John Tavares is week to week for the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower-body injury and was placed on injured reserve Thursday. The center left practice early Wednesday after he took an awkward fall along the boards during a power-play drill.

THROUGH GAMES OF FRIDAY, JAN. 24, 2025

As the trade deadline slowly approaches, the Toronto Maple Leafs will have plenty of work that needs to get done in terms of addressing their needs. General Manager Brad Treliving has made it clear for months that their top priority is to acquire another centre to help shore up their depth.

The Maple Leafs are looking to finally have success in the postseason in 2024-25, and should acquire Yanni Gourde in that quest.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a third line center issue, but according to analysts the best solution lies with the Buffalo Sabres but more specifically Dylan Cozens.

While the Toronto Maple Leafs have been recently linked to acquiring a middle-six centre before the trade deadline, don’t count out GM Brad Treliving trying to upgrade his blueline.

Limited cap space and draft capital could affect what the Maple Leafs and Lightning do by the NHL trade deadline, but there are areas where they clearly need a boost.

The Leafs, after losing three straight, fired off three consecutive victories and are one of the NHL’s hottest teams, winning eight of their last 11.

The Maple Leafs' dependence on their 'Core Four' forwards is even more pronounced this season as their blueliners struggle to put up points. That's not likely to change.

Craig Berube has shuffled his forward group and defensive pairings with Fraser Minten drawing in ahead of the Leafs' clash with the Tampa Bay Lighting on Monday night.

As a result, Oliver Ekman-Larsson shifted up to the second pairing alongside Chris Tanev, Simon Benoit was reinserted alongside Conor Timmins, and Jani Hakanpaa occupied the left side beside Myers on the final pair.

All things being considered, the Toronto Maple Leafs are in a pretty good place.  That being first place in the Atlantic Division, and somewhere in the top 7 or