The Leafs came back from the dead against the high-flying Pittsburgh Penguins for an improbable 4-3 victory after being down 3-0 after two periods of lifeless hockey that saw them being outshot 25-8.

Sure, a third-period comeback is all well and good. But playing for 20 minutes isn't enough, and Berube and the Leafs know it.

The Toronto Maple Leafs perhaps did not expect to start the season like this, with a record of 6-5-1, but it's a result of the offensive adjustments the team has been forced to make. Head coach Craig Berube lost star Mitch Marner to the Las Vegas Golden Knights in the summer,

Conn Smythe was a hockey legend, Toronto Maple Leafs owner, and two-time World War champion. His name lives on in one of the NHL's most coveted awards.

For the Toronto Maple Leafs forward, it is fitting that November is Hockey Fights Cancer Month. After all, it was last November -- the 14th, to be exact -- when he was able to return to the game he loved after going through his own battle with the heinous disease.

Danford joins a stacked Bulldogs team, which has a strong chance of going deep in the OHL playoffs next spring.

In our first prospect report of 2025-26, let's take a look at reasons for optimism among a group of Leafs prospects enjoying stellar starts.

Mitch Marner's move to Vegas has changed things in Toronto as the Maple Leafs face a slow start this season. The Leafs are 5-5-1 after the first 11 games, but is it because of Marner's absence? If we compare it to their performance in the 2024-25 season over the same number of games, it was 6-4-1 or 5-4-2 in the 2023-24 season.