{"id":941253,"date":"2026-10-21T21:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/941253\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:10:09","slug":"the-marlies-calder-cup-run-is-paying-off-in-spades-for-the-maple-leafs-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/941253\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marlies\u2019 Calder Cup run is paying off in spades for the Maple Leafs &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxPOFl4alU0N1EwaU9sejNzalFDUkpFblVqN2NwSzFjemJPcmwwYXF2T09tOHlhb3BLY3JKM1IxaEZLRVY0cVJSV0s3V3lOR2ExX1FBblExdkJNTUhqRFk3Nng4bHd2SnNWaTZZckhPczFNOXJ6MFdGNHNEeW9CdlBVQ0ppOGFWS2tqSmZzRkU4YWZfbUhkdVdNdTgyZVpmQTNDVE1OY3duVV9Qdm1sMVhaRE9iMGkxdVhKZHBiVTVXU1BUbTdwMHQ1Tmkwc2ZsUW1SUDVMaEl4Mmkta1RHX1FvYmd4N3ZpS0pSQ0dXYTNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Marlies\u2019 Calder Cup run is paying off in spades for the Maple Leafs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxObXV0RjBoLWJWQ2N4LTlTSXdMRXM5OTJnMGhsbDVMT1luOXhMV3JLckFNek5XWUhvUGlCazVzRlVpd1Bwa3UyY1ZTRHNqSFJJNFFHNWlxV1pHX09yTjZvRUxXVTJqNEVfRWhQdHRSOEVCblBzOFBQc3pRNThtZVJoMnRwY0hiZmZjZFgwM05WbzdNM25xbk1jampDM3diTHNMeWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jim Hiller after Easton Cowan&#8217;s three-point night in Columbus: &#8220;He&#8217;s exceeded my expectations, and I had high expectations for him&#8230; But he told me this is what he was going to do&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Maple Leaf Hot Stove<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPNTRnOVo1MDRScXFiOXpvZE5WUWYwSG9KS1BTQXJYU1Zpc1N6S1dTU2RzOFJZUnk4dEpKLThmZEpUWEExdk9wQlZ4RVR5dkJoVC1tU004YXJCYlZqbDZpVG9UZ3ZyY0taeTBtRnhZTGxqWkZVOTNkdjNkdXZRcDFaM3FsV0M5NWRMTVNqS1FEbEVqdW03T2NLZkdGMGpwMmtxYmJDeVo1MWhzTzRGazltQTBHU2FiemNoVDcyZ1BjdVNNcExrS1Bz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Exceeded expectations&#8217;: Cowan continues to cook beside surging Matthews on Leafs top line<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TSN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxQSkJpS2xJaVpfWkpuZFZBOXhrcG9hUVNmZG9CMXEzSlp0a0lEdng5RndwT01jNkk2MDh3Z2VBWkF5REtYZnRMVk9jRzdRcndwQ1ZJTTFYcGwzZ3B5cGdVU2dXOXdZX1RYc2NiV2pCYXhjd0JpVWhaU0EtU2t4a2VEQTJqdE5JSGxfV0hhVWJWLTk2UWd1S2lyenJYYThsVkY2QkhwMUdTcTh2aGFzekdLNjhJM08xaUNqX0h3R25SYVZGaHI0WFc1U1FQNk9qdlBGcUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hockey News Morning Skate: Maple Leafs&#8217; Cowan Shines, Rantanen&#8217;s Hat Trick Heroics, And More<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hockey News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTFBuRmlPVXFxREpIX0loUDYzQ0FudUJGMFB2NWtTNjA3MzVRTDBOdHlyUFFrN2Vzd2VOdXlQc2V5UjlPelJrOGpkX1lORmRfOEd1bkNhamJRZXBwX3AweThBSUhuYkxLVzVESVFnOGxWTTZsZmNUdG4zQWM2OUUxdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inside The Leafs: Has Easton Cowan become a core player?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Marlies\u2019 Calder Cup run is paying off in spades for the Maple Leafs&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarJim Hiller after Easton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":941254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[322387,49,48,322384,322391,322390,322383,322388,82,322386,322385,322389],"class_list":["post-941253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bo_groulx","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-easton_cowan","tag-john_chayka","tag-john_gruden","tag-marshall_rifai","tag-ryan_hardy","tag-sports","tag-the_calder_cup","tag-toronto_marlies","tag-vinni_lettieri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=941253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/941254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=941253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=941253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=941253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}