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McGuinness: Previewing the 2020 Stanley Cup final

Andrew McGuinness | Monday, September 21, 2020

Welcome to the biggest stage in sports, like we’ve never seen it before. The National Hockey League will be the first of the four major sports leagues to award a championship during the COVID-19 pandemic. More waiting and effort have gone into this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs than any before it, and hopefully more than

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McGuinness: Previewing Round 3 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Twenty-four teams divided by six weeks equals just four clubs remaining in the competition for the ultimate prize. Four more saw their Stanley Cup dreams come to an end in the second round, a two-week span full of almost-blown 3-1 series leads and heroic goaltending. With so few teams left, the Toronto bubble is rendered

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Ivey: Stamkos looks set for homecoming

Michael Ivey | Thursday, February 11, 2016

Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded captain Dion Phaneuf to the Ottawa Senators in a nine-player trade that included a 2017 second-round draft pick going back to Toronto. As Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriello said after the trade, “This was a transaction that certainly wasn’t for today.” That’s because most of the players the