Overview
- The club announced Savard’s firing on Monday after the power play fell to last in the NHL at 13.3% with just 12 goals in 35 games.
- December has been especially poor, with Toronto going 2-for-27 on the man advantage and 0-for-10 on a winless three-game road trip.
- Toronto sits 15-15-5 and last in the Atlantic Division, having lost four of five and going 1-4-1 over the past six games.
- The team does not plan an immediate external hire, keeping Craig Berube’s staff intact and tasking Lalonde and Mike Van Ryn with reworking the units.
- Local coverage frames the move as a potential first domino, as stars such as William Nylander (11-game goal drought), Auston Matthews and John Tavares struggle to produce.