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20 hours agoThe Maple Leafs may need to make a surprising move in net
The Toronto Maple Leafs' goaltending struggles in the 2025-26 season contributed significantly to missing the playoffs.
For whatever reason, we didn't start on time. They took it to us. We were on our heels and fortunate to get the one goal. After a wakeup call between periods, our guy responded, and I thought we got a lot of pushback.
Berube: We wanted to just get moving again, with a lot of puck touches and skating up and down the ice. That is basically what practice was. The guys worked hard, and I thought they looked pretty good, given the amount of time they had off. Berube: It is great having him back out there. We'll see where he gets to. He is feeling good and ready to go. We'll see how it goes this week.
Is there more than 100%? he asked with a laugh after backstopping the U.S. past Germany in the round-robin finale. I feel good. It's pretty hot out there. I'm sweating a lot now I have to stand around and do a bunch of (interviews), so I'm going to chill now. I guess I'm at 99% right now as we speak. But, yeah, I feel good out there.
Boston Bruins Swayman allowed a center-ice goal to Denmark, but had to laugh it off in the aftermath of the United States' win. The United States took care of business against Denmark in Olympic action Saturday, but its win didn't have much to do with Jeremy Swayman's performance in net. Swayman was mediocre at best in net Saturday, giving up a pair of regrettable goals including a shot from center ice that will likely be the lowlight of his entire year.
For the first time since 2014, NHL players from the United States will be competing at the Olympic Games. Team USA's opening matchup of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is against Latvia, a team that features several current and former NHL players as well. The U.S. is led by arguably the strongest collection of talent to ever represent the country in international best-on-best competition, including a 1-2 punch of Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel at center, do-everything defensemen like Quinn Hughes,