Exploring three potential outcomes for the 2026-27 Maple Leafs

Sep 23, 2026, 1:12 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet,

TORONTO — Parsing through all the words spilled over the Toronto Maple Leafs this September, the consensus expectation is that they should be … pretty meh. Most analysts and fans assume they'll be “better” than last season — which was awful — but nobody I’ve seen has them pegged as much more than a playoff contender, or at best first-round fodder for a real Atlantic Division threat.

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