The Toronto Maple Leafs' 2025-26 season has mercifully come to an end. We kick things off with breaking news as the New Jersey Devils hire Sunny Mehta as their new GM, taking him off the board for the Leafs. Then we react to Auston Matthews' comments on locker cleanout day, the future of Craig Berube, William Nylander's attitude and more. We also give our thoughts on the bombshell Athletic piece about Keith Pelley and AI, and look ahead to a Stanley Cup playoffs without the Leafs.

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(0:00) - Devils hire Sunny Mehta
(02:30) - A dismal season ends and the lottery odds
(05:23) - Auston Matthews speaks on cleanout day
(11:47) - What happens to Craig Berube
(13:25) - William Nylander's off ice persona
(17:33) - The Leafs have a lot of work to do this offseason
(19:34) - Keith Pelley, AI and the culture problem
(31:10) - One positive from this season
(34:03) - Revisiting Berube
(35:41) - A Leafless Stanley Cup Playoffs

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The Toronto Maple Leafs landed themselves in the bottom 5 of the NHL standings Saturday night with a loss to a Florida Panthers squad that is completely unrecognizable from the team that won back-to-back Stanley Cups, and we revisit the importance of them staying there. Next we shift to Augusta National where Rory McIlroy made history by winning his second straight green jacket in an extremely entertaining Sunday at the Masters. We wrap up with the Toronto Blue Jays, who dropped another series, this time to the Minnesota Twins, as the never ending injury bug just won't let up.

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(0:00) - Intro
(01:20) - Leafs land in the bottom 5
(07:28) - Gillis and Mehta emerge as candidates
(09:35) - The Leafs job is unlike any other in hockey
(15:50) - Anthony Stolarz goes down on a routine save
(17:05) - Rory McIlroy repeats at Augusta
(26:51) - Blue Jays injuries just won't stop

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The Toronto Maple Leafs' relationship with their fanbase hangs in the balance and on this episode we ask the question, is this the most important hire in franchise history? We discuss all of the rumoured candidates for the GM job, why hiring a President of Hockey Operations is absolutely necessary, and whether this organization truly understands how fed up their fanbase is. We also react to the New York Islanders firing Patrick Roy and hiring Pete DeBoer with just four games to go, and close things out with a quick Masters prediction.

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(0:00) - Islanders fire Roy, hire DeBoer
(04:00) - The Leafs need to do this in the right order
(06:55) - Leafs coverage has been excellent lately
(08:55) - A bad hire risks further alienating the fanbase
(15:10) - A President of Hockey Operations is a must
(19:07) - Still in the mix for a top 5 pick
(25:00) - This organization needs someone with stones
(32:13) - Masters predictions

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