Many thought this year would be different for the Toronto Maple Leafs. A 2-0 series lead over the defending Stanley Cup Champions in Round 2 created a belief that fans had never felt in this era of Leafs hockey. That was until the embarrassing 6-1 losses on home ice in critical Games 5 and 7, which have destroyed the notion that this team really is different.
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Teams most in need of hitting the lottery and drafting Gavin McKenna in 2026
It’s been a few weeks since we watched the New York Islanders jump up 10 spots to win the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery. It was the second biggest jump we’ve seen in NHL Draft Lottery history, behind only the New York Rangers, who rose 14 slots after winning a two-phase lottery in 2020. The Rangers, of course, went on to select Alexis Lafrenière with the first overall pick. But that was the Covid-19 season, which made things weird, so 2025 was the craziest normal setting lottery result in quite some time.
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Why the Pittsburgh Penguins should NOT trade Erik Karlsson
Here we go again with the Erik Karlsson trade talks. It feels like every other offseason the Swedish defenseman finds himself in the rumor mill, and this summer will be more of the same.
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