May 2024 - Toronto Maple Leafs Wiretap

Auston Matthews Scores 40th Goal, Reaches 600 Career Points

Jan 28, 2024 2:21 AM

Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 40th goal to reach 600 career points, and the Toronto Maple Leafs completed a home-and-home sweep of the Winnipeg Jets with a 4-2 victory Saturday night.

"I'm just trying to stay consistent, trying to work every night," said Matthews. At 527 games, he's the fastest Toronto player to reach the milestone. "I don't think tonight was necessarily our best game as a line, but I just thought we stayed patient. Just try to stay with it, get an opportunity on the power play and make good on it."

Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, Game Recap, Personal Award

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Maple Leafs' Calle Jarnkrok Out 3-4 Weeks

Jan 27, 2024 8:54 PM

A broken knuckle will keep Toronto Maple Leafs forward Calle Jarnkrok out for three to four weeks, coach Sheldon Keefe said Saturday.

The injury occurred Friday in practice when Jarnkrok's left hand was hit by a shot.

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Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Injury

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NHL Reveals Captains For All-Star Weekend

Jan 21, 2024 1:54 AM

The NHL revealed some famous names set to captain its All-Star Game weekend festivities in Toronto next month, from the players themselves to some well-known personas.

Saturday night's announcement unveiled members of all four teams, each with an NHL player captain, co-captain, celebrity captain and designated jersey color, that will draft from the pool of previously selected All-Stars on Feb. 1. Those groupings will then last throughout the skills competition on Feb. 2 and play together during the All-Star Game on Feb. 3.

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Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche, All-Star

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Canucks' Thatcher Demko Receives Most All-Star Votes

Jan 14, 2024 12:36 AM

William Nylander, Mitch Marner and Morgan Rielly from the Toronto Maple Leafs were selected for the NHL All-Star Game on Saturday through the results of a fan vote.

The Vancouver Canucks had four players voted into the Feb. 3 game in Toronto: goaltender Thatcher Demko, and forwards Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser. Demko received the most votes with 1,398,699, followed by Nylander (1,393,578), Colorado defenseman Cale Makar (1,065,367) and Pettersson (976,716).

Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl, Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and Boston Bruins goaltender Jeremy Swayman also made it into the showcase event through the fan vote.

The NHL said more than 36 million votes were cast over eight days, setting a record.

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Tags: Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, All-Star

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Maple Leafs Give William Nylander Eight-Year, $92M Deal

Jan 8, 2024 1:23 PM

William Nylander isn't going anywhere.

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Monday an eight-year, $92 million contract extension with their top-line winger. The deal, which includes a full no-movement clause for its duration, kicks in next season and will keep Nylander with the club through 2032. It also marks the richest total value contract Toronto has ever offered to a player.

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Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Signing

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Maple Leafs Send Ilya Samsonov To AHL

Jan 1, 2024 7:16 PM

The Toronto Maple Leafs loaned veteran goaltender Ilya Samsonov to their AHL affiliate Monday, the team announced.

Samsonov, who will report to the Toronto Marlies, was placed on waivers Sunday, but cleared the 24-hour window without any claims from other NHL teams.

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Tags: Toronto Maple Leafs, Misc Rumor, Waiver

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