Joshua Kloke
Staff Writer at The Athletic
Staff writer @TheAthletic (Maple Leafs/Canadian soccer) • Amateur pizzaiolo, there’ll be Friday pie photos
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3 days ago |
nytimes.com | Joshua Kloke
Five years ago, the Maple Leafs approached their largest draft class since 2001 with a clear plan: take swings. “We more look at the draft as our chance to really kind of strike with home runs and guys that can really become impact players,” then-general manager Kyle Dubas said after the Leafs made a remarkable 12 picks over two days in the 2020 NHL Draft. Five years since Dubas and the Leafs bet almost solely on skill and hockey IQ, regardless of size, they did not hit any home runs.
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3 days ago |
nytimes.com | Joshua Kloke
Through one of the longer and more plodding games in recent memory for Canada, Jesse Marsch’s side didn’t buy into El Salvador’s antics and pressed through to the Gold Cup quarterfinal stage. Goals from Jonathan David and Tajon Buchanan came after a barrage of fouls from El Salvador and lengthy stoppage time to give Canada a 2-0 win.
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4 days ago |
nytimes.com | Joshua Kloke
When the puck drops on the 2025-26 season in October, one thing will likely be true about the Maple Leafs: They’re going to be old. We’re talking ‘one of the oldest rosters in the NHL’ old, if not the oldest. Five of the Leafs’ top six defenders are 28 or older. Auston Matthews and William Nylander are closer to 30 than 20. Even Joseph Woll, the baby-faced goaltender of the future, is already 26. The time to plan for the next phase of their roster is now.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Joshua Kloke
Canada’s berth in the Gold Cup quarterfinals will have to wait. After leading for most of the match thanks to a 10th minute Nathan Saliba goal, Canada continued to allow Curacao into their second group stage match. Curacao’s Jeremy Antonisse scored in stoppage time, a goal that had been coming as Canada continued to defend poorly late in the game. Curacao, ranked 90th by FIFA, had two goals disallowed beforehand.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Joshua Kloke
Canada Soccer says it is working to “resolve this matter” after Concacaf opened an investigation into Canada men’s national team coach Jesse Marsch on Wednesday. Concacaf initiated disciplinary proceedings over the possibility that Canada Soccer and Marsch “disregarded regulations applicable to suspended match officials and used offensive language toward Concacaf match officials” during Canada’s 6-0 rout of Honduras to open the Gold Cup – a match for which Marsch was suspended.
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