Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews and news of an unexpected lifeline

This has been a brutal year for the Maple Leafs, but this is the brightest possible light they could've found at the end of the tunnel. From the moment Mitch Marner worked his way out of town last summer,

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The Toronto Maple Leafs introduced John Chayka as their new general manager on May 4, but the move landed with palpable resistance across the league. At a tense press conference, veteran columnist Steve Simmons challenged MLSE CEO Keith Pelley over the hiring process,

This is the Maple Leafs' Cooper Flagg, LeBron James moment

This is the Maple Leafs' Cooper Flagg, LeBron James moment originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Some draft lotteries are forgotten. Some go down in history.