2023–24 Toronto Maple Leafs season
National Hockey League season
The 2023–24 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 107th season (106th season of play) in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the Pittsburgh Penguins missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006 along with the Washington Capitals and the Nashville Predators also missing the playoffs for the first time since 2014, both they and their rival, the Boston Bruins, are tied for the longest active playoff streak with both making the playoffs every year since 2017 (Toronto took possession of the record the next season when Boston finished second-last in the conference). The Maple Leafs played two games in Stockholm at the Avicii Arena on November 17 and 19 as part of the NHL Global Series.
Brad Treliving was named general manager on May 31, 2023, after the team parted ways with Kyle Dubas at the end of the 2022–23 season.
During the off season, the Leafs were predicted to win the Atlantic Division; however, they never lived up to that promise. The team got off to a slow start, with a record of 5-3-1 in October. Throughout the season goaltending and the defense were persistent issues, with the team allowing 263 goals against, the most since the 2011–12 season. This was especially the case on December 21, 2023 when the Leafs lost 9-3 to the Buffalo Sabres - the most goals the team had allowed in a game since November 18, 2014. The Leafs had three separate four-game losing streaks: the first in October and November, the second was in January witch put the team in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2015–16 season. and the third was in April.
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