The Toronto Maple Leafs have started their 2024/25 season with two wins and a loss through three games, but now, it appears they may be struggling with an illness issue. John Tavares has already missed a game due to illness, and on Tuesday morning, it was officially revealed that William Nylander would also miss practice due to the same illness.
Unfortunately for the team, Craig Berube revealed that the issue is going through the locker room, and while no one else is currently bad enough to miss a skate or even a game, it's a worrying sign this early in the season. The positive news for Toronto is that they now have the depth to cover this sort of issue, with Max Pacioretty, Pontus Holmberg and Bobby McMann all playing their part to cover the current illness that still has John Tavares out of the lineup.
Thankfully, it doesn't appear to be a serious illness for anyone thus far, and while it may cost Toronto some players for a short stretch, more than a few players are managing to push through their current issues.
Ultimately, this isn't going to be a long-term issue for the Maple Leafs, but it may take more than a few days for the illness to pass through the locker room and be gone completely, so keep a very close eye on the injury designation of many players over the coming few days.
POLL | ||
OCTOBRE 15 | 221 ANSWERS Worrying reports emerge about the health of the Toronto Maple Leafs locker room Will the Toronto Maple Leafs make the Stanley Cup Finals in 2024/25? | ||
Yes | 61 | 27.6 % |
No | 160 | 72.4 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
Clayton Keller | - | - | - | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |