Recently, the Toronto Maple Leafs losing streak has parts of Leafs Nation doubting the team. They have gone 1-5-0 in their last six games and have fallen out of first leaguewide. They’ve lost to teams they should be beating on a constant basis. Let’s take a look at what’s happening.<\/p>\n
There’s no reason to panic. The Leafs still hold first in the division, and it would take much more than this skid to put them anywhere close to missing the playoffs.<\/p>\n
The Leafs have played eight games in the past fifteen days and had to travel across the country and back in the middle of these games. It’s not surprising that the Maple Leafs losing streak comes at a time of so many games in a short period of time. The North Division also has the unfortunate circumstances of having the worst travel for away games. It’s like Jake Muzzin<\/a> said after the series against the Winnipeg Jets<\/a>. They’re tired.<\/p>\n Jake Muzzin on series vs. WPG:<\/p>\n "It didn't go the way we wanted. There's some areas of our game we have to improve on: We've got to be cleaner in our zone and breakouts, spend too much time in the zone and fatigue and [we're not] as efficient as usual and we're tired."<\/p>\n — Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) March 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n