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3 days ago
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Trump trumps Cup: Oilers fans say 'not this year' to Florida playoff travel
An Edmonton Oilers fan takes a photo prior to Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on June 24, 2024, in Sunrise, Florida. Photo by Carmen Mandato / Getty Images Ahead of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, Edmonton's Travel Gurus pre-booked 20 rooms in hotels near Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Ahead of this year's championship rematch between the Oilers and the Florida Panthers, the agency has only pre-booked 10 rooms. And, of those, four of them are still available. Six of them went to a crew of what manager Hidar Elmais calls 'regulars' who went to road playoff games in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Dallas. This group of a dozen friends were so confident in the Oil (and the Panthers), that they booked their tickets and hotel to Florida before the Western Conference Final was decided. But, outside of that crew, the calls are down. 'There isn't too much interest outside of the diehards,' said Elmais. 'We hope it picks up.' Elmais said the effect of Donald Trump's tariff and 51st state rhetoric, which has impacted Canadian travel to the U.S., is hurting interest in seeing the Oilers play in the Panthers' den. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The tensions between the United States and Canada is even having an effect on sports,' he said. At Newwest Travel & Cruises, an Edmonton travel agency that began as sports-tourism specialists, there were a steady stream of calls through Friday. Agent Karilynn Stanners said that it's hard to book packages for the Cup final, because there is such short notice. It's not like booking travel to a Formula One race, a World Cup match or a Super Bowl, where people often know years out when and where an event will happen. 'I don't think hockey fans care about the politics,' she said. 'They'll do anything to support their team. And, in the NHL, most of the teams are located in the U.S.' She has a client who has gone to the Oilers' first two road games in each of the previous three rounds. That client is already set for Games 3 and 4 in Florida. She said business was good for the first round against Los Angeles and the second round which saw the Oilers vanquish the Vegas Golden Knights. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But it dropped off for the Western Conference Final against Dallas. The Dallas drop off, she said, was because of the air travel hassles to get there. Due to the general drop in Canadians travelling to the U.S. since Trump became president, Canadian airlines have reduced flights across the border and even chopped some routes. That has made connecting between Dallas and Edmonton more difficult. So, in this sense, Trump has had an indirect effect. And this may also play into fans' decision about whether or not to go to the Greater Miami area. Edmonton-Dallas is 3,145 kilometres. It is 4,813 kilometres from Edmonton to Sunrise, Fla. So the flight connections won't get any easier. Despite the dour forecasts from local travel agents, the AC Hotel Fort Lauderdale Sawgrass, which is listed as the hotel closest to the Panthers home arena, is completely sold out of rooms for the night of June 9, when Game 3 is set. The DoubleTree by Hilton, which is also within walking distance of the arena, is listed as having low availability for the night of Game 3. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Curtis Crider, the president and CEO of the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association, hopes Edmontonians will make a big return to his city for the Panthers-Oilers, Part II. 'This going to be great rematch between two of the best teams in the NHL,' he said. He believes the lure of major sporting events transcends any issues foreign visitors may have with the current state of American politics. 'This is like a Super Bowl. It's an event that will attract visitors from not only Canada, but other parts of the world, to watch these two great teams.' Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's office said that in 2024, the state set a new record when it came to tourism numbers. A record 142.9 million people visited the southern state in 2024, with 3.3 million being Canadians. ssandor@ Read More Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don't miss the news you need to know — add and to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters. You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post, and 13 other Canadian news sites. The Edmonton Journal | The Edmonton Sun Crime Toronto & GTA Columnists Ontario Columnists
Toronto Sun
22-05-2025
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- Toronto Sun
Inside The Leafs: Is there any chance that Mitch Marner re-signs?
Mitch Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates with the puck against the Florida Panthers during the first period in Game Three of the Second Round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena on May 09, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. Photo by Carmen Mandato / Getty Images WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Inside The Leafs, Postmedia's Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun Maple Leafs writers Terry Koshan and Lance Hornby about the potential of Mitch Marner and John Tavares returning or leaving in free agency and what other roster changes may occur. They also give their thoughts on Craig Berube's first season as head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Sunshine Girls Columnists Sunshine Girls World Editorials
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17-05-2025
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🎙️Jordi Alba: "Hopefully Messi stays too"
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16-05-2025
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🎙️Jordi Alba: "Hopefully Messi stays too"
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Toronto Sun
10-05-2025
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- Toronto Sun
SIMMONS: Maple Leafs lose in overtime, a game they should have won
The Maple Leafs give up a goal against the Panthers during second period action in Game 3 of the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., Friday, May 9, 2025. Photo by Carmen Mandato / Getty Images The puck was on William Nylander's stick in overtime. The Leafs' leading playoff scorer. An almost breakaway. A comfortable place he has found himself in before. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account But nothing happened Friday night. The puck was on Matthew Knies' stick in overtime. In the kind of comfortable position we've seen before. Knies has scored twice in the Stanley Cup playoffs by bearing down on loose puck chases. Just not on Friday night. There was no Nylander breakaway to end the storybook game, no Knies almost semi-breakaway to end the game Friday night between the Maple Leafs and the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Instead, it was the usual. The overtime goal that comes from nowhere and defies explanation. Except it didn't come from no one. It came from Brad Marchand, the rat playing in the hockey land of the rats. It wasn't anything special. Only the guy who scored it was. Most overtime goals are not necessarily special. This time the puck bounced off Morgan Reilly, off one part of his body, which hit another part of his body, which landed somehow behind Joseph Woll in goal for the Leafs. That's how Game 3 at Amerant Arena ended. Not with anything to remember but certainly with something to forget. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Marchand's goal came at 15:27 of the first overtime period, just about eight minutes after Nylander broke in alone and was stopped by Sergei Bobrovsky. The Knies backhand came less than two minutes before Marchand ended the game and changed the narrative of this Atlantic Division playoff series for now. It was so close to being 3-oh for the Maple Leafs in the series. It was so damn close. Now it's two freakin' one, instead of three freakin' oh. And it's back to hold your breath time for Leaf fans who understand the concept after so much practice. This is what happens at playoff time. An early win looks like a second period loss looks like a third period tie. All in one playoff game on a Friday night. The Leafs lost, had to be semi heartbroken after the overtime shocker, after what almost was, but they know realistically they have to come back and do this again here on Sunday night. This is when Craig Berube is usually at his best as a coach. He brings perspective to heartbreak. He brings process instead of emotion. He knows what the Leafs need to do to defeat the Panthers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Now it's a question of doing it. With no shortage of questions to ask after Game 3. Joseph Woll started the game in goal for the Leafs. He looks to be the goaltender for at least the next few games, if not the rest of the series. That comes with some built in doubts, the biggest one coming from the way in which Florida dumps the puck in. That's their game. Hard on the forecheck. Take a body or two on every dump in. Wear down the Leafs. With Anthony Stolarz in goal, the Leafs had a strong puck moving goaltender. Without him, every dump in is a little more dangerous, a little more difficult, every dump in puts the defence at some kind of risk. This is Paul Maurice hockey at its best. Dump. Chase. Hit. Wear down. Do it again. And then start all over again. Woll is not comfortable playing the puck. The Leafs defence, strong as they may be as a group, don't like playing the part of pinata. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. That's not going to change if Stolarz isn't able to play. That's something, like the forecheck, the Leafs are going to have to tough their way through this. This team is capable of that: unless by game five or six or seven they just get worn down. The Leafs have scored 13 goals in three games against Bobrovsky. That's a lot of goal scoring for three playoff games. That's a lot of goal scoring for a Leaf team that has historically struggled with goals in the post-season. Captain Auston Matthews has none of those 13 goals. Nylander has three. Knies, Rielly and John Tavares each have two. Mitch Marner, Max Domi, Chris Tanev and Max Pacioretty have the others. Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews gets ready for a faceoff against the Panthers during the third period in Game 3 of the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla., Friday, May 9, 2025. Photo by Carmen Mandato / Getty Images Matthews had more hits in Game 3 than he had shots on goal. He didn't play terribly, he just didn't do what he's paid to do: And that's take over playoff games when they're this close. That's why the Leafs made him hockey's highest paid player. That's why they look to him to score when no one else is scoring. But here, the first liners are all scoring. Knies and Marner are his linemates. They've got goals. Nylander, Tavares and sometimes Pacioretty are the second line. They've got goals. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Why not Matthews? He made an incredible play that won't get him any points. While killing a penalty in the final minute, he reached out, dove across the ice, and somehow cleared a loose puck that didn't seem possible. He made the play that few others could have made. But he also scores goals the way few others can score and through three games he has none. In the Leafs last 19 playoff games, eight of them against the Panthers, Matthews only has three goals. Read More Not even a deflection off a deflection off a deflection kind of goal. Rielly scored the game tying goal in the third period, a shot that deflected off Seth Jones and past Bobrovsky. That sent the game to overtime. The opportunity was there to tilt the series exponentially last night. Now we don't know, can't know what happens next. Leafs have scored 13 goals in three games. Florida has scored 12 goals. The series is that close. The kind of series an elite goal scorer can influence or change with one shot. ssimmons@ Editorial Cartoons Toronto & GTA Columnists Toronto & GTA Columnists
