Following a sizzling start to the season — one of historical proportions — Auston Matthews is now out four or more weeks due to a shoulder separation sustained on the opposite shoulder he suffered this same injury last year. Now without their best player, the Leafs‘ situation could be worse if you put it into this perspective: Only a handful of teams around the league can claim a 1-2 punch down the middle of the calibre of John Tavares and Nazem Kadri.
In behind those two is where the question marks start.