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Washington Post
22-05-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Toronto Maple Leafs are not renewing president Brendan Shanahan's contract
Brendan Shanahan will not be returning as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, ending the Hall of Fame player-turned-executive's tenure after 11 years, nine playoff appearances and no trips beyond the second round of the playoffs. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns the team, said Thursday his contract that is expiring at the end of June will not be renewed. Toronto was eliminated by Florida in Game 7 of the second round Sunday with a 6-1 defeat.
National Post
21-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Manchester United teenager invited to take part in Team Canada training camp
Article content Canada coach Jesse Marsch has invited 18-year-old Manchester United academy forward Gabriele Biancheri to train with his team ahead of next month's Canadian Shield tournament in Toronto. Article content Article content Biancheri spent nine years at Cardiff City before joining Manchester United on a four-year deal in February 2023 as a 16-year-old. The Cardiff-born Biancheri, whose mother was born in Canada, has represented Wales at youth level and is also eligible for England and Italy. Article content The teenager started for Wales in European Under-19 Championship qualifiers against England, Portugal and Turkey in March, scoring against Turkey. He has scored in bunches for the United academy and trained with the first team, amidst reports that the Premier League side has already turned down a transfer offer for the young striker from Italy's Como. Article content The training camp invitation is a chance for Biancheri to see the Canadian setup as Marsch continues his hunt for talent. Article content The Canadian Shield is a new four-team tournament organized by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which owns Toronto FC and operates BMO Field. Article content The Canadian men, currently ranked an all-time high of No. 30, face No. 25 Ukraine on June 7 and the 41st-ranked Ivory Coast on June 10. No. 86 New Zealand is also taking part. Article content CF Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois is the other training player invited. Marsch's 23-player roster also includes goalkeepers Maxime Crepeau and Dayne St. Clair. Article content Article content Unavailable through injury are captain Alphonso Davies, defenders Alistair Johnston and Moise Bombito, midfielder Jonathan Osorio and forward Liam Millar. Article content Davies and Millar are recovering from knee surgery while Johnston has been dealing with a nagging back issue. Bombito and Osorio are dealing with wrist and shoulder injuries, respectively. Article content Marsch's roster includes 19 players from the CONCACAF Nations League Finals squad in March. That group includes defender Zorhan Bassong, who had filled in for the injured Richie Laryea. This time, both are named to the squad. Article content Forwards Promise David and Daniel Jebbison, who both committed to Canada prior to joining the team for the Nations League finale, are also back. Article content Additions this time are Vancouver Whitecaps defender Sam Adekugbe and winger Jayden Nelson, Fulham defender Luc de Fougerolles and CF Montreal midfielder Nathan Saliba.
National Post
19-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
SIMMONS: The great goodbye for Marner and another Leafs playoff season
Article content The players stood rather awkwardly in the semi-silence of the Scotiabank Arena, waiting for one last lifeless salute to the hockey fans of Toronto. Article content Article content One last uncomfortable way of saying goodbye to another playoff season ending too soon. Mitch Marner was the last to leave the ice. Article content He looked around and waited for all his Maple Leafs teammates to depart, because a likely departure from home is now part of his immediate future. He waited until the handshakes were over, until the sticks were saluted with all that post-game discomfort, until everyone but captain Auston Matthews left the ice. Article content And then Marner, uncertain of what the future will be, stepped off the ice at Scotiabank, just after Matthews, quite possibly for the last time after nine somewhat brilliant seasons each of which ended badly. Article content This one ended worse than most. Possibly because the score was Florida Panthers 6, Maple Leafs 1 in Game 7 of this Atlantic Division playoff series. Possibly because a best-of-seven series, with Florida winning four games, the Leafs winning three, ended with the final two games at home and Florida outscoring the Leafs 12-2 in those entries. Article content With a victory, the Leafs would have had home-ice advantage for the rest of the playoffs, but there is no rest of the playoffs for them. And in the end, home ice proved to be worth nothing but cash for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Article content This was another Game 7 defeat for the Leafs. This one uglier than the previous six. In almost all of those games, the Leafs were still alive in the third period of the clinching games. On Sunday night, they were done midway through the second period. Article content Article content They were done and now the question is who else is done? Is this the end for Marner as a Maple Leaf, coming up small once again on the biggest of nights These are six Game 7s for Marner, all them defeats for the 90-point career scorer. Six Game 7s and two measly assists to show for it. Article content This is six Game 7 losses for captain Matthews too, who unlike Marner does not have his contract running out. Matthews has three assists in his Game 7 life, all six of those games losses as well. Article content The rather ancient Brad Marchand had three points in the 6-1 win for Florida. The three points were one more than Marner has scored in the six games he's tried to advance to the next round of the playoffs. Article content What happened Sunday night? The Leafs again lost a game and their way. They went into Game 7 believing they had a chance against the Stanley Cup champion Panthers and came away with their collective faces slapped: One team understands what it is to be champion. The other not close to that level, not when it mattered most.
