Matthews, Marner carrying Maple Leafs to new heights with stellar play

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On their best nights, the Maple Leafs will embarrass you. And on their worst they still might beat you. That has a lot to do with the play of Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, who are carrying the first-place team to new heights. (via reporterchris)

will embarrass you. And on their worst they still might beat you.and Mitch Marner both settled into their primes, the Leafs have become a different beast than in years gone by. They are now a league-best 10-2-1 and seven of their game-winning goals have come off the sticks of those two players.surely deserved better here on Monday night -- Matthews said so himself.

They had already connected on a third-period power play goal from Matthews in a 3-2 victory at Ottawa on Jan. 16 and produced Marner’s one-time winner with less than eight minutes to play in Calgary on Jan. 26. Two nights after that, Matthews had the 4-3 winner in Edmonton with under seven minutes to play.Keefe seemed content to live or die with his top players on a decaf night against Vancouver, playing them 25 minutes apiece.

“It takes some initiative to create a faceoff play there for us and execute and find Auston to help us win the game, so that’s really good and positive,” Keefe added. More important than the race for individual awards or entries in the record book, however, is the way the franchise cornerstones have started bending results to their liking. They have proven too much to handle through this initial tour of the North Division, stashing important points in the standings for Toronto in the process.

 

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Hey - why are there still regional restrictions when trying to watch hockey games on TV? Fans can’t be in the arenas this year, so blacking out the games can’t encourage attendance. Please lift the restrictions so we can watch all Canadian teams on all channels.

reporterchris But, cheating having the refs on ur side nebet getting called for anything

reporterchris 1 more injury away from seeing Marincin

reporterchris Good thing the division isn’t any good. As a result the smoke screen has people thinking they are contenders. Who does Dubas have planned to fill in for Simmonds, Petan?

reporterchris Two man team....

reporterchris easy to look stellar playing bottom feeders like the nucks...ps leaf fan here

reporterchris Till playoffs start....

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reporterchris Regular season heroes.

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reporterchris Built for the regular season.

reporterchris Here comes the Maple Leaf haters lol

reporterchris Canadian media so desperate for the Leafs to win they have gone full PR for them.

reporterchris Yet both are no comparison to 97 and 29.

reporterchris Until the playoffs. Lol. Soo true sooooo.....

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reporterchris Well let’s just plan the Stanley Cup parade now. When will the Toronto media ever learn...

reporterchris Leafs and Oilers are 2 man teams!

reporterchris It continues to amaze me that the Leafs do win games when their comparative SHOTS ON GOALS ARE ALWAYS A THIRD OF THE OTHER TEAMS STATS

reporterchris And will be embarassed again with an early playoff exit.

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reporterchris Seems the stars are aligning literally and figuratively. From an outside fan perspective, I would almost say it’s Conference final or bust. They are the best team in their division. The road to a cup is a lot easier now vs when they are back in a division with Tampa and Boston.

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reporterchris Inb4 all the butthurts

reporterchris Not gonna lie, I'm just here for the sweet sweet hater tears.

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