Top 3 Most Disappointing Toronto Maple Leafs During the Playoffs

#3. Ilya Mikheyev

Better known as the “Soup-man”, Mikheyev was not good in five games against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

After ripping up training camp and being named the Phase 3 ‘MVP’, many expected Mikheyev to return where he left off. With eight goals in 39 games played before his injury, Soup was having a very productive season.

Starting on a line with John Tavares and Mitch Marner, it felt like Mikheyev was going to provide important secondary scoring.

However, that didn’t happen at all.

In five games played, Mikheyev had zero goals and zero points. He generated 10 shots on net but there wasn’t much urgency in his game. For whatever reason, he couldn’t get anything going at all.

Sheldon Keefe felt the same way because before you knew it, he was taken off Tavares’ wing and put on the third line.

In five games, there were only seven Toronto Maple Leafs that scored a goal, so it’s not like secondary scoring was coming from many other places, but at the same time, the Leafs needed Soup to provide.

If he was able to get just one greasy goal, the series could have been flipped and the Leafs may have won.

Instead, he showed Kyle Dubas and the rest of the Leafs front-office that maybe he’s not worth re-signing because if he’s going to play the same way he did this year in the next playoff series he’s in, it’s not worth the money.