The Toronto Maple Leafs have all but sealed their playoff fate with their lacklustre performance on Saturday.
While the previous night, the Toronto Maple Leafs were incredibly efficient in dispatching the Blue Jackets, a poor display followed the next night.
The harsh reality is that if the team is to have any chance of catching the Boston Bruins in top spot, they have to win every possible game.
A loss to a basement dweller that had been soundly beaten the night before speaks to an omni-present Leafs problem.
Toronto Maple Leafs Consistently Fail To Raise Their Game
The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach, Sheldon Keefe evaluated it quite simply post-game as the team getting ‘outworked’ and ‘outplayed’.