Marc Savard’s firing may be the only change the Toronto Maple Leafs make to close out the calendar year.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that Berube and Treliving ‘are not on the firing line’ with many believing that their days could be numbered, following a three-game road trip where the team lost every contest and were outscored 14-4. The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta reported that the Maple Leafs aren’t considering firing Berube, during Monday’s edition of Leafs Morning Take.

“The organization does not wish to make hasty decisions before being thoroughly prepared. And, those same sources indicate the immediate No. 1 concern is igniting Auston Matthews, finding ways to get his game going,” Friedman wrote Tuesday morning.

Treliving extended a vote of confidence to Berube during a November 18 press conference and evidently, MLSE CEO Keith Pelley is confident that his head coach and general manager can turn the Leafs’ disastrous season around. Toronto has made the playoffs in nine consecutive seasons but are in danger in missing the postseason for the first time during the Auston Matthews era. Matthews and William Nylander’s poor form are central reasons why the Maple Leafs have slumped to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.

Savard’s firing wasn’t questioned, as the Maple Leafs sport the NHL’s worst power play, connecting at a league-worst 13.3 percent mark. To many, it seemed like a half-measure and a move that may not constitute the institutional change required to correct the Leafs’ course this season.

Toronto squares off against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, where tensions between the fan base and the team could be ignited, amid a three-game losing streak. Matthews, Nylander and Berube appear to be at odds, with the captain and head coach providing seemingly contradictory answers about what’s ailing the team. For the time being, Berube and Treliving are safe, although one has to question how much patience Pelley and the MLSE board will have with a losing product if the current form continues.