We’ve been talking about it all day, but the Leafs were eliminated last night.
Like every year for ages, we’re wondering what’s going to happen with this team.
Now, more than ever, we’ll have answers to our questions, because drastic changes are coming. Mitch Marner and John Tavares will become free agents in July, and they won’t both be signing, especially after yesterday’s booing of Marner.
And yesterday, after the game, he was talking in the past tense about his time in Toronto.
That doesn’t tell the whole story, but…
Mitch Marner had this to say on his tenure with the Toronto Maple Leafs pic.twitter.com/uCGuw7xXkT
– TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 19, 2025
Perhaps the problem in Toronto isn’t the media or the fans, as many claim, but the organization itself.
At least, that’s what Renaud Lavoie thinks.
The Maple Leafs’ problem: it’s not the media or the fans, it’s the organization! @renlavoietva @datgregtho pic.twitter.com/KTKGt0BHcA
– BPM Sports (@BPMSportsRadio) May 19, 2025
After game number six in Florida, the reporter was waiting at the locker room doors to talk to Max Pacioretty and heard the players say, “what’s the media going to say now?”
It was a bit early to say that, especially since the series wasn’t over yet.
I don’t know what the media said after game six, but I do know what they said after game seven. – Me
It has to be said that the Leafs have always been a bit arrogant in this way.
In the first round, they were fiddling after winning a game against the Senators.
Auston Matthews and Morgan Reilly busted out the violins after the Leafs Game 2 OT win
pic.twitter.com/MfNAuXrs9r
– B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 23, 2025
Karma caught up with them quickly, didn’t it?
There will have to be a major change in the organization this summer. Not just a couple of changes to the fourth line…
In closing, just to add fuel to the fire, I’d like to note that the Islanders won more rounds than the Leafs during the John Tavares era (which may not be over) in Toronto.
He left New York to win, mind you.
– It’s better to laugh than to cry.
A series of unfortunate events today for Mike Matheson
(h/t @bluebelgeorgia) pic.twitter.com/e9u7bcs5bk
– BarDown (@BarDown) May 20, 2025
– Really?
Capitals GM not ready to rule out 2026-2027 season for Ovi
https://t.co/G8z0Mkpb1 s
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) May 20, 2025
– Ah well.
Gold Cup: Jesse Marsch doesn’t know if Canadiens fans will make the trip to the U.S.https://t.co/7QzHoaN0Ar
– RDS (@RDSca) May 20, 2025
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