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If you’re both a Toronto Maple Leafs and a Toronto Blue Jays fan, I completely understand if you don’t have the appetite to read anything Blue Jays-related right now. In a rare instance of breaking Blue Jays news on a Maple Leafs site, if you haven’t heard, the Blue Jays and star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr failed to reach a contract agreement before the deadline that … [Read more...] about New Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer compares pitchers to goaltenders

The 4 Nations Face-Off has captivated the hockey world and has been everything as advertised. The first 10 minutes of the Canada/USA game on Saturday night was arguably the fastest 10 minutes in hockey history, of course, after the first nine seconds when Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk, and J.T Miller decided to follow through with their group-chat promise to drop the gloves … [Read more...] about Around the NHL: Tkachuk injury update for USA, Islanders’ Nelson trade linked to Jets, Ducks listening to trade offers on Zegras

Auston Matthews isn’t always the most vocal leader but he let his game do the talking in Team USA’s 3-1 victory over Canada on Saturday. Matthews didn’t necessarily make an impact on the scoresheet, but he was excellent defensively while registering three hits as Team USA controlled 64 percent of the expected goals when he was on the ice in all situations, via Natural Stat … [Read more...] about Auston Matthews shakes off the boos to send a message in USA’s win over Canada

It’s easy to see a path where some of the current Maple Leafs on the roster will be shown the door. If new players are coming in at the trade deadline someone is going to come out.  When it comes to moving on from one of these players it seems like the most likely decision that Brad Treliving will make is to pay a little higher price on an asset that he is acquiring to send out … [Read more...] about Moving Max Domi: Which teams don’t want to give up a lot of assets for offence?

The most anticipated men’s international contest of the past decade more than lived up to the hype, as Team USA edged Team Canada 3-1 Saturday at the Bell Centre. In a politically charged arena, there were three fights in the opening nine seconds, reinvigorating a sense of nationalism between both teams, and watch parties across the continent. Jake Guentzel scored twice, … [Read more...] about 6 takeaways from Canada-USA thriller: Mayhem in Montreal, Guentzel, Larkin elevate for USA