If you were at Scotiabank Arena last night, you saw it: fans booing their Toronto Maple Leafs team for its seventh straight loss, murmurs of frustration, and a sense that something has to give.
The weather outside is improving. Blue Jays baseball is back in exhibition form. The first F1 race of the season created some optimism for more entertaining races this year.
If the fans are right, the Toronto Maple Leafs are in shambles. And, it’s been coming for a long time. Why? Pay a young guy $15 million a year, slap a C on his sweater, call him an all-time great, tell him he’s special, and watch what happens.
With general manager Brad Treliving selling off some assets at the trade deadline, it’s opened up an opportunity for Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nick Robertson to receive consistent playing time the rest of this season.
Saturday night at Scotiabank Arena didn’t give Toronto Maple Leafs fans much to cheer about. The Maple Leafs dropped a 5-2 decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning, a loss that stretched their skid to seven games (0-5-2).
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According to Michael Amato of Sportsnet, the Toronto Maple Leafs were sellers who made a critical mistake at the trade deadline. With an opportunity to restock the cupboards with picks and prospects, the organization only did half the job, leaving them much closer to a full-blown rebuild than to anything resembling a playoff contender.
The Trade Deadline has now passed, and while the Leafs did offload Nic Roy, Scott Laughton, and Bobby McMann for a 2027 first, 2027 second, 2026 fourth, a conditional 2026 third, and a conditional 2026 fifth, they are still in a brutal position.
The Toronto Maple Leafs reached the NHL trade deadline in a position they had not faced in nearly a decade. After nine straight playoff appearances, the club shifted into seller mode and dealt multiple veterans for draft capital.
The Toronto Maple Leafs losing streak extended to seven on Saturday night, falling 5-2 to the Atlantic division leading Tampa Bay Lightning. Toronto has now not won a game in over a month, since before the Olympic break.
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ losing streak has hit seven games after falling 5-2 to the Atlantic Division leaders, the Tampa Bay Lightning, on Saturday night.
Sometimes, when a season goes sideways, people try to find one moment where everything fell apart. One bad trade. One injury. One awful game that changed the mood around the room.
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, which dropped the Maple Leafs’ record to 27-26-11. On the team’s performance: Tough break on the first goal.
“You’re either winning or you’re learning” is one of my favourite sayings in sports. It’s a constructive way to frame a game in a glass-half-full type of way.
Forgive me if this headline was vague or uncreative. It’s hard to come up with new ways to describe Toronto Maple Leafs games when they simply suck every night.
Every once in a while, as a person who has covered the Toronto Maple Leafs for nine seasons, I want to sit back and say something positive about the team.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are on a six-game losing streak. It’s making the playoffs look like a faraway dream at this point. The NHL trade deadline was lacklustre as well, with the Leafs getting minimal return on the deals made.
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The 2026 NHL Trade Deadline highlighted a significant shift for the Toronto Maple Leafs, who for the first time in a decade were sellers. The Leafs moved
The Toronto Maple Leafs are back home Saturday night to host the Tampa Bay Lightning in what feels like a strange game for both teams. Not long ago, this would have looked like a heavyweight Atlantic Division matchup.
When the puck dropped in October, the Toronto Maple Leafs were not supposed to be in a position where they would have to sell off veteran players for future assets at the trade deadline.
The Seattle Kraken have acquired forward Bobby McMann from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a second-round pick in 2027 and a fourth-round pick in 2026.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube made a surprising move by ruling out winger Bobby McMann, center Scott Laughton, and defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson for the game against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.