"The figurative castle is being stormed once again, and it has only taken a month this time around, compared to a full regular season of promise and an embarrassing playoff exit. With the Toronto Maple Leafs now well past the quarter-mark of the 2025-26 NHL season, it's safe to say that things, well, aren't exactly peaches and cream. After 22 games, the Toronto Maple Leafs have a record of 9-10-3 (good for 21 points), and find themselves in dead last in not just the Atlantic Division, but in the entire Eastern Conference. Yes, that means they're somehow behind Buffalo, a team that has played some relatively-fun hockey thus far."
"In terms of the standings, however, things aren't entirely bleak just yet. The Leafs are only five points back of the Boston Bruins, who sit in one of the two Eastern Conference wild card slots as of November 24th, and they have two games in hand on their longtime rivals. Even then, Toronto social media is, to say the least, starting to panic."
The Toronto Maple Leafs began the 2025-26 season 9-10-3 after 22 games, collecting 21 points and occupying the bottom spot in the Eastern Conference. The club sits five points behind a Bruins wild-card position but holds two games in hand on Boston. Fan reaction on social media has trended toward panic, with many reels urging a coaching change to revive the locker room. A pushback view advises restraint. Over the past decade of the Auston Matthews era the team has had three head coaches: Mike Babcock, Sheldon Keefe and Craig Berube, with Keefe’s tenure including a qualifying-round exit to Columbus.
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