from James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail, It came earlier than last season, and it was hardly a surprise.
But the Toronto Maple Leafs are now officially, mathematically eliminated from the playoffs after another dismal outing in a 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
The defeat caps an epic collapse by a Leafs team that had been sitting in sixth in the Eastern Conference as late as Feb. 6 – a date since which they’ve broken a franchise record with a 10-game home losing streak and gone 5-16-3 overall.
That collapse leaves Toronto playoff-less for a seventh consecutive season, tying them for the sixth longest drought in NHL history.
And of all the low points in the Leafs recent loss-filled run, this stinker ranked right up there.
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