Wednesday night’s loss to the Colorado Avalanche was the Toronto Maple Leafs 17th loss through 30 games this season, leaving the team searching for answers once again.
Past justifications for the team’s poor play have varied from their defensive core, to questionable coaching decisions, to backup goaltending.
However, after improving the team’s defense in the offseason, hiring a new head coach in Sheldon Keefe, and bypassing their backup goaltender by starting Frederik Andersen on back-to-back nights, the responsibility needs to fall on the underperforming thoroughbreds at the top of the lineup.
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Beginning in the summer of 2018, the Toronto Maple Leafs spent on a spree of contracts that included signing Auston Matthews ($11.