from Jonas Siegel of TSN,

The steam oozed off of Dion Phaneuf in the minutes after yet another demoralizing loss, the 12th in 15 games for the sputtering Maple Leafs.

"It feels awful," said Toronto's captain, displaying an unusual bit of public fire after a 3-0 defeat in St. Louis, the capper on an empty trip. "It feels absolutely terrible. I don't know what more I can say than when you lose games, when you go through stretches like this, it's awful."

A hellish four-game road swing ended with four losses and amazingly, for a team that recently led the league in scoring, just a single goal scored. Toronto was outscored 12-1 on the week-long trip through L.A., Anaheim, San Jose and then St. Louis. Not one forward found the back of the net at all, Roman Polak posting the only goal Thursday in San Jose.

"We're cold as ice right now," said James van Riemsdyk, stuck on 19 goals this season.

The list of Leafs gone dry is lengthy.

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