Maple Leafs gear up for crucial series against Florida Panthers

Sunday, May 4, 2025, 10:20 am

The Maple Leafs are busy fine-tuning their strategy ahead of an important playoff series against the Florida Panthers. Both management and coaching staff are scrutinizing game footage and adjusting tactics, combining extra rest with detailed preparation to gain an edge in this high-stakes encounter.

torontosun.com / Letters to the Editor, May 5, 2025

HIRE JOE BOWEN Why on earth doesn’t CBC and/or Sportsnet get Joe Bowen back broadcasting Leafs games. His exuberance is infectious. Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson should be calling bingo games at some retirement home for all the excitement they exude. Go Leafs. Peeter…

torontosun.com / SIMMONS: Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube not intimidated by Cup champion Florida Panthers

Craig Berube has been scratching, clawing and fighting his way through the many levels of professional hockey for most of the past 38 years, so you can excuse him if he’s not intimidated by the Florida Panthers. When asked how his Maple Leafs will fare in the second round of the Stanley Cup…

citynews.ca / TTC adding more service to accommodate Leafs fans during playoffs

As the Toronto Maple Leafs advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) says it is adjusting its maintenance schedule and adding more service to accommodate hockey fans travelling to and from Scotiabank arena this week. On Sunday, the city’s…

torontosun.com / Maple Leafs’ Matthews on eve of second round: ‘We’re ready to go’

Let the second-round games begin. After a day off, an optional practice and a full practice, the Maple Leafs are eager for the opening faceoff of Game 1 against the Florida Panthers on Monday night at Scotiabank Arena. “We’re prepared, we’re ready to go,” Leafs captain Auston Matthews said on…

torontosun.com / Maple Leafs’ Stolarz ready to face Bobrovsky, Panthers head-on

For the Maple Leafs to beat the Florida Panthers, Anthony Stolarz is going to have be better than Sergei Bobrovsky. The Leafs goalie, who got to know the ins and outs of Bobrovsky’s preparation in backing up the latter during the Florida Panthers’ run to a Stanley Cup championship a year ago, is…

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torontosun.com / Mitch Marner becomes a dad, absent from Maple Leafs practice

Mitch Marner had the best excuse for missing Maple Leafs practice on Sunday. Marner’s wife, Stephanie, gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday morning, the Leafs said. The birth comes a day before Mitch’s 28th birthday and Game 1 of the Leafs’ second-round series against the Florida Panthers. The Leafs…

torontosun.com / Craig Berube doesn’t mind a later start to Florida series

The Maple Leafs can live with an extra day or two off before their next round starts. After taking Friday off following their elimination of the Ottawa Senators, Toronto eased back to work Saturday with an optional practice attended by nine regular skaters. Goalie Joseph Woll took some shots,…

torontosun.com / SIMMONS: Leafs GM Brad Treliving made studying Panthers an early priority

When Brad Treliving was hired by the Maple Leafs, just 19 days after they were eliminated in the playoffs by the Florida Panthers, one of the first things he did as general manager was this: He re-watched the five games the Leafs played Florida. He watched them closely. He studied his roster, what…

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