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Maple Leafs reward defenceman Simon Benoit with three-year extension
Mark Giordano, TJ Brodie rise from the depths as Maple Leafs blast Washington Capitals
We interrupt this narrative on lack of defensive depth with the Maple Leafs for a special pronouncement from Mark Giordano and TJ Brodie. Don’t count them out of important roles when playoffs roll around in three weeks. Missing injured starters ...
Canucks: The number that explains Dakota Joshua's season
After being out injured for six weeks, Dakota Joshua finally returned to the Vancouver Canucks’ lineup on Thursday night. And it was no small role he was filling: before he was hurt, he’d been a linchpin on a hard-working third line with Conor ...
A year after Maple Leafs trade, Rasmus Sandin's 'quality evolution' continues for Capitals
Spencer Carbery can see the next step for Rasmus Sandin. Fans of the Maple Leafs might want to glance in another direction. “He’s just about to get to that point where he’s a top-three, top-four D-man, where he can really drive play,” ...
Stu Cowan: Canadiens' Juraj Slafkovsky growing both on and off the ice
The Canadiens’ Juraj Slafkovsky had to grow up quickly in Slovakia. Slafkovsky left home at age 14 to pursue his hockey career and was living by himself while playing with Slovakia’s HC Koske U16 team, where he had 30-24-54 totals in 23 ...
Leafs star Auston Matthews questionable to face Alex Ovechkin and Capitals
The Alex Ovechkin-Auston Matthews battle on Bay Street could be a one-man show on Thursday. Matthews was not at Toronto’s morning skate, with coach Sheldon Keefe saying he is ill — though not with the flu bug that has taken a toll on the ...
THE BREAKDOWN: The Senators score early, and often, in 6-2 win over Buffalo Sabres
SENATORS 6, SABRES 2 Better late than never. The Ottawa Senators got off to a strong start with five goals in the first period and then got the job finished in a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night at the KeyBank ...
Samsonov says he's good to go but Woll starts for Maple Leafs on Thursday
Good thing it wasn’t a groin issue for Ilya Samsonov after all. Some suspected that the Maple Leafs goaltender had suffered that particular injury late in the team’s victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Not so, Samsonov said on ...
How the Canucks improved their team culture — and how it can still get better
Midway through Wednesday’s practice at the University of B.C., Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet pulled his players in and stood at the whiteboard. The drill they were skating through wasn’t working and it was clear he wasn’t blaming the ...
Canucks: Rick Tocchet 'not really concerned' about Elias Lindholm injury
Elias Lindholm was a scratch from Monday night’s 3-2 Vancouver Canucks loss against the Los Angeles Kings. That came after he’d been absent from practices in previous days, an acknowledgment by head coach Rick Tocchet that Lindholm was managing ...
Marner looking good, but return to Maple Leafs lineup not yet imminent
To a casual observer, Mitch Marner looked just fine on Wednesday. The star winger was one of the few Maple Leafs to skate at the Ford Performance Centre, and from the way he was moving his feet and using his edges, he appeared to be on the ...