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27
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Uncertain
7%
2 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Perhaps hitting a few baseballs out of the park will be what drags the Maple Leafs out of their demoralizing losing streak.
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what → hit → streak
The Leafs spent Friday morning and part of the afternoon at Rogers Centre, taking part in an outing in the home of the Blue Jays that included the usual team meeting, a workout and some batting practice.
“Going through something like we’re going through right now, it takes everyone to come together to get out of it,” Leafs forward Nick Paul said was he turned to watch winger Zack MacEwen smack a ball to the left-field seats.
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MacEwen → spend → seats
“It’s not easy.
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It → ’ → ?
We know what’s at hand (on Saturday).
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what → know → Saturday
About all the Leafs can do right now is hope that’s true.
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that → do → ?
They’re going to have to play close to perfect hockey if they stand any chance of beating Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.
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they → go → night
The Oilers arrive at Scotiabank Arena with the league’s second-best record, 14-3-3, and have won three in a row.
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Oilers → arrive → row
McDavid hits his home town riding a season-opening 20-game point streak and has a 12-point lead on teammate Leon Draisaitl atop the NHL scoring race.
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McDavid → hit → race
A losing streak of any kind has some ugliness to it, but the Leafs have outdone themselves in losing five consecutive home games in regulation while being outscored 22-9.
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Leafs → have → regulation
The Leafs have lost five games in a row in regulation before, but not on the same home stand.
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Leafs → lose → stand
With one game remaining in this current Bay St. stint, the Leafs already guaranteed of having the worst six-game home stand in franchise history, having the chance to gain only two points.
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Leafs → remain → points
Since beating the Oilers 7-2 in Edmonton on Oct. 24 — a result that is one of the few positive outliers in the Leafs’ 8-11-1 mark in the first quarter — Toronto has lost seven of its past eight games, all in regulation.
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Toronto → beat → regulation
The Leafs have sunk so low that not even loser points want anything to do with them.
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points → sink → them
Can the Leafs could draw on what helped them spank the Oilers three weeks ago?
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them → draw → Oilers
“The way we took care of the puck was great,” captain Auston Matthews said.
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Matthews → take → puck
It has to be really solid throughout our game and lineup and (we need to have) the attention to detail.”
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we → have → detail
The Leafs continue to fall back on the idea that it’s mistakes, and not the way they’re playing overall, that continue to be the issue.
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that → continue → idea
Sure, there are injuries that have not helped, most notably to winger Kirill Marchenko, defenceman Morgan Rielly and forward Colton Sissons, but no matter who is on the ice, the Leafs are not a team that can stay out its own way.
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that → be → ice
Coach Jim Hiller, during his media availability in front of the Jays’ dugout, would not say whether Bobrovsky or Anthony Stolarz starts in net against the Oilers.
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Bobrovsky → say → Oilers
But you would think that if the ability was there to make fewer errors and limit the negative impact of them when they’re made, we would have seen greater evidence of that by now.
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we → think → that
Even if the Leafs suddenly started putting wins together, any thought of advancing into the top three positions in the Atlantic Division is foolish.
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thought → start → Division
The Leafs are nine points behind the third-place Boston Bruins and a wild-card spot isn’t exactly beckoning either, not with a six-point gap between the Leafs and the Florida Panthers, who are in the second wild-card spot.
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who → beckon → spot
Of the six teams ahead of Toronto in the Atlantic, four have two games in hand and two have one game in hand.
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two → have → hand
If the Leafs didn’t have salary-cap constraints and general manager John Chayka could make some moves, they’re not simply a trade or two — no matter the significance — from becoming Stanley Cup contenders.
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they → have → contenders
So the Leafs hope now that preparing in a different environment — even though the visit to Rogers Centre was planned for Friday long before the losses were piling up — can help lead to a victory against the Oilers.
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losses → hope → Oilers
“I don’t think the vibes are down in the locker room,” defenceman Darren Raddysh said.
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Raddysh → think → room
“We just have to keep sticking with it — trust ourselves, trust each other, trust our game and hopefully we can turn things around.”
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we → have → things
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