The Toronto Maple Leafs seemed to be a bigger player towards the beginning of offseason trading. Since the start of the 2024 NHL Draft, the team has acquired and signed Chris Tanev and Jani Hakanpää from the Dallas Stars, as well as Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Anthony Stolarz from the Florida Panthers.
Yet, Toronto still has some major problems if they want to be real contenders for the Stanley Cup in the upcoming season. On the Leafs Morning Take, Nick Alberga revealed a major red flag on Brad Treliving's plan with the Toronto Maple Leafs: he did not change their core in any capacity.
Alberga's guest, former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton, shared his sentiment. Without changing the fundamental part of the team, all adjustments on the periphery are pointless.
With several consecutive unsuccessful runs, it is hard to argue with Alberga and Hutton. Though they have a new head coach in Craig Berube, the same players at the heart of the game may not be worth fighting for anymore. However, there is always a chance for the Toronto Maple Leafs to prove them wrong. Yet, with the 2024-25 playoffs this far away, it will be quite some time before we find out.
Source: Hockey Feed
Analysts expose «major red flags» in Maple Leafs' offseason
POLL | ||
JUILLET 9 | 87 ANSWERS Major red flags exposed: Brad Treliving and the Toronto Maple Leafs Did Brad Treliving do a bad job in the offseason for the Toronto Maple Leafs? | ||
Yes | 49 | 56.3 % |
No | 38 | 43.7 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Taylor Hall | 3 | - | 3 | |
Brayden Point | 3 | - | 3 | |
Brock Nelson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Bryan Rust | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Pavel Zacha | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Quinn Hughes | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Carter Verhaeghe | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Erik Karlsson | - | 3 | 3 | |
Elias Lindholm | - | 3 | 3 | |
David Pastrnak | - | 3 | 3 | |
Tim Stutzle | - | 3 | 3 | |
Adam Gaudette | 2 | - | 2 | |
Dylan Holloway | 2 | - | 2 | |
Brad Marchand | 2 | - | 2 | |
Aleksander Barkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Sam Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Sean Couturier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Alex DeBrincat | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack Drury | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Cutter Gauthier | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 23 | 18 | 5 | - | 36 | |
Hurricanes | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
Wild | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | |
Devils | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 32 | |
Capitals | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |
Golden Knights | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |
Maple Leafs | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 28 | |
Panthers | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 27 | |
Kings | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 27 | |
Conference | Cumulative |