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6 months

Sweden’s mystery man: Journey through William Nylander’s hometown uncovers clues of ‘mythical’ Maple Leafs star via @torontostar

Sweden’s mystery man: Journey through William Nylander’s hometown uncovers clues of ‘mythical’...

From a high-end restaurant to a quiet café to a memory-filled summer home, a trip to Stockholm helps peel back the layers of what makes Nylander tick.

www.thestar.com

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3 years

Maple Leafs 3, Golden Knights 3

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2 years

Phil Kessel will now be the active consecutive games-played leader in the NHL. I happened to talk to JVR the other day about Kessel's streak. JVR: “I'm sure a lot of the strength and conditioning specialists are at a loss for words." #NHL #Yandle #Ironman

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My goodness ... They're chanting "Borje Salming" at a game in sweden. RIP King.

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Publiken ger Börje Salming en fin hyllning.

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1 year

CGY: 93 points, miss playoffs, fires coach and GM. FLA: 92 points, makes Stanley Cup final

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4 years

#BREAKING The NHL will have a statement re: the remainder of the season tonight. ... Personally I'd be shocked if they didn't follow the NBA's lead and postpone games

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3 years

headline: Kyle Beach reveals self as Chicago accuser ... I mean ... Come on...

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6 years

looks like William Nylander lost a bet

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2 years

Sportsnet spent $5.2 billion for NHL rights. It didn't send a crew to cover an Original Six game on a Saturday night. #Leafs #Wings

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11 months

Yes, Easton Cowan is a Mitch Marner fan … @Marner93 … (Thanks to the family for the photo) … #Leafs

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4 years

From a friend of a friend

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1 year

“They’ll get what they deserve in a few weeks,” … Habs Chris Wideman on #Leafs bringing in ATO Jett Alexander

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4 years

Kevin Bieksa is a reason to watch HNIC ... having a breakout playoffs IMO

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2 years

Dear Peter Jackson, @disneyplus … May I see all 56 hours, please … @HamillHimself can you do something? #TheBeatlesGetBack

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2 years

It’s finally time to Get Back! Watch Part One of Peter Jackson’s original docuseries #TheBeatlesGetBack , now streaming only on @DisneyPlus .

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4 years

Pray for Dan O’Toole and baby ... from his Instagram account

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3 years

Look what is getting a workout… Does this mean ... ???? Hmm ⁦ @BlueJays ⁩

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2 years

Good officiating would have prevented all of this with Pionk, Simmonds, Spezza

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3 years

Nick Foligno, #Leafs still talking

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3 years

#WhereIsTrudeau ? Living rent-free in the minds of Canada's MAGA idiots

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4 years

first star and the hockey night towel ... david ayres

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3 years

Habs fans right now, looking up when Montreal plays Vancouver again

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4 years

I wish the Raptors could skate

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4 years

Man, imagine if the Maple Leafs actually won the Stanley Cup this year, but there'd be no parade due to the coronavirus.

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4 years

Twitter: NHL Player's Name Mentioned. LeafTwitter: Is he coming to the Leafs? He shouldn't come to the Leafs. Leafs will overpay for him. He didn't come? Leafs could have used him. Trade Nylander for him. Did you say Nylander? Have you counted his zone entries?

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2 years

It's probably worth noting that Auston Matthews has drawn six penalties this season, tied for 352nd Seems about right for the NHL's leading scorer, doesn't it? I mean, he just 34 penalties-drawn behind Connor McDavid. (Stick tap to @NatStatTrick )

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4 months

Joe Woll

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3 years

Elliotte tried to criticize a call ... Ron MacLean shut him up ... Yep ... We just all wintessed that ... Never say a bad thing ... Everything is terrific... That’s Hockey Night In Canada now.

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8 years

#Leafs are winless in games in which Auston Matthews scores fewer than five goals

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4 years

What’s a potential hockey parent thinking today? Not only are skates, sticks and icetime ridiculously expensive, but my kid will also get beat up by his coach ... Hmm... Maybe I’ll get my kid a soccer ball, or basketball for Christmas

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2 years

Nick Robertson in Top 6 Blue #Leafs

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2 years

Jon Cooper on playing the #Leafs "Goal scoring against these guys, that's not a worry."

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2 years

TSN reporter Mark Masters says he has tested positive for COVID here at the world juniors. Stay well @markhmasters

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3 years

Brendan Shanahan: There will be changes. ... There's a killer instinct that's missing that we need to address #Leafs

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5 years

#Leafs #NylanderWatch . For those of you waiting: Twas the night before deadline, when all through the town ... Not a creature was stirring, not even Connor Brown; The contracts were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that William Nylander’s soon would be there;

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4 years

I don't always wear my credential when I'm on road. Often keep it in my jacket pocket and show it - like Masai was trying to - as I pass. Sometimes I'd flash it after I've passed, I'm in such a rush. I've barely been stopped, much less assaulted. What happened to Masai sickens me

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4 years

The attack on Masai Ujiri will shine a light on a tragic, major societal problem @SmithRaps

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6 years

Jake Gardiner says he deserved the roughing call because "I hit Chara's fist with my face" #TMLtalk #leafs

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4 years

Personally, I'd like to see teachers held in the same regard as police, firefighters and soldiers ... They're educating our kids and put up with a lot (from students, parents and the system) ... They have my undying gratitude and respect.

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3 years

David Ayres will be in attendance tonight in Raleigh… Thoughts? … #leafs #Hurricanes

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4 years

Maple Leafs that Sheldon Keefe has coached: William Nylander Kasperi Kapanen Zach Hyman Andreas Johnsson Frederik Gauthier Trevor Moore Dmytro Timashov Nic Petan Pierre Engvall Justin Holl Travis Dermott Martin Marincin Kasimir Kaskisuo (And he played against Jason Spezza) #Leafs

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3 years

A John Tavares tribute outside SBA

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2 years

John Tavares is basically daring Team Canada to leave him off the list

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2 years

Mark Giordano won't be wearing No. 5 in Toronto. Bet he gets 55.

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3 years

Hearing Zach Hyman close to deal in EDM ... "It's in the Leafs corner." #Leafs #NHL #FreeAgentFrenzy #Oilers

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3 years

Maple Leafs by country: CAN: 13 USA: 3 SWE: 3 CZE: 3 RUS: 1

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5 years

Oh Canada .. They’re almost all the way back to the done now along Bremner #WeTheNorth

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2 years

It’s the eve of the 2022 World Junior championship (Vers. 2.0) and there’s a distinct lack of on-ice and on-board advertising at Roger’s Place in Edmonton … The Hockey Canada scandal takes its toll

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4 years

Wait, the Blues have refs, but the Leafs aren't allowed to? @NHL @MapleLeafs @StLouisBlues

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4 years

Call it fair, refs!!! #stlblues

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19 days

The best news for the Maple Leafs: They got through two games in Boston without anybody getting suspended.

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4 years

I kind of love the fact that just hours after hockey was taken away across the board, Canadian researches made a breakthrough in isolating this deadly virus. Don’t mess with hockey. My story: GTA researchers make COVID-19 breakthrough, isolate the virus

GTA researchers make COVID-19 breakthrough, isolate the virus

Researchers from Sunnybrook, U of T and McMaster University have isolated the agent responsible for the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, the hospital said Thursday night on its website.

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4 years

Roof works #BlueJays #rogerscentre

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2 years

“Tremendous sacrifice” .. Dubas on Giordano taking less to stay

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2 years

For Rodion Amirov #Leafs

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2 years

Hearing the door is not completely closed on #leafs and Ondrej Kase

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2 years

Keep banging on the door till we knock it down — #Leafs captain John Tavares

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3 years

Look at it this way: Rielly's at $5 million AAV now. He gets the $1.2M that gets freed up with Phil Kessel dropping off, plus the $1M the cap is going to go up next year, plus a bit more. The path was always there. Rielly wanted to stay.

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5 years

According to a tax treaty between Canada and the United States, as a U.S. resident Matthews’ massive signing bonuses ($54.5M) would be taxed at 15 per cent in Canada. His salary ($3.65M) would be taxed at 53.53 per cent.

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3 years

Am told Zach Bogosian won't be returning to the #Leafs . ...

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5 years

Zach Hyman just walked by: “Is the internet breaking?” #MarnerSigns

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3 years

I feel like Sam Bennett is auditioning for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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4 years

What do the Maple Leafs do on the road? Video games, naps and eating wherever Tavares picks a place for dinner

What do the Maple Leafs do on the road? Video games, naps and eating wherever Tavares picks a place...

Here’s a look at what happens on the plane, in the road city and on the day of the game.

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7 months

First Habs, now Blackhawks make no one available the morning of the game in Toronto… Don’t know why the NHL allows it … It’s like the league doesn’t want to be covered

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4 years

#FireDubas is trending in Toronto

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6 months

#Leafs to unveil Pizza Pizza tonight as a helmet sponsor for home games … Replaces TikTok

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4 years

Remember, the Leaf fans, it’s not over. They can still win tonight and disappoint everybody again on Sunday.

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2 years

I asked an epidemiologist if he thought it would be okay for asymptotic/mildly affected players to practice together. His answer: “I think it's insane - strictly from a dollars point of view - to take these valuable athletes and risk having their lungs brutally scarred,

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4 years

Amazing decision by Sheldon Keefe essentially to bench Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Hyman, Nylander in last five minutes.

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5 years

MIke Babcock established the relationship the Leafs had with Ilya Mikheyev and Pavel Datsyuk had a hand in convincing Mikheyev that he will want to play for Babcock. ... So that's interesting. Story upcoming.

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2 years

Jake Muzzin taking in #Leafs practice

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4 years

Bruce Boudreau has interest in joining the Maple Leafs’ staff, if they have interest in him via @torontostar

Bruce Boudreau has interest in joining the Maple Leafs’ staff, if they have interest in him

Former NHL head coach says it would be ‘intriguing’ to be a Leafs assistant but adds they have not contacted him.

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6 years

Auston Matthews on "recruiting" Drew Doughty ... "I recruited him a little bit. He didn't bite," said Matthews. "I said: 'Hey, how's it going?' He said: 'Good.' I said, 'Are you coming to Toronto?' He just laughed and skated away."

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6 years

Matthews and Eichel get point across in NHL all-star showcase via @torontostar ... Plus Matthews tried to recruit Doughty

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2 years

Kase back at #Leafs practice … Note the T on the helmet

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3 years

Dubas says Toronto Sun's photo and caption of John Tavares injury (a captain crunch pun) was inensitive, crossed a line.

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4 years

CN Tower in teal tonight (my camera doesn’t do it justice) ... #leafs #Sharks #jumbojoe #JoeThornton

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5 years

Don Cherry is fired.

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7 years

Babcock, to a Montreal reporter asking about Shea Weber: 'If you guys don't want him, we'll take him.'

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2 years

For what it's worth, the Maple Leafs were the last team in the NHL to have a roster player test positive for the coronavirus in-season in calendar 2021. They've had some in "protocol" -- notably Nylander -- but that was precautionary, for close-contact.

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2 years

it’s hockey. it’s nice to get out and play — Nick Ritchie … He didn’t say much else … clearly unhappy… #Marlies #Leafs

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3 years

The hottest team in the North, over their last 10 games, might surprise you

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2 years

This guy is going to be half right

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3 years

Better for the #Leafs to get 25, 26 YOs “coming home” to play for them than the 30+ crowd … I respect the careers of the older players, but the younger guys have more to prove and (presumably) more to give

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3 years

Ray Ferraro will keep his Leafs/World Junior duties with TSN ... But we will hear way less of him on Overdrive. Still some, but way less. Sad day for Toronto radio. But a great pick up by ESPN.

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5 years

Real nice penmanship in the #Kings room #Leafs

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3 years

I wonder what covering the second round is like

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4 years

Many Maple Leafs couldn’t cut it in the NHL without Barb Underhill, master of untangling the double klutz via @torontostar

Many Maple Leafs couldn’t cut it in the NHL without Barb Underhill, master of untangling the double...

Speed is paramount in the NHL, and Mason Marchment is just one of the Marlies grads who owe a debt of gratitude to the former world champion pairs figure skater. A hug is a small price to pay.

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2 years

Just learned that if he’s healthy, Mitch Marner can play #Leafs next game despite being on LTIR and missing only 6 games … The 4 missed because of COVID count towards the 10/24 requirement of LTIR … Apparently it was the case last year, too. I just didn’t encounter it.

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2 years

Nylander back in top six blue … the intrigue continues

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4 years

Research team has isolated the COVID-19 virus - Sunnybrook Research Institute

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7 years

The Boys are Back In Town #Leafs

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4 years

Morgan Rielly wearing #BlackLivesMatter Tshirt #Leafs

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4 years

I've seen some Leafy things: Missing the playoffs in 2007 on a 2-1 SO win by NYI over NJ ... Trading picks that could have been Scott Niedermayer and Tyler Seguin ... Waffle tosses ... but if they lose to an emergency backup because they're not shooting, that's the Leafiest.

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2 years

If anyone considers that the Toronto market is hard on the Maple Leafs, consider also GM Kyle Dubas made a huge error in signing an injury-prone Petr Mrazek to a three-year deal. To make up for his mistake, he has to trade his first-round pick AND he earns praise for it.

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3 years

Sillinger, Stillman, Boucher, Blake, Doan, Savage, Robidas ... one year the NHL draft will be exclusively sons of NHLers. Because they're the only people who can afford to play the sport.

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2 years

Matt Murray

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3 years

Bettman has basically just said people have to speak up but excuses Cheveldayoff for not speaking up

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4 months

Hildebeast

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11 days

Auston Matthews and Bobby McMann were on the ice earlier this morning… The morning skate hasn’t happened yet … #Leafs

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9 years

Some quotes from the Mike Babcock scrum. Read them, then tell me if you feel like running through a wall. #TMLTalk http://t.co/HB9WAwzMUu

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4 years

How's this for a Team Canada? (on the anniversary) MacKinnon-McDavid-Marner Bergeron-Crosby-Marchand Stamkos-Tavares-Point Huberdeau-Scheifele-Stone extra: Toews, O’Rielly Chabot-Pietrangelo Keith-Doughty Theodore-Weber Extra: Hamilton Price Binnington Hart

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5 years

#wethenorth outside my condo

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2 years

Just heard that Jason Spezza is still waiting to hear Gary Bettman’s decision on the appeal … #leafs … Bettman rules first, then independent arbitrator (if needed)

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3 years

NHL’s gotta love all these “We’ll give you a player for NOTHING” trades … The Vezina Trophy winner of all players … The salary cap has truly messed up hockey

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