from Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star,

Man, these are some haggard Maple Leafs.

Scrawny and scuffling. Lost all the roses in their cheeks from a couple of months ago. Starting to look haunted, ashen.

Collars tightening with Sunday night’s raggedy 4-2 submission to the Coyotes, yet another opponent Toronto should have had for breakfast.

What in blazes is happening? Because there’s definitely little fire in the belly of this gang, through just about all of 2019.

And, shiver down the spine, even Freddie Andersen flickered on and off Sunday night, surrendering one cheesy goal on an acute angle while turning to look over the wrong shoulder on another that caromed off some piece of his body, side of the pad or backside.

This is a full funk now, staggering along with a 3-7-0 record since Dec. 29.

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