<p>Happy Family Day!</p>
<p>Auston Matthews&#8217; chase for 70 goals is getting realer by the day. The guy’s an absolute machine. It&#8217;s not fair.</p>
<p>Jay Rosehill, who’s in Cancun on a family vacation, was back in the mix for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTA8ntSj9r4">Monday edition of Leafs Morning Take</a>. We kicked off the show by discussing his trip so far and what he’s been up to. After that, he dished a bit on what he&#8217;s seen the past few games from the suddenly red-hot Leafs. They’re 3-0 since Morgan Rielly was suspended. Go figure.</p>
<p>Presented by Door Dash, The Appetizer focused on Toronto’s impressive 9-2 beatdown of the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. Auston Matthews notched his second straight hat-trick and is now up to 48 goals in 52 outings. SO absurd. He’s on pace for a ludicrous 75. Additionally, we talked about his biggest feat from his first career five-point game: Getting Tyler Bertuzzi a goal. Mercifully, the winger ended a 19-game goalless drought in the blowout win. Also, we touched on Radko Gudas and how he wanted no part of Ryan Reaves. Predictable.</p>
<p>Meantime, thanks to the <a href="https://dailyfaceoffsurvivor.com/">Wendy’s Daily Faceoff Survivor</a>, we previewed the Family Day matinee in St. Louis as Toronto kicks off a very difficult four-game Western road trip. Last Tuesday, they smothered the Blues 4-1 at Scotiabank Arena.</p>
<p>After that, courtesy of <a href="https://batlgrounds.com/">BATL Axe,</a> Dean Evason, who was recently dismissed from his head coaching position by the Minnesota Wild, stopped by to give his unique perspective on the Maple Leafs. He had a lot of really interesting, outside the box type things to say about coaching against Toronto.</p>
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Happy Family Day!

Auston Matthews' chase for 70 goals is getting realer by the day. The guy’s an absolute machine. It's not fair.

Jay Rosehill, who’s in Cancun on a family vacation, was back in the mix for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTA8ntSj9r4">Monday edition of Leafs Morning Take</a>. We kicked off the show by discussing his trip so far and what he’s been up to. After that, he dished a bit on what he's seen the past few games from the suddenly red-hot Leafs. They’re 3-0 since Morgan Rielly was suspended. Go figure.

Presented by Door Dash, The Appetizer focused on Toronto’s impressive 9-2 beatdown of the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. Auston Matthews notched his second straight hat-trick and is now up to 48 goals in 52 outings. SO absurd. He’s on pace for a ludicrous 75. Additionally, we talked about his biggest feat from his first career five-point game: Getting Tyler Bertuzzi a goal. Mercifully, the winger ended a 19-game goalless drought in the blowout win. Also, we touched on Radko Gudas and how he wanted no part of Ryan Reaves. Predictable.

Meantime, thanks to the <a href="https://dailyfaceoffsurvivor.com/">Wendy’s Daily Faceoff Survivor</a>, we previewed the Family Day matinee in St. Louis as Toronto kicks off a very difficult four-game Western road trip. Last Tuesday, they smothered the Blues 4-1 at Scotiabank Arena.

After that, courtesy of <a href="https://batlgrounds.com/">BATL Axe,</a> Dean Evason, who was recently dismissed from his head coaching position by the Minnesota Wild, stopped by to give his unique perspective on the Maple Leafs. He had a lot of really interesting, outside the box type things to say about coaching against Toronto.

https://youtu.be/P8oxybHBmHY?si=cX7GU-3GEBMoLrtf

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Join us at 11 AM ET for the Tuesday edition of Leafs Morning Take as we recap Leafs/Blues plus look ahead to the back-to-back in Arizona and Vegas on Wednesday and Thursday.

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