Toronto is expected to explore options to retool its forward group, mostly because of the potential departures of stars Mitch Marner and John Tavares. Both players will become unrestricted free agents on July 1, unless they agree to and sign a contract extension between the end of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and that date.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have, once again, been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It marks the 58th consecutive year that the Maple Leafs have failed to win the Cup, and the 22nd straight season in which the team failed to reach the conference finals.

The Toronto Maple Leafs fell short in an eighth consecutive winner-take-all game with a 6-1 drumming at the hands of the Florida Panthers. After working hard to secure a shot at redemption on home ice following a 6-1 blowout loss in Game 5,

The Maple Leafs haven't advanced beyond the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for nine straight seasons.

Drake lost a $1 million bet and appeared to blame Justin Bieber after the Maple Leafs’ blowout loss to the Panthers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Second Round of the Stanley Cup

The Panthers were all over the Maple Leafs from the get-go, swarming the home side in the opening 20 minutes. The defending Stanley Cup champions outshot the Leafs 13-6 in the first period, with Aaron Ekblad scoring his second goal of the playoffs.

The Toronto Maple Leafs flamed out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs once again and one insider insists this core must be broken up.