John Tavares

Also, the Art Ross Trophy race is interesting for the first time in years.

Pavel Zacha scored two goals and David Pastrnak recorded three assists as Boston outpowered Toronto 4-1.

The Leafs have shrunk Tavares’ role to levels that, as a phenom and longtime NHL star, he’s surely never experienced before. Will it last?

Engvall scored the go-ahead goal for the Islanders with 2:02 remaining in the third period for a 3-2 win over the Leafs.

Tavares' current stretch of futility has put him on pace for the worst season of his Leafs career.

Examining Toronto's top assets, the ones other teams may value and the Leafs can (maybe) afford to trade.

The Rangers handed the Maple Leafs a 5-2 loss which ended their nine-game point streak.

“It’s tough to write a better script,” Auston Matthews noted afterward.

Tavares became the 98th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points as the Maple Leafs fell 4-3 to the Islanders in overtime.

Islanders fans still take it personally that Tavares made the difficult decision to leave for the Maple Leafs five summers ago.

The Maple Leafs' Tavares signing can't be described as a failure to this point — yet it's hard to call it an outright success, either.

Despite playing in his 15th NHL season, Tavares wants to believe that he’s a better player today than he was in his younger years.

After his first multi-point performance in the NHL, Knies shows he can provide the kind of secondary scoring the Maple Leafs need.

The Maple Leafs were outplayed in a 4-1 loss to Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks.

Firing Kyle Dubas the way that Shanahan did and bringing back the core of the roster yet again should bring the "Shanaplan" into focus.

“The sense is it’s kind of up in the air,” said Auston Matthews about how next year's Maple Leafs could look.

Tavares, 32, has two years remaining on his contract at a cap hit of $11 million — one of the highest figures in the league.

Major organizational decisions are coming to a head. And even those in the middle of it all do not have a clue what will happen next.