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Early-Season Struggles Push Toronto Maple Leafs to Last Place

For the first time in the Auston Matthews era, the Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves sitting dead last in the Eastern Conference after Buffalo’s 4–1 win over Carolina bumped them down yet again.

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Maple Leafs Weekly: Injuries, Woll & Carlo

The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 season and looking for ways to turn it around, and fast. They currently sit in last place in the Atlantic Division with a 9-10-3 record and have been bitten bad by the injury bug.

NHL News / Last Word On Sports / November 26

NHL Predictions: November 26th Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets

For a third time this season, the Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets will face off. The Maple Leafs will look to turn the tide after a 5-2 loss at the hands of the Canadiens on Saturday.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / November 26

Projected top 2026 draft pick Keaton Verhoeff explains how he’s thriving at NCAA level

Considering the expectations on the team entering the season, it’s hard to imagine the Toronto Maple Leafs would already be in the draft lottery conversation, but here we are.

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The 'NHL all-time goal leaders' quiz

How many of the 21 players in NHL history with at least 600 career goals can you name in five minutes?

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Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / November 26

3 Maple Leafs prospects who have surprised so far in 2025-26

The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ prospect cupboard has seen better days. We all know that. The reality is, if you’re in the position the Maple Leafs are and find yourself in the thick of the playoff hunt whenever the trade deadline rolls around, watching all of your rivals upgrade their rosters, you’re going to have to be a buyer more often than not.

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Who is the winningest coach for every NHL franchise?

NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.

NHL News / Field Level Media / November 25

Maple Leafs hope to be healthier for matchup vs. Blue Jackets

The floundering Toronto Maple Leafs will hope to find some stability away from home as they continue their six-game road trip with a Wednesday night bout against a Columbus Blue Jackets team that bested them six days prior.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Yardbarker / November 25

Maple Leafs get good news with latest injury updates

There is some good news for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Auston Matthews has become a better player despite team struggles

Simon Benoit vows improvement after critical self-assessment

Maple Leafs could find answers to their bad form in Europe

Rangers' Vincent Trocheck is right and changes are needed

Rangers HC Mike Sullivan's roster gamble pays off in win over Blues

Five NHL players who surprisingly merit Olympic team consideration

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL on ClutchPoints / November 25

Maple Leafs rumors: Which 2025 pickup could be traded before 2026 NHL trade deadline?

The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a dreadful start to the 2025-26 NHL season, with a 9-10-3 record. They are last in the Eastern Conference and will not have their first-round pick in June’s draft if it lands outside the top five.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Yardbarker / November 25

Maple Leafs' Benoit vows improvement after self-assessment

Maple Leafs' Simon Benoit vows improvement after critical self-assessment

Simon Benoit is holding himself accountable, admitting his play for the Toronto Maple Leafs has fallen short this season.

Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews has become a better player despite team struggles

It might be time to panic for the Maple Leafs

Who is the winningest coach for every NHL franchise?

The '1961-64 Toronto Maple Leafs' quiz

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / November 25

$Jake McCabe avoided fracture during loss to Canadiens, defends Simon Benoit’s start to season$

Jake McCabe avoided fracture during loss to Canadiens, defends Simon Benoit’s start to season

Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Jake McCabe is ready to go for Wednesday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 32-year-old was ruled out of Saturday’s game against the Montreal Canadiens after taking a puck to the face in the second period and did not return for the third.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / November 25

3 Teams the Maple Leafs Could Trade With In a Roster-For-Roster Deal

The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves in a tough situation, do they go out and make a big splash with a trade, or do they try and tough out what has been an awful start to the season?

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Daily Faceoff / November 25

It might be time to panic for the Toronto Maple Leafs

Losses and injuries just keep on piling up for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who sit last place in the Eastern Conference with a 9-10-3 record while star center Auston Matthews, starting goalie Anthony Stolarz and several others remain sidelined with various ailments.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / NHL Trade Talk / November 25

Top Draft Prospect Sounds Exactly Like What the Maple Leafs Need

The Toronto Maple Leafs entered this season with Stanley Cup aspirations, or at the very least with hopes of another playoff run. Nobody expected to be talking about the top of the 2026 draft class, especially just 22 games in, yet with a 9-10-3 record alone at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, that’s where we find ourselves.

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Easton Cowan News / The Hockey Writers / November 25

Unpacking the Maple Leafs’ Easton Cowan Trade Rumours

Let’s get one thing straight. I don’t think there’s any chance at all that the Toronto Maple Leafs would part with Easton Cowan anytime soon. The thought is, for all practical purposes, the stuff of fantasy hockey.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Maple Leafs Hotstove / November 25

As the market calls for everything from coaching changes to rebuilds, where should the Maple Leafs go from here?

As the Maple Leafs’ struggles have mounted over the past few weeks, fan/media scrutiny has understandably escalated. As we all know, it will only get louder unless the team can somehow work its way out of its current funk in short order. From what I’ve seen, most of the criticism has been fair.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / TheLeafsnation / November 25

Berube preaches ‘glass half-full’ mentality, praises Woll for competing: ‘He wanted to be in there and fight’

Although the Toronto Maple Leafs are dead last in the Eastern Conference, head coach Craig Berube appears to be a proponent of radical positivity. Berube implored his team to look at the ‘glass half-full, not half-empty’ as Auston Matthews led the team stretch to conclude Tuesday’s practice.

Auston Matthews News / NHL Trade Talk / November 25

Concern Rises as Auston Matthews Still Doesn’t Appear Ready to Return from Injury

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in the midst of one of their worst stretches of play in a long time, and they desperately need some reinforcements to get back into the lineup if they want to snap out of it.

John Tavares News / TheLeafsnation / November 25

John Tavares eager for opportunity to change Maple Leafs’ season during road trip

Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares believes there is a good chance the team can get their season back on track as they head out on their five-game road trip.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / The Hockey Writers / November 25

Maple Leafs 3 Up, 3 Down: Nylander, Matthews, Injuries & More

The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves in the basement of the Atlantic Division with a record of 9-10-3. Despite being in last place, they are six points out of top spot in the Division.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / 6IX ON ICE / November 25

An early look at who the Toronto Maple Leafs could sell at the trade deadline

The Toronto Maple Leafs are spiralling, and a bad upcoming road trip could truly end their season. As the saying goes, you can’t make the playoffs early, but you can definitely miss them, and that’s where the Leafs are at right now.

Brad Treliving News / Athlon Sports / November 25

Maple Leafs GM's Seat 'Couldn't Possibly Get Any Hotter'

As the Toronto Maple Leafs spiral further down the standings, The Athletic's Chris Johnston made it clear on Tuesday that general manager Brad Treliving is in a precarious situation.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Breakaway on SI / November 25

Maple Leafs' HC Delivers Blunt Message After Humiliating Loss

The Toronto Maple Leafs have no shortage of talent, experience, or expectations. They're built to win now, loaded with veterans who have been through the wars and should know better than to let a game slip away because they fall behind by a couple of goals.

Matias Maccelli News / TheLeafsnation / November 25

Why the Maple Leafs should consider trading Matias Maccelli

Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving hasn’t made too many mistakes throughout his tenure. Trading a conditional third-round pick for forward Matias Maccelli is evidently becoming one of them.

Toronto Maple Leafs News / Yardbarker / November 24

How Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews has gotten better

Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews has become a better player despite team struggles

Maybe more was expected from Auston Matthews before the season started, but the forward has managed to evolve into a more complete player with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Maple Leafs could find answers to their bad form in Europe

Maple Leafs must urgently correct a roster management error

Five NHL players who surprisingly merit Olympic team consideration

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The '60-goal NHL seasons' quiz

Toronto Maple Leafs News / 6IX ON ICE / November 23

Maple Leafs fan therapy week 8: Toronto might have to tank for a top-5 draft pick

So when I signed up to write a weekly column as a Toronto Maple Leafs fan at the start of this season, I was quite excited. As I wrote about in my first column, I really felt that this season was the start of something new, not a fresh page, but at least a new chapter. Turns out I was right, although very much not in the way I was expecting.