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Maple Leafs' Core 4 Era Ends With Another Playoff Failure and Bitter Disappointment
For the Toronto Maple Leafs, the hope was that their incredible Game 6 performance, in which they rebounded from a putrid ...
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The rise and fall of the Core Four Era in Toronto Maple Leafs history
Together, we gather to remember one of the most disappointing eras in Toronto Maple Leafs history: the Core Four Era.  The Core Four Era was born on July 1, 2018, when star free agent John Tavares ...
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Maple Leafs’ Core Four Era Needs to End Following Another Disappointing Playoff Showing
It was supposedly a different year and a different team. While they had their moments, the Toronto Maple Leafs once again ...
Maple Leafs’ once-heralded ‘Core Four’ era is slipping away before our eyes
TORONTO – Mitch Marner waltzed on the scene here nearly nine years ago, capturing the hearts and minds of Maple Leafs fans as ...
The Shanaplan failed. This should finally be it for the Core Four Maple Leafs
This has to be it: the end of the Shanaplan, the end of the Core Four Toronto Maple Leafs. There’s no running it back. Not ...
Craig Berube Expected To Have Bigger Role in New Maple Leafs Era, Claims Insider
The Toronto Maple Leafs are restructuring their leadership following the departure of longtime president Brendan Shanahan ...
Maple Leafs Coach Points Out Core Four's Main Flaw After Game 7 Loss
The Maple Leafs fell 6-1 to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of their second-round series, marking their seventh consecutive ...
Insider puts Maple Leafs’ Brendan Shanahan on blast for failed plan that must end
The Toronto Maple Leafs flamed out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs once again and one insider insists this core must be broken up ...
Three of Maple Leafs' Core Four Spotted at Golf Club Days After Playoff Elimination
Just three days after the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, several of the team’s top ...
Insider ‘Not Convinced’ Maple Leafs Won’t Re-Sign Mitch Marner in Offseason
NHL insider and analyst Bryan Hayes of TSN isn't convinced that the Toronto Maple Leafs won't re-sign Mitch Marner this ...
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Revisiting Maple Leafs' abysmal Game 7 history in playoffs during Core Four era
The Toronto Maple Leafs' 2-0 victory in Game 6 of their second-round series with the Florida Panthers in the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs has set up the Leafs for another date with destiny.