puck from their own end and the opposition would outshoot them near 2- 1, Toronto coach Randy Carlyle would occasionally joke that it was all part of his grand plan. Allowing the other team to dominate the Toronto end, allowing..." May 11

The Globe and Mail "No one can say James Reimer does not have a sense of occasion. Throughout the Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff series with the Boston Bruins, the Leafs goaltender was never terrible but not great, either. At the other end of the ice, Tuukka Rask of the Bruins was superb. He was making a case in..." May 11

CBC Sports "Randy Carlyle has been around the Stanley Cup playoffs block. As a player, the 1980-81 Norris Trophy winner suited up for 69 NHL postseason games. When he steps behind the bench of the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 6 of the first-round series against the Boston Bruins on Sunday, it will be..." May 11

The Globe and Mail "You could have switched the jerseys – blue and white for black and gold – and few would have been surprised. As it was, though, this was a shocker. The Toronto Maple Leafs were all over the puck, dominating the play, hemming the Boston Bruins in their own zone for a full 20 minutes to start..." May 11

Toronto Star "A puck in the face to Mark Fraser is not the way John-Michael Liles envisioned getting back in the Maple Leafs lineup, but the veteran blue-liner is happy to get a second chance to prove he belongs. He played Game 1, but was a healthy scratch the next three games. “It’s never easy, just keep..." May 10

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Toronto Star "The captain took the weight and the blame. “It’s a big mistake and a bad time to make it,’’ said Dion Phaneuf, facing a phalanx of reporters in the funereal wake of a Game 4 loss, his face both pink from exertion and grey, a look of bruising around the eyes, in the eyes. “I take..." May 09

Toronto Sun "Mark Fraser is recovering at home after having surgery on Wednesday night. The Maple Leafs defenceman was hit in the forehead by a Milan Lucic shot during the Leafs’ 4-3 overtime loss against the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal. “(Fraser) had surgery last night..." May 09

Boston Herald "Things didn’t look all that great for the Bruins as the overtime minutes played out last night at the Air Canada Centre. Hours earlier, they had erased a 2-0 Maple Leafs lead, scoring three straight second-period goals to seemingly take command of Game 4 of this first-round series. But they..." May 09

Toronto Sun "In just two playoff games Jake Gardiner has provided glimpses of what could be, of what might have been more often this season had circumstances been different. There was that precision pass in Game 2 that sprung Tyler Bozak for an excellent scoring opportunity in Boston. The skating ability..." May 08

Hockey's Future "The following article details the 2012-13 Toronto Maple Leafs Prospect Award winners. Morgan Rielly was the big winner with three awards, while Tony Cameranesi also took home multiple awards. The annual award winners were selected by the author with input from Hockey's Future staff..." May 08

Boston Globe "On Tuesday afternoon, Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said the Bruins were cheating on faceoffs in Game 3, because as the visitors, they were supposed to put their sticks down first. After he reviewed video, Carlyle said that wasn’t happening. In response, Bruins coach Claude Julien said he..." May 08

Boston Herald "The Bruins seized control of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs last night at Air Canada Centre. The B’s got a first-period tally by Adam McQuaid and second-period goals from Rich Peverley, Nathan Horton and Daniel Paille, and then David Krejci..." May 07

Boston Herald "It’s not often that a goaltender steals the show in a 5-2 playoff victory. But that was the case last night as the Bruins took a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. While the Bruins had a pretty good offensive assault, throwing 38 shots at the..." May 07

Yahoo! Sports "The Boston Bruins helped their city’s healing process after bombings at the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured well over 250 more. Their first game after the tragedy featured a stirring rendition of the National Anthem, “WE ARE BOSTON!” chants and a video montage themed to the slogan..." May 07

CSN New England "In the battle of goaltenders in the Bruins/Leafs series, Tuukka Rask is pretty clearly getting the upper hand against young Toronto Maple Leafs puck-stopper James Reimer. Rask made 17 saves during a frantic third period as the desperate Toronto bunch threw everything at the Boston net, and the..." May 07

Boston Herald "The Bruins did not acquire Jaromir Jagr to be close to a point-a-game contributor for the last handful of regular-season games, although that was nice. No, the B’s got him chiefly to provide a boost to the No. 3 line in the playoffs — no doubt recalling the critically important production of..." May 06

Toronto Star "James Reimer must have this figured out. No, not the whole mystery of goaltending. Goodness gracious, goalies who played in the NHL 20 years ago remain fascinated by the evolution of the art, the newest gear and the unending truth that what works this season may not work next year. The learning..." May 06

Toronto Star "There is no Klassic Kessel goal. Not the peerless one-timer of an Alex Ovechkin. Not the quintessential wrister of an Evgeni Malkin or Sidney Crosby. Not the sublime backhander of a Mats Sundin. Certainly not the rocket of a Zdeno Chara. But give the Leaf sniper just a sliver of open space to..." May 06

Toronto Star "Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle, one of the NHL’s best strategists, has a simple but daunting task heading into Game 3 of the first-round series against the Boston Bruins. Quite simply, can Carlyle reproduce on Monday the line-changing and matchup strategies he deployed to winning effect in Game..." May 06

Toronto Sun "The smile came across Tyler Bozak’s face when he began to describe the video he watched on Sunday morning. It wasn’t game film — although that probably would have had him smiling. It was footage of Maple Leaf Square from Saturday night and the celebration that followed Phil Kessel’s first..." May 06

Boston Herald "The Bruins seized control of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals with a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre. The B’s got a first-period tally by Adam McQuaid and second-period goals from Rich Peverley, Nathan Horton and Daniel Paille and then David Krejci sealed it..." May 06

NESN "The Phil Kessel storyline is one that’s not going away anytime soon in the first-round series between the Maple Leafs and Bruins, especially after Saturday’s Game 2. The former Bruins forward, who has had more than his share of misery against his old team, went a long way in erasing any of..." May 05

Toronto Star "The big guns fired, and the reinforcements pitched in. That was the simple formula employed by the Maple Leafs in stunning the Boston Bruins on Saturday night, the first road playoff win for the Leafs in Boston in 41 years and a verdict that dramatically altered the conversation around this..." May 05

Toronto Sun "There is no emotional attachment for Steve Kasper, not after all these years and the sour way it ended for him in Boston. This is still his home. He lives here without much notice, played his best hockey for the Bruins, coached the team, but if there was once a feeling for the organization,..." May 04

Boston Herald "The first time Phil Kessel touched the puck Wednesday, he heard the noise. Over 17,000 fans at the Garden booed the former Bruin mercifully as he collected the puck right above the left faceoff circle. That was only 1:43 into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals and the night didn’t..." May 03