#toronto-maple-leafs

#toronto-maple-leafs

I thought we were a little slow at the start, but we got to our game. We played more direct tonight. Our forecheck was good, our offensive zone play was good, and our PK was really good tonight. We had a lot of people contributing in the game, and our goalie was really good.

At any rate, we kicked off the Monday edition of Leafs Morning Take by talking some World Series. The scene has shifted to Los Angeles for the next three games -starting with Game 3 tonight. Friend of the show Max Scherzer gets the ball for Toronto. We still can't believe that the Blue Jays are in the World Series. Amazing. The city has been buzzing.

The two games affected include the Maple Leafs' game vs the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, December 4, which was supposed to start at 7:30 pm EST and will now be starting at 7:00 pm EST. This is game #431 of the NHL season and it will be the second meeting between the Maple Leafs and Hurricanes of the season, with Toronto hosting Carolina on Sunday, November 9. The Hurricanes are currently 6-2-0 and were the last undefeated team in the league after starting the season 5-0-0.

It's always difficult being on the wrong end of an instant classic. Unfortunately, that's what happened to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night as they fell 6-5 in 18 innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series. At that point, it's anyone's game, and unfortunately, the Dodgers possess a lineup that would give an All-Star team a run for its money.

October: 11 GP - 4 G - 10 A - 14 P Leafs fans couldn't have asked for a better start to Knies' first season after signing a six-year contract extension worth just under $8 million annually. Teams have shown a tendency to commit to their young stars earlier than they might have in the past, and Knies is another example of why it's proven to be a smart investment.

With the Toronto Maple Leafs struggling to start the 2025-26 NHL season, they will need to find a way to turn things around soon before it's too late. Whether it be tinkering with the everyday lineup, promoting or demoting players, or even potentially making external moves to make the team better, the Leafs definitely need to try something to get them out of their funk. As a result, which Maple Leafs players could see their hold on a roster spot in jeopardy in the coming weeks? Let's take a look at three candidates that likely won't survive the roster by November.

The season is still young but also isn't nothing and whether you feel the Leafs will be fine or not is somewhat irrelevant. What matters is that this doesn't look like a club that is attempting to prove that they can do even better without Mitch Marner. Matias Maccelli, Nicolas Roy, and Dakota Joshua haven't taken steps back from their 2024-25 downturns, and Anthony Stolarz' save percentage points to a club that is witnessing their PDO bubble burst.

Rielly was already considered questionable for Friday's game, dealing with an injury he had suffered on Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils. No details have been given on what Rielly is dealing with, nor its severity. That being said, considering he played the full game Tuesday, skated Friday, and is still a possibility for Saturday, there's good reason to believe it's nothing too serious and the Leafs are just being cautious.

It took almost a year for this dream to become a reality, but one bettor turned a $93, four-leg parlay into a six-figure payday. And the Toronto Blue Jays punching their ticket to the World Series earlier this week was the W the lucky sports fan needed to cash out his winnings. Known on Instagram as @halfwolfhalfish, the bettor strung together a mix of futures bets to build out his parlay with odds of +107765.

Perhaps no new Maple Leaf has been as inconsistent as Maccelli through the first seven games. He's gone from first line with Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies, to second line, to being demoted to the bottom six throughout the first few weeks. Maccelli is averaging 13:49 of ice-time per game, he's recorded just two points in seven games, and what's really stood out the most is his inability to manage the puck.

There needs to be some real accountability regarding the lineup card and some significant changes need to be made where things are clearly not working. I've alluded to some of these issues previously. Max Domi is at best a hot mess and it's a tough sell to say he belongs in an NHL lineup the way he's playing. The same can be said for Nick Robertson, Dakota Joshua, and Brandon Carlo.

In explaining why Leafs held only an optional skate, Craig Berube says there's guys banged up who had to stay off the ice anyway so it wouldn't have been a full practice Notes there's games Friday & Saturday with an early start Saturday Felt they would get more from a meeting Craig Berube says he thinks Scott Laughton will be on the ice tomorrow (individually) After seeing how he does there. "hopefully he's back on the ice with us shortly." @BodogCA

Laughton has had rotten luck since being acquired by the Leafs from the Philadelphia Flyers at last season's trade deadline. The 31-year-old forward was not able to adjust to coming back to his hometown and just before training camp a couple months ago, he had to explain why his time in Toronto has gone so poorly so far. With hope that he could turn it around and really be a stabilizing force down in the Leafs' bottom six, there was general optimism heading into the season.

"I think it's a little bit of everything," Matthews said. "It's attitude and commitment from us to take care of the puck in certain situations, certain parts of the game. The second period's been a bit of a struggle for us lately. I think a lot of it just comes down to execution: being mentally focused and executing out there. We've shown flashes of it, but it has to be throughout the whole 60 minutes."

Jack Hughes is one of the most dynamic players in the NHL and he submitted a dominant effort, capping off his hat-trick with an empty-net goal, as 30 seconds remained on the clock. Hughes used his tremendous speed to great effect and he crushed the Maple Leafs with the totality of his skill set. Toronto made it easy at times: Hughes walked in without much resistance for his first goal of the contest, wiring a shot cleanly past Anthony Stolarz.

he needs a reset, get a game to watch. It's always good for young guys to watch a game at some point