from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,
Stop crying, bro.
Start trading. Start firing.
The 2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs are crumbling into pieces in front of our eyes, their belief morphing into frustration, their greatest strengths dissolving into weaknesses.
Time and again, this era of the hockey team's core — loaded with high-end talent and blessed with financial security — finds a way to underwhelm and underachieve when the city that cares so deeply wants it the most.
So, as the boo birds flew inside Scotiabank Arena and the scoring chances dried like hope, and the organized but hardly insurmountable Boston Bruins executed a tidy 3-1 road win to match their series lead, the superstars began bickering on the bench.
The clip spread around the Internet faster than the latest Drake diss, and the lip-readers had a field day:
Below watch Marner and Nylander discuss the frustration and watch the game highlights here.