Toronto Maple Leafs: 3 Things to Expect Early in 2023-24

TAMPA, FLORIDA - APRIL 21: The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs fight in the third period during a game at Amalie Arena on April 21, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FLORIDA - APRIL 21: The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs fight in the third period during a game at Amalie Arena on April 21, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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The current generation of Toronto Maple Leafs players come with a high degree of certainty.

Toronto Maple Leafs Stars such as Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner et al will score plenty of goals again this season.

Morgan Rielly and the defense will struggle to prevent the opposition from getting dangerous chances. The Leafs will have a top-five power-play and the penalty-killing unit will be good at times and bad at times.

Ultimately, wisdom from knowing this team tells us that the Toronto Maple Leafs will make the playoffs and the hope is that it won’t be another season of darkness.

New general manager Brad Treliving has the belief that the off-season moves he made will spring hope.

However there will be some unpredictable events and the first handful of games should provide important indicators of how everything will come together for the Leafs.

The team went through their media day and report for training camp this week.

Here are some predictions of what to expect from the Leafs through the opening 10 games of their schedule: