The 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs have been horrific defensively in the team’s first 17 games of the season, with the team currently in the bottom half of the league in goals against and goals against average, with many suggesting a trade adding to the team’s defense being the answer for their tough play.
Despite Ilya Samsonov being nothing short of awful as well, sporting a 3.56 GAA while being pulled twice for poor play, it’s hard to blame all of their issues on him as the Toronto Maple Leafs as a whole has been lackluster definitely in every statistical category.