Maple Leafs fans suggest solutions for Toronto amid disappointing season

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost again, and this time to a fighter Nashville Predators. The Leafs lost 5-3 in this Saturday’s game, with captain Austin Matthews‘ second consecutive game without a point.

Prior to this game, they suffered a 4-0 loss to the Washington Capitals. If we look at the previous seven games, they have lost five of them. That’s not a good sign for a team that has failed to make the playoffs in nearly two decades. So far, they are 15-14-5 and in last place in the Atlantic Division, leaving the fans upset.

After the loss to the Predators, NHL analyst Nick Alberga raised a question about X, saying:

“How would you fix the Toronto Maple Leafs?”

Soon, comments came in suggesting different moves to help the team.

“Get rid of Mathews and rebuild,” One fan bluntly suggested the Leafs to change their captain.

“Dump Domi, Dump McMann, somehow find a way to get Forsberg and Sherwood without giving up Danford. Find a puck moving D to throw with McCabe. How? With what assets? No, get creative.” Another fan donated a deeper analysis.

“Start with the easy change, replace Bérubé with an interim possession coach. Reevaluate everyone’s performance at the end of the season with a new general manager.” Another fan wrote.

The reactions focused on the players and the changes related to the management. Here’s some more fan reaction to possible solutions for the Maple Leafs.

“Matthews to Dal for Hintz, Johnson and a first, Nylander to COL for Girard/Manson, Reilly to SEA for Dunn. It was Bérubé for Boudreau,” A fan wrote.

“Moving them to Houston, starting over with a new expansion franchise in Toronto. Too many bad contracts to fix this very GM weak team.” A fan mentioned.

“Swap math and build around Knies and Nylander is unfortunately too injury prone,” A focused fan a The Leafs captain struggles with injuries.

Maple Leafs lost to Predators despite a good start

In the Predators game, the Maple Leafs got off to a strong start as Nicolas Roy scored at 1:32 of the opening period. The Predators responded in the second, when Erik Haula redirected a punt on the power play to tie the game at 1-1.

However, Toronto regained the lead when John Tavares he scored But Nashville tied it late in the period on Adam Wilsby’s wrist shot.

Speaking about that first effort, Matthews said the Toronto process improved, saying:

“I thought we had a better process tonight, honestly.”

In the third, Luke Evangelista gave Nashville a 3-2 lead with a goal. Steven Stamkos added an empty netter before Bobby McMann pulled Toronto within one. Cole Smith later scored to seal the Predators’ 5-3 win.