Toronto Maple Leafs: Top 10 Meaningful Goals of the Decade

By Alex Hobson | Dec 31, 2019

OTTAWA, ON - OCTOBER 12: Playing in his NHL debut, Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs celebrates his first career NHL hat trick against the Ottawa Senators with teammates at the players"u2019 bench at Canadian Tire Centre during the season opener on October 12, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images) /

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This past decade for the Toronto Maple Leafs? Not that great.

While the first half of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ decade was riddled with incomptent management, disappointing season after disappointing season, and a revolving door of coaches, they seemingly began to figure it out following the 2014-15 season.

Now, a couple of top ten draft picks, free agent signings and trades later, the Leafs have, at the very least, built a playoff team. And while the new-look Maple Leafs haven’t been able to see past the first round, the future is looking much more promising than it was ten years ago.

As we reflect on the past ten years, I threw together a list of some of the biggest Leafs goals between 2010-2019.

Some of them are clutch playoff goals, some of them stem from reasons beyond hockey.

We already looked at the top ten highlight reel goals of the decade, so let’s take a look at the top ten most meaningful goals of the decade.

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