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Mike Traikos and Paul Chapman get into all the happenings at the NHL draft, look ahead to free agency and offer up takeaways from the Stanley Cup Final.

 

They pick the teams projected be the biggest players in free agency and which Canadian teams have the best chance to emulate the St. Louis Blues next season.

 

Mike even answers which group should have more hope, Oilers fans or Senators fans.

 

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Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman to discuss the Leafs exit from the playoffs and what is the team missing. While Mike thinks the team needs to get bigger and nastier, salary cap issues leaves few options for a fix.

They also look at the Flames and Jets and ponder what they need to do to move forward in the playoffs. Fans of all three teams are still rueing the missed opportunity of moving on in a season where most of the major hurdles in front of them have been removed.

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Postmedia’s national hockey writer Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman  to talk about the wild start to the NHL Playoffs. 

 

Why are the Leafs leading the Bruins after lagging behind them all season? Why is there so much hate in the playoffs from Kadri to Ovechkin to Kane? It’s been nasty and violent and fans love it.

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Mike Traikos breaks down the 2019 playoff matchups. Would it be considered an upset if the Leafs were to beat the Bruins? Which Canadian team has the best shot to go the distance?

They also talk about home ice advantage and the New York Islanders, who were considered to have the worst arena in the NHL a few short years ago, being back in their old barn with rabid fans and perhaps the best atmosphere in the NHL.

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Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman to talk about the state of the NHL headed into the playoffs.

Mike looks at the possibilities the Leafs could go on a big playoff run  and reports that the city of Toronto is more excited about the Raptors headed into the playoffs than the stuttering Leafs.

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Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs chances for a Stanley Cup run this season.

Mike says, something’s not right. Goaltending, defence and overall team chemistry are concerns for the Leafs, so much so he believes the Montreal Canadiens have a better shot at the Stanley Cup this season due to the dominance of goaltender Carey Price.

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Why the Leafs are the only Canadian team to move the needle.

Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman on the heels of a Toronto Maple Leafs western swing where fans showed how much support the boys in blue have across the country.

Mike argues that the results speak for themselves and that the tremendous interest in the Leafs from coast to coast always makes the team a draw.

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The NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and Postmedia’s national hockey writer Mike Traikos joins Paul Chapman to examine why the Leafs weren’t more active at the deadline, and where that leaves them now we know who has loaded up and who has stood pat at the trade deadline.

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In advance of Monday's NHL trade deadline, Postmedia national hockey writer Mike Traikos takes us through the likelihood that the Senators, Canadiens, Leafs, Flames, Jets, Canucks and Oilers are active in changing their fortunes before rosters are locked.

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This week Paul Chapman and Mike Traikos look at Connor McDavid coming up second-best once again in a meeting with Sidney Crosby.

In his fourth NHL season Crosby won the Stanley Cup, having made the final in his third year. In this, his fourth season, McDavid is falling further away from making the playoffs, his GM and coach have been fired and it’s fair to ask if McDavid will have the stomach for a full-blown, start-from-scratch rebuild.

Will he want to leave the Oilers?

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