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'My Therapist Recommended This Trip'
A couple of lifelong #Leafs fans came down to Vegas to show their support for Mitch Marner and the star player put on a show in Game .
I tracked the lifelong friends who've had season tickets who felt compelled to make the journey down.
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How much you wanna bet Cooper’s message to Binnington was something like: Way to say F the haters with a big game like that
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Wayne Simmonds missed practice due to the birth of his second child. So congrats to the Simmonds family.
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Nylander says he’s secured about 90-100 tickets for both Leafs games and his grandmother will get to see him play in an NHL game for the first time.
Asked how old his grandmother is: oh I don’t know. Old.
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William Nylander says he doesn’t think he’s played with a goaltender who talks as much on the ice as Jack Campbell.
As for what Jack talks about: “‘You’re doing great’ positive stuff like that”
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Matthews, Marner, McCabe among many Leafs watching a youth hockey game after their practice session ended.
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Sheldon Keefe on Morgan Rielly's reaction to Greig's slapshot at the end of the game.
"I thought it was appropriate."
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Matthews on the fans who stayed and applauded the team until they left the ice. “I hope they realize the hard work and effort we put in. We’re obviously very disappointed.”
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This looks like it was taken from a WWE Raw segment where someone overheard themselves being betrayed.
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I don’t love the Lady Byng Award, but it’s the only individual trophy Johnny Gaudreau has won in the NHL. Back in 2017.
Maybe it’s the emotion of it all, but I’d like to see this trophy named after him.
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What was slated for an optional practice has turned into quite the full one. It is underway.
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Based on the Ottawa and Vancouver reveals there is clearly a mandate to get the logos to fill the entire faceoff circle this season. No way that’s a coincidence.
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Tavares on having both Minten and Knies stay at his house.
“It’s been great. Instead of getting babysitters I’m just getting guys from the team.”
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A $3 million NHL player pays nearly $500k more in income taxes in Toronto than they do in Florida.
Is it time to adjust the hard salary cap to either allow for a luxury tax or add an offset for higher-taxed markets?
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Samsonov on hearing the Sammy chants: I almost cry. Long time I didn’t hear this.
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Craig Berube asked about what he’s learned about William Nylander this season.
“Just leave him alone…”
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Anthony Stolarz on the Jays chants and reactions during their game tonight:
“As a Mets fan it was nice to look up and see that score.
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John Tavares said it was disappointing to see litter thrown on the ice: it felt better to beat the crowd than the Devils tonight.
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Giordano: To come to my hometown is a nice bonus, but to be able to come to a team that has a real good shot to create some damage in the playoffs is something I'm really excited about.
#Leafs
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Craig Berube on not having a game tonight: "I'm shocked. I didn't think it was allowed for the Leafs not to play on a Saturday night."
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Simon Benoit has yet to give his new daughter a name yet. His #Leafs teammates have been trying to help him out.
Reaves voted for ‘Cashew’.
“He calls his girlfriend Peanut, so Peanut, Cashew. Nut family.”
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Campbell: I find myself just being like chuckling in the car after practice because I'm like wow, jumbo and Spezza are my buddies, it's pretty cool.
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When Keefe named the Swedish players as the starters in the dressing room, Timothy Liljegren said the team erupted in cheers.
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Tyler Bertuzzi donated his hair to kids with cancer: “A lady in Michigan does it for me so it was kind of the perfect time and donated again to kids with cancer.”
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Can’t believe Tkachuk was that deep in the Cup hoisting order. That’s a bit of a shocker.
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Woll asked if he’s seen the videos fans putting his name in the Wonderwall song.
Yeah, Kniesy showed me those.
Are you an Oasis fan?
“I like Wonderwall.”
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Ryan O’Reilly on the acquisition of Luke Schenn: “It’s nice to have the human eraser here.”
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Matthew Knies says John Tavares welcomed him to crash at his place. He’s been staying there since joining the #Leafs here in Toronto.
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Auston Matthews with a sense of humour today about his incident with the crossbar: “I saw the crossbar and decided it would be a good idea to go straight through it and see what happens.”
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Sheldon Keefe says the refs told him that Matthews wasn’t cross-checked and that the player fell on his own.
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John Tavares says he has 60-70 family and friends attending his 1000th NHL game tomorrow. “The most I’ve ever had” at a game. He says.
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Matthews: I want to be clear about the contract stuff. I’m going to touch on it today and that’s it. I’m focused on the season and we’ll deal with it then. I love playing here, I consider it home now.
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John Tavares and Matthew Knies combined salary cap hit in 2024-25: $11,925,000
John Tavares and Matthews Knies combined salary cap hit in 2025-26: $12,138,420.
An increase of 1.79 percent. That’s not bad at all.
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Matthew Knies calls Ilya Samsonov a funny guy, asked to provide an example: “He’s so Russian, I don’t know how to explain it.”
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Matthews on the team killing the 5-minute major. “I heard someone on the bench say ‘let’s uses this as momentum’ and that’s what we did out there.”
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Matthew Knies says he has about 50-60 people going to the game against Arizona “which is probably a section in that arena.”
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Samsonov said he tried to give Auston the belt but he gave it right back to him.
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#Leafs all over Rielly congratulating him on his new deal.
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Jake McCabe said he woke up to a text from Schenn who asked if he was locked in to the No. 2 jersey and he said “No, it’s just what they gave me. Pretty cool he gets the number he started his career here with.”
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The Jays are just destined to play the Dodgers in the World Series in the ultimate Ohtani grudge match. The Private Jet series.
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On how he’ll handle his summer with his name in trade rumours, Nylander: “My summer will be the same. That’s all I’ve heard since I’ve been here…”
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Giordano: “First and foremost, I believe in this team. I believe this team is a contender.”
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Former Penguins teammates Matt Murray and Marc-Andre Fleury share a moment on the ice together during the warmup. Probably a surreal moment for the Cup champs.
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This right here is frickin beautiful.
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Keefe: "If I'm not mistaken, I don't think Auston Matthews has drawn a penalty all season, which is...strange."
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On hearing the M-V-P chants, Matthews: “You just get kind of get chills, chills in your bones.”
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For the third consecutive season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired a captain of an existing team before the trade deadline.
2021 Nick Foligno
2022 Mark Giordano
2023 Ryan O’Reilly.
#Leadership
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Alex Steeves asked what he’ll do with his first goal puck.
“I don’t know. I don’t really have a house. I live at home in my mom’s basement”.
Obviously in Toronto he has a place.
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How many times have you see the Leafs dominate an OT period to have the other team score? And tonight the script has flipped.
Toronto takes Game 3 on Rielly’s goal.
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From Ilya Samsonov’s Instagram story. Says there wasn’t enough time or a chance to call in and say goodbye.
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Sami Zayn wearing Johnny Hockey’s No. 13 at Raw in Calgary. Crowd erupts with Johnny chants!
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Matthews: “We’re working towards something bigger than this. There’s still work to be done.”
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"Life is short, I just want to be remembered as someone who is so giving. That's kind of what my goal is here" - Meet @Xposed, the Twitch streamer who has purchased over $20k worth of tickets for #Leafa fans ⤵️
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Spezza says he wants to come back if he can contribute to the group. “This is the only place where I want to play.”
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Jason Spezza on why he spoke up during the first intermission last night: “I just felt it was needed and I spoke from the heart.”
He declined to give specifics of the speech.
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Multiple reports say Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph are nearing a deal to return to the #Leafs radio booth next season, which would be good news in a world of bad lately in sports media.
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Have you planted a seed of doubt in the Bruins room after Game 5 win?
Domi: "Don't care, we're getting ready for the next game, nothing else matters."
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Ilya Samsonov is the first #Leafs player to wear the belt in a scrum. “About time I get this.”
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Jason Spezza: “I don’t think words can describe how difficult it is to watch a game as a player.”
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Keefe, deadpan on why he started the players he did in OT: I figured Sandin would be the most likely to take stick in the face.
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Murray says the Leafs were his favourite team growing up, same with his dad: “Putting on that jersey for the first time I think is going to be something real special for me.”
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Kadri to HNIC: For everyone who thought I was a liability in the playoffs, you can kiss my ass.
Obviously loving this moment.
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Ryan Reaves, who says he’ll be a loud presence in the room, was asked about what he can do on the ice. And asked about preventing incidents like this: “I’d like to see him try it. It would be fun”
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