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3 Areas of Concern So Far for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2023-24

The Toronto Maple Leafs began the 2023-24 NHL season on a winning note, with their offence mainly contributing to their first two victories on the year.

The “core four” of the Toronto Maple Leafs combined for a whopping 9 goals, 10 assists for 19 points in total in those two games and appeared to be unstoppable.

Alas came the game against the Chicago Blackhawks when reality finally checked in. The Leafs were stymied by unheralded goalie Arvid Soderblom as they ended up falling 4-1 to last season’s third-last place team in the league.

With the first two games, many of the warts in the Leafs game were masked by their dominance in their offensive side of the game.