Toronto Maple Leafs season ticket prices are out, and the reaction from fans hasn't been pretty at all.
According to hockey insider Gino Hard on X, the cheapest standard ticket averaged $215 CAD this season, excluding standing room and obstructed seats entirely.
Prices only get uglier from there. Cheapest available seats peaked between $350 and $400 for home games against the Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers.
The sticker shock lands harder given where this team just finished. Toronto closed last season 32-36-14, good for 78 points and a 28th overall rank leaguewide.
Head coach Jim Hiller watched his group limp home on a seven-game skid, going 2-7-1 over the final ten games with a minus-46 goal differential.
Is that the kind of product worth $215 a seat before fees? A lot of fans on social media clearly do not think so.
Charging premium money for a team that finished the year like that is a hard sell, and Bob's not going to pretend otherwise.
Cheapest seats already top $200 before fees kick in
Standing-room and obstructed-view tickets sit entirely outside that $215 baseline, meaning the real entry cost for casual fans runs even higher than advertised.
Toronto's front office hasn't addressed the pricing rollout publicly, and there's no indication yet whether any adjustments are coming before puck drop this fall.
Marquee games against Montreal and Edmonton driving the highest prices tells you exactly which matchups the organization expects to sell out fastest.
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For a fan base that just sat through a seven-game losing streak to close the year, this pricing rollout is going to keep getting talked about long after the schedule drops.
Are the Maple Leafs justified in charging premium ticket prices after last season's collapse?
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