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TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving says to expect changes in the off-season after another playoff bust. And not just to the roster — but "between the ears," too.

VANCOUVER — Jesper Sorensen believes in giving his players room to make mistakes. "If you're afraid of making mistakes, you'll make nothing. That's the problem.

The entire play took eight seconds, and basically summed up why the Florida Panthers have enormous, nonstop belief in Aleksander Barkov. Third period, Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, game tied at 3.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps continue to prove doubters wrong as the Major League Soccer season winds on.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The horn sounded to signal a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Final, and the Florida Panthers celebrated merely by hopping over the boards and several heading over to to congratulate goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder tried their best to balance the euphoria of the moment with the fact that they haven't completed their mission.

RIMOUSKI — Gardiner MacDougall had a blunt assessment of his team’s first period on Wednesday night. “We were atrocious,” the Moncton Wildcats head coach said. “That may be, I don't know, the worst period in Memorial Cup hockey.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder tried their best to balance the euphoria of the moment with the fact that they haven't completed their mission.

TORONTO — Add another painful chapter to Toronto FC's challenging season.

RALEIGH, N.C.