One thing you have to say for fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs is that they have extensive experience in watching the team play seven games and lose most of them. While it’s no fun for the franchise to hit its first ugly slump by Halloween, nor to look so unfamiliar with the game of hockey in several of those losses that you’d expect their skates to be laced with Velcro, this is no one’s first time.
As such, a fair slice of the fanbase isn’t participating in the panic just yet. They point out that Toronto is last in the league in shooting percentage, something that isn’t likely to continue considering they’ve been top ten in that stat every year since Auston Matthews entered in the NHL.