Nick Alberga & David Pagnotta tee up Toronto’s final game of 2025 as the Maple Leafs host Sheldon Keefe’s New Jersey Devils in a matchup loaded with real standings implications. The Leafs enter the night 2-0-1 since firing Marc Savard, coming off a weekend where they banked 3 of a possible 4 points — but injuries are piling up again. Chris Tanev and Dakota Joshua are sidelined, Auston Matthews is a game-time decision, and the guys break down how Toronto can manage yet another stretch of adversity, what’s actually changed, and what still hasn’t.
Plus, with Canada’s Olympic roster set to be announced on New Year’s Eve at Noon ET, free-agent NHL head coach Pete DeBoer stops by the show. DeBoer, who has been linked to the Leafs job should Craig Berube be shown the door, weighs in on the Olympic reveal, the coaching landscape around the league, and the growing buzz in Toronto.
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11 Comments
Treliving traded away the farm for Carlo and Laughton. 2 first round picks for two slugs and if it was only that, it would still be way too much, they gave up more picks and 2 young prospects. Boston will get a top 10 pick because of Treliving's charitable nature. All that for two very average players…lol. His hands are now tied and he's in no position to swap anyone unless it's a slug for a slug. Maybe we'll trade our 2028, 2029 and 2030 first round picks…
Another 20 yrs of Leafs in the mushy middle of the standings with no picks missing the playoffs sounds about right.
Leafs will make a push and squeak in. Once IN, anything can happen.
Blame the Olympic organizers for making the nhl schedules, too many games in few nights
Pete DeBoer sounds and kind of looks like Randy Quaid
This just depressing lol.
"Somebody gave the wrong plans to the Italians". More like, the forman pockets some cash for calling in a few less concrete trucks…😂
what the hell is a hybrid retool ?
Tanev looks cooked. He’ll never last through a playoff run.
59:23 that tv screen thing was so cringe
Roslovic wanted to come here, he waited and waited to the very end before giving up and signing with Edmonton. So dumb that we didn’t get that guy, cause we sure could use that backup right now. Tre sucks at his job.