Maple Leafs, Core 4 Era Ends and Playoff Failure
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NHL insider and analyst Bryan Hayes of TSN isn't convinced that the Toronto Maple Leafs won't re-sign Mitch Marner this summer. The post Insider ‘Not Convinced’ Maple Leafs Won’t Re-Sign Mitch Marner in Offseason appeared first on Heavy Sports.
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Yardbarker on MSNMaple Leafs' 'core four' likely done after latest postseason stumbleThus, the era of the Core Four has seemingly come to a disappointing end. Although Toronto hasn't missed the playoffs since drafting Auston Matthews, they've only made it past the first round twice in nine seasons and never made it further than round two.
The Toronto Maple Leafs flamed out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs once again and one insider insists this core must be broken up.
Some Toronto Maple Leafs fans are venting on social media Monday morning after yet another year without a deep run in the NHL playoffs.
The latest early post-season exit by the Toronto Maple Leafs sparked considerable media conjecture suggesting big changes could be coming this off-season.
Indeed, the Maple Leafs came into this contest having lost six consecutive Game 7s, including five with Matthews, Marner, forward William Nylander and defenseman Morgan Rielly in the lineup. This was their chance to finally change the narrative.