The Toronto Maple Leafs are 9–10–3 to start the year, which is good enough for 28th in the entire league. This is not the start the Leafs wanted, or even imagined, for the year. While it looked like the Leafs were starting to put it together, last week was still a disappointment. This is the 10th year in the Matthews era, and the team has only two second-round appearances.

In the offseason, general manager Brad Treliving had to pivot from Mitch Marner and his eight-year $12M AAV contract. Treliving ended up obtaining Nicolas Roy in the Marner trade, and re-signed John Tavares and Matthew Knies. At the end, Treliving had approximately $3.3M in cap space, and there was a sense of excitement in Leafs Nation, a new direction. However, as we reviewed last week’s performance, …

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a .500 team through the first 18 games of the season. Going into the year, it was expected that the Leafs would get off to a slow start, as they normally do. Usually by now, they have figured it out and are on the ascension. However, with how November has gone so far, many are…