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The Other 31: Toronto Maple Leafs

Our guest today is Luke Fox, Toronto Maple Leafs beat writer for Sportsnet. The Maple Leafs had their nine-year playoff streak snapped in 2025-26 as they missed out on the post season for the first time since 2015-16. It was a massive nosedive for Toronto, who went from winning the Atlantic Division with 108 points in 2024-25 to finishing in eighth place last season with just 78 points, a 30-point drop year-over-year. That led to the dismissal of general manager Brad Treliving and the hiring of John Chayka and Mats Sundin, who then fired head coach Craig Berube and brought in Jim Hiller. Then Toronto won the NHL Draft Lottery, using the first overall pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft to select Gavin McKenna. The new regime already had a massive win landing McKenna, but then they have also gone big in the offseason, bringing in Sergei Bobrovsky and Darren Raddysh. So the big question is, will the Maple Leafs surge right back into playoff relevance or are they in for a longer rebuild?

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