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Con artist or visionary? John Chayka and his turbulent road to becoming Maple Leafs general manager

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
John Chayka’s rocky introduction as general manager of the Maple Leafs reverberated through hockey rinks and boardrooms across North America. From New York to Saskatchewan and Raleigh, N.C. to Scottsdale, Ariz., people who know him and have worked with him couldn’t believe the words they were hearing to describe him: con artist, charlatan.
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Con artist or visionary? John Chayka and his turbulent road to becoming Maple Leafs general manager

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
John Chayka’s rocky introduction as general manager of the Maple Leafs reverberated through hockey rinks and boardrooms across North America. From New York to Saskatchewan and Raleigh, N.C. to Scottsdale, Ariz., people who know him and have worked with him couldn’t believe the words they were hearing to describe him: con artist, charlatan.
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Marlies vs. Wolves: Toronto takes Calder Cup in five games Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
The Toronto Marlies are Calder Cup champions for a second time. Easton Cowan set up three goals in the second period as the Marlies rallied to beat the Chicago Wolves 4-3 Friday night to take the Calder Cup final in five games. Landon Sim, Bo Groulx, Jacob Quillan and Vinni Lettieri, with the winner, scored as the Marlies won the Calder Cup for the first time since 2018.
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Marlies vs. Wolves: Maple Leafs farm team captures Calder Cup and inspires hope

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Welland Tribune Verified
Cowan’s three assists propelled the Toronto Marlies to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Wolves and American Hockey League supremacy on Friday night at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Never mind, let’s make a lot of it. The Maple Leafs’ farm team is the Calder Cup champion after all. “To be able to come down here and win a championship is something special,” said Cowan, who spent most of the season with the Leafs. “I’m just super proud of these guys. I mean, they grinded all year.
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Marlies vs. Wolves: Maple Leafs farm team captures Calder Cup and inspires hope

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Niagara Falls Review Verified
Cowan’s three assists propelled the Toronto Marlies to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Wolves and American Hockey League supremacy on Friday night at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Never mind, let’s make a lot of it. The Maple Leafs’ farm team is the Calder Cup champion after all. “To be able to come down here and win a championship is something special,” said Cowan, who spent most of the season with the Leafs. “I’m just super proud of these guys. I mean, they grinded all year.
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Maple Leafs beef up defence with Darren Raddysh for $68M and address Matthew Knies rumours Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
There’s a lot of noise around the Maple Leafs. None of it appears to be on the mark. And now, add defenceman Darren Raddysh, who would have been the biggest fish in free agency come July 1. On Friday, Chayka sent a fifth-round pick in next week’s NHL draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning for his negotiating rights and promptly signed the 30-year-old blueliner to an eight-year, $68-million (U.S.) deal, or $8.5 million per season.
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Marlies vs. Wolves: Chicago rallies from two goals down to win in overtime and force Game 5 Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
The Toronto Marlies looked like they were going to hoist the Calder Cup on Thursday night. But the Chicago Wolves put the champagne on ice and the celebrations of more than 8,000 rabid fans on hold with a pair of goals early in the third period and an overtime winner. The top farm team of the Carolina Hurricanes beat the top farm team of the Maple Leafs 4-3, staving off elimination and forcing Game 5 tonight, again at the Coca-Cola Coliseum.
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New Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller talks Toronto pressure and analytics

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| St. Catharines Standard Verified
He’ll get to do it all the time now. The Leafs introduced Hiller, a former assistant in the Mike Babcock era, as the franchise’s 41st head coach on Wednesday. “I know it’s a big job and it’s a big market, but it’s not something that I’m going to personally have to change much,” said Hiller.
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New Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller talks Toronto pressure and analytics

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Niagara Falls Review Verified
He’ll get to do it all the time now. The Leafs introduced Hiller, a former assistant in the Mike Babcock era, as the franchise’s 41st head coach on Wednesday. “I know it’s a big job and it’s a big market, but it’s not something that I’m going to personally have to change much,” said Hiller.
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New Maple Leafs head coach Jim Hiller talks Toronto pressure and analytics

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
He’ll get to do it all the time now. The Leafs introduced Hiller, a former assistant in the Mike Babcock era, as the franchise’s 41st head coach on Wednesday. “I know it’s a big job and it’s a big market, but it’s not something that I’m going to personally have to change much,” said Hiller.
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Marlies vs. Wolves: Easton Cowan scores and Artur Akhtyamov shines as Toronto takes command of Calder Cup final Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
With the Maple Leafs’ top brass watching closely, rookie forward Easton Cowan and goalie Artur Akhtyamov put on a show in Game 3 of the Calder Cup final. Cowan scored in the second period and Akhtyamov was at his acrobatic best as the Marlies beat the Chicago Wolves 1-0 Tuesday night to take a stranglehold on the best-of-seven AHL championship series. With three wins in as many games, the Marlies can win the Calder Cup as early as Thursday’s Game 4, also at Coca-Cola Coliseum.
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Mitch Marner opens up about ‘dark days’ with Maple Leafs Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Former Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner said Tuesday there were times in Toronto when the thought of playing hockey “was really tough.” “When I said that, I think mental health is a super important thing to me, it really is,” said the 29-year-old Marner. “I’ve been really trying to take care of my mental health probably for the last five years or so.
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Maple Leafs shake things up with Joseph Woll trade — and there could be more to come

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
The remake of the Toronto Maple Leafs is underway, with GM John Chayka making his first significant trade with a decision on his head coach just “days” away. Chayka acquired five-foot-nine defenceman Emil Andrae, goalie Samuel Ersson and a third-round pick in the 2026 draft from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for goaltender Joseph Woll and defenceman Simon Benoit. But this is only the beginning.
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Wannabe Maple Leafs are making an impression in the Marlies’ Calder Cup playoff run

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
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Wannabe Maple Leafs are making an impression in the Marlies’ Calder Cup playoff run

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Out of all the Marlies call-ups late in the NHL season, Groulx probably impressed the most. “It sucks a bit that Chief lost his job,” Groulx told the Star in an interview midway through the AHL playoffs. “He did a great job with me, giving me a lot of ice time and putting his trust in me.
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Wannabe Maple Leafs are making an impression in the Marlies’ Calder Cup playoff run

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Welland Tribune Verified
Out of all the Marlies call-ups late in the NHL season, Groulx probably impressed the most. “It sucks a bit that Chief lost his job,” Groulx told the Star in an interview midway through the AHL playoffs. “He did a great job with me, giving me a lot of ice time and putting his trust in me.
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Frederik Andersen raises Stanley Cup in honour of Claude Lemieux: ‘It felt right’ Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
It’s a testament to how much the Carolina Hurricanes respect Frederik Andersen when captain Jordan Staal chose to hand the Stanley Cup to the goalie. “I was very surprised, so I was caught off guard for sure,” Andersen told “Hockey Night in Canada” on Sunday. “It’s gonna take a while to process that.” The former Maple Leafs goalie is popular to say the least and, at 36, is second to 37-year-old Staal in age. Somebody gets the Cup after the captain and Staal chose Andersen.
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Carolina caps Hurricane season by winning Stanley Cup in six games

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
The Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions. It took goals by Taylor Hall, Jackson Blake and an empty-netter from Nikolaj Ehlers, as well as the goaltending of Brandon Bussi, for Carolina to skate off with a 3-0 win Sunday night, downing the Vegas Golden Knights in six games. The Stanley Cup was in the house, and friends and family of Hurricanes players had flown in for Game 6, both potential distractions.
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Marlies vs. Wolves: Logan Shaw scores in overtime to give Toronto 2-0 lead in Calder Cup final Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Logan Shaw’s overtime winner has put the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup within reach of the Toronto Marlies. Shaw tapped in a loose puck at the side of the net to give the Maple Leafs’ top farm team a 5-4 over the Chicago Wolves, the top farm team of the Carolina Hurricanes, in Rosemont, Ill., on Sunday. For a moment it looked as if the Marlies captain was the only person in the rink to know the puck went in. “It was stuck up against the pad and the post and I tried to flick it,” Shaw said.
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Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes: Carolina could hoist the Stanley Cup in Vegas on Sunday night

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
With captain Jordan Staal leading the way, and stars Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov getting their footing, the Hurricanes moved to within one win of the NHL championship with a 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the Cup final on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. “It required everything we have,” Staal told reporters at the Lenovo Center. “It required everything, and it’s going to require everything to finish this off.
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Joe Pavelski confirms he’s in running for Maple Leafs head-coaching job Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Retired NHLer Joe Pavelski says he finds the prospect of coaching the Maple Leafs “intriguing.” The long-time San Jose Shark confirmed he’s in the running for the vacant job when he met the media Thursday to promote a celebrity golf tournament in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. “Well, I just heard (Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald) say you don’t get to play as much golf when you’re a coach, so we’ll have to take that into consideration,” Pavelski said in an interview posted by @sjhockeynow.
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Marlies coach open about NHL ambitions ahead of the Calder Cup Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Not that John Gruden is necessarily in the running, but the Marlies coach seemed very happy to be asked if new Maple Leafs GM John Chayka has talked to him at all about the vacant head coaching job in the NHL. The answer was no, but that’s not the end of the world. “He’s done a good job of letting us finish the year and leaving us alone,” Gruden said after Marlies practice Tuesday. “Some nice texts and so forth.
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Hurricanes vs. Golden Knights: Jordan Staal builds Conn Smythe Trophy case, Carolina ties Stanley Cup final in Game 4

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
If there’s a candidate for the Conn Smythe Trophy not named Mitch Marner, it might as well be the age-defying Jordan Staal. The 37-year-old Carolina captain scored twice, including the game winner, leading the Hurricanes to a 5-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night. That tied the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final at two games apiece, with Game 5 set for Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. Staal has scored in all four games so far, and has seven in the playoffs.
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The World Cup is coming to Toronto. Here’s how hardcore fans are celebrating with food, drink and gathering places brimming with soccer pride

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By Libaan Osman Verified, James Bullanoff, Sadeen Mohsen, Kevin McGran Verified, Mike Wilner Verified, Francine Kopun Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
Group A Mexico • South Africa • South Korea • Czech Republic “We’re Mexican, so we just push for each other”: Brandon Valenzuela on his support for his home country. The Fan Toronto Blue Jays rookie catcher Brandon Valenzuela, 25. Cheering for The native of Hermosillo is cheering for his home country, Mexico. The nation, which is co-hosting along with Canada and the U.S., is a World Cup regular. This year marks El Tricolor's 18th appearance, and they have reached the quarterfinals twice.
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The Maple Leafs have narrowed their field of head coaching candidate to five

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
The Maple Leafs are getting down to the nitty-gritty when it comes to hiring their next coach. Just five candidates remain, with Patrick Roy and Joe Pavelski believed to be among those that made the final cut, according to both TSN and Sportsnet. General manager John Chayka said last week in Buffalo at the NHL draft combine that he was looking for a coach who can deal with players in their prime, veteran players, role players, and young players starting out their careers.
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The Maple Leafs have narrowed their field of head coaching candidates to five

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Welland Tribune Verified
The Maple Leafs are getting down to the nitty-gritty when it comes to hiring their next coach. Just five candidates remain, with Patrick Roy and Joe Pavelski believed to be among those that made the final cut, according to both TSN and Sportsnet. General manager John Chayka said last week in Buffalo at the NHL draft combine that he was looking for a coach who can deal with players in their prime, veteran players, role players, and young players starting out their careers.
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The Maple Leafs have narrowed their field of head coaching candidates to five

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
The Maple Leafs are getting down to the nitty-gritty when it comes to hiring their next coach. Just five candidates remain, with Patrick Roy and Joe Pavelski believed to be among those who made the final cut, according to TSN and Sportsnet. General manager John Chayka said last week in Buffalo at the NHL draft combine that he is looking for a coach who can deal with players in their prime, veterans, role players and young players starting their careers.
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Toronto Marlies take long road to get to Calder Cup final: ‘It’s not supposed to be easy’

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Welland Tribune Verified
“I don’t think I’ve ever scored a bigger goal than this,” Nylander told the media after the game. “It feels unbelievable.” Nylander’s overtime goal Sunday night against his former team — the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins — forged a 2-1 victory and clinched a spot in the AHL Calder Cup final for the Marlies. “It was amazing when it went in, but we’ve got one more round to go,” he said.
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Toronto Marlies take long road to get to Calder Cup final: ‘It’s not supposed to be easy’

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
“I don’t think I’ve ever scored a bigger goal than this,” Nylander told the media after the game. “It feels unbelievable.” Nylander’s overtime goal Sunday night against his former team — the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins — forged a 2-1 victory and clinched a spot in the AHL Calder Cup final for the Marlies. “It was amazing when it went in, but we’ve got one more round to go,” he said.
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Toronto Marlies take long road to get to Calder Cup final: ‘It’s not supposed to be easy’

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Waterloo Region Record Verified
“I don’t think I’ve ever scored a bigger goal than this,” Nylander told the media after the game. “It feels unbelievable.” Nylander’s overtime goal Sunday night against his former team — the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins — forged a 2-1 victory and clinched a spot in the AHL Calder Cup final for the Marlies. “It was amazing when it went in, but we’ve got one more round to go,” he said.
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Vegas Golden Knights embrace role as the NHL’s Evil Empire. Carter Hart could be their chief villain

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
“I’m super grateful and just excited for this opportunity to be playing hockey in June,” the Golden Knights goaltender told the Star in a one-on-one interview after Game 1 of the final against the Carolina Hurricanes. “It feels like the last time I played hockey in June was probably spring hockey when I was 11 or 12 years old. “Those are some of the best memories of my life, playing hockey as a kid.
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Vegas wins a night of big swings after almost wasting Mitch Marner’s monster Game 3

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
In a Stanley Cup game of incredible momentum swings, it was Vegas’s Shea Theodore who saved the day. Theodore’s goal in the sixth minute of the second overtime period gave the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 win Saturday night in front of an elated crowd at T-Mobile Arena that had been stunned into silence after their heroes blew a 4-0 lead built on a four-point night from Mitch Marner. “Crazy,” Marner told “Hockey Night In Canada” moments after Theodore’s goal.
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Marlies one win from the Calder Cup final, with Landon Sim and the fourth line setting the tone

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| St. Catharines Standard Verified
The Toronto Marlies are one win away from going to the Calder Cup final, but winning it won’t be easy. “To close out a series is the hardest game,” Marlies rookie Landon Sim said. “We’ve just got to do what the coaches say, put our hearts in it, and it should work out for us.” Sim, from New Glasgow, N.S., got his first professional playoff goal Friday in a 5-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
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Marlies one win from the Calder Cup final, with Landon Sim and the fourth line setting the tone

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
The Toronto Marlies are one win away from going to the Calder Cup final, but winning it won’t be easy. “To close out a series is the hardest game,” Marlies rookie Landon Sim said. “We’ve just got to do what the coaches say, put our hearts in it, and it should work out for us.” Sim, from New Glasgow, N.S., got his first professional playoff goal Friday in a 5-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
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Marlies one win from the Calder Cup final, with Landon Sim and the fourth line setting the tone

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Waterloo Region Record Verified
The Toronto Marlies are one win away from going to the Calder Cup final, but winning it won’t be easy. “To close out a series is the hardest game,” Marlies rookie Landon Sim said. “We’ve just got to do what the coaches say, put our hearts in it, and it should work out for us.” Sim, from New Glasgow, N.S., got his first professional playoff goal Friday in a 5-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
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Marlies one win from the Calder Cup final, with Landon Sim and the fourth line setting the tone

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
The Toronto Marlies are one win away from going to the Calder Cup final, but winning it won’t be easy. “To close out a series is the hardest game,” Marlies rookie Landon Sim said. “We’ve just got to do what the coaches say, put our hearts in it, and it should work out for us.” Sim, from New Glasgow, N.S., got his first professional playoff goal Friday in a 5-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
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Marlies one win from the Calder Cup final, with Landon Sim and the fourth line setting the tone

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Welland Tribune Verified
The Toronto Marlies are one win away from going to the Calder Cup final, but winning it won’t be easy. “To close out a series is the hardest game,” Marlies rookie Landon Sim said. “We’ve just got to do what the coaches say, put our hearts in it, and it should work out for us.” Sim, from New Glasgow, N.S., got his first professional playoff goal Friday in a 5-1 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
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The Maple Leafs and Gavin McKenna get closer at the NHL draft combine, after a huddle in Whitehorse

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
BUFFALO—The Maple Leafs sound like they intend to keep their first overall draft pick instead of trading it. They just aren’t saying who they will select. “The probability is, we take the pick,” general manager John Chayka told reporters on Friday at the NHL combine. “Obviously everything is for sale at the right price, but to date there’s nothing compelling that we’re seriously considering.
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The Maple Leafs and Gavin McKenna get closer at the NHL draft combine, after a huddle in Whitehorse

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
BUFFALO—The Maple Leafs sound like they intend to keep their first overall draft pick instead of trading it. They just aren’t saying who they will select. “The probability is, we take the pick,” general manager John Chayka told reporters on Friday at the NHL combine. “Obviously everything is for sale at the right price, but to date there’s nothing compelling that we’re seriously considering.
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Maple Leafs notebook: Coaching search update, Auston Matthews buys in

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
BUFFALO—Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka has whittled a list of 55 head coaching candidates down to 20 with whom he has had “in-depth” conversations. “We’re starting to get to the next layer,” said Chayka. “No timeline, no time constraints. When it’s right, we’ll make that decision. We’re going to be patient.” Patrick Roy and Peter Laviolette are reportedly among the candidates, along with Leafs assistants Derek Lalonde and Mike Van Ryn.
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Maple Leafs notebook: Coaching search update, Auston Matthews buys in

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
BUFFALO—Maple Leafs general manager John Chayka has whittled a list of 55 head coaching candidates down to 20 with whom he has had “in-depth” conversations. “We’re starting to get to the next layer,” said Chayka. “No timeline, no time constraints. When it’s right, we’ll make that decision. We’re going to be patient.” Patrick Roy and Peter Laviolette are reportedly among the candidates, along with Leafs assistants Derek Lalonde and Mike Van Ryn.
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Former Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher, revered for his landmark trades in Toronto, dead at 90

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| St. Catharines Standard Verified
He was 90. A Stanley Cup champion in Calgary in 1988 who spent 70 years in hockey, Fletcher spent his last days as a senior adviser with the Toronto Maple Leafs, though he spent most of his time the past few years in his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Fletcher exuded class and restored pride in the Blue and White, and was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 2004.
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Former Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher, revered for his landmark trades in Toronto, dead at 90

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| Niagara Falls Review Verified
He was 90. A Stanley Cup champion in Calgary in 1988 who spent 70 years in hockey, Fletcher spent his last days as a senior adviser with the Toronto Maple Leafs, though he spent most of his time the past few years in his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Fletcher exuded class and restored pride in the Blue and White, and was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 2004.
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Former Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher, revered for his landmark trades in Toronto, dead at 90 Original

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
He was 90. A Stanley Cup champion in Calgary in 1988 who spent 70 years in hockey, Fletcher spent his last days as a senior adviser with the Toronto Maple Leafs, though he spent most of his time the past few years in his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Fletcher exuded class and restored pride in the Blue and White, and was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 2004.
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Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes: Carolina steals Game 2 of Stanley Cup final in frantic finish

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
It looked as if the Carolina Hurricanes were about to peter out. But Seth Jarvis’s power-play goal in overtime breathed new life into the Stanley Cup final on Thursday night, giving Carolina a 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights and tying the best-of-seven series at a game apiece in Raleigh, N.C. Game 3 goes Saturday in Vegas. “That was the best feeling in the world ... That was great,” Jarvis told ESPN on its broadcast.
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Golden Knights vs. Hurricanes: Carolina steals Game 2 of Stanley Cup final in frantic finish

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
It looked as if the Carolina Hurricanes were about to peter out. But Seth Jarvis’s power-play goal in overtime breathed new life into the Stanley Cup final on Thursday night, giving Carolina a 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights and tying the best-of-seven series at a game apiece in Raleigh, N.C. Game 3 goes Saturday in Vegas. “That was the best feeling in the world ... That was great,” Jarvis told ESPN on its broadcast.
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Stanley Cup final: Why the John Tortorella show plays so well in Vegas

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
RALEIGH, N.C.—John Tortorella is back. In just about every way imaginable. The veteran coach, pursuing the second Stanley Cup of his career as the bench boss of the Vegas Golden Knights, has had few very Torts-like moments in the early days of the final against the Carolina Hurricanes, which resumes here with Game 2 on Thursday night.
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Vegas gets the jump in Stanley Cup final, winning back-and-forth Game 1

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
RALEIGH, N.C.—If there is a prevailing narrative around the two teams in the Stanley Cup final, it’s that the happy-to-finally-make-it-here Carolina Hurricanes are the good guys, and the Vegas Golden Knights and their take-no-prisoners approach to roster building are the villains. Chalk Game 1 up to the bad guys.
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Gary Bettman says NHL is preparing for his retirement, but the commissioner insists he isn’t going anywhere

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
RALEIGH, N.C.—Given the fact that Gary Bettman is 74 and has been commissioner of the NHL for 33 years, he is no longer surprised by retirement questions, something he acknowledged at his annual state-of-the-league address hours before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final. Bettman said the NHL’s executive board is in discussions about a “succession” plan. “You know, I am 74, and I do acknowledge the fact that I can’t do this forever,” he said.
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Carolina has been knocking on the door of the Stanley Cup final for years. Vegas apparently has the key

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By Kevin McGran Verified
| The Toronto Star Verified
The Carolina Hurricanes believe they’ve been building for this moment. The Vegas Golden Knights never want to let it go. The Hurricanes are like the little engine that could. They feature a relentless forecheck that has finally seen the team escape the Eastern Conference final for the first time since winning the Cup in 2006. “This is where we thought we should be for a long time,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “It’s been a long road.
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