Auston Matthews Champions Reset of Toronto Maple Leafs After Losing Streak Endangers Momentum

The Toronto Maple Leafs are deep in the playoff chase for the Stanley Cup, but given their recent string of misfortune, their momentum is very much threatened. They have lost three games on the run and have less than 20 matches to complete. It will be sought to avoid the first four games in that flutter. To this end, the Leaf held a closed-door-only meeting on Sunday between players in Salt Lake City to refocus and perhaps clarify some of the defensive kinks before a critical meeting against Utah Hockey Club.

This worry for the Maple Leafs is becoming dangerously close to becoming a very real one. Their defensive game has been quite a talking point. Head coach Craig Berube accepted the misery of the team while bringing in an idea of a better effort as a team in coming matches. "Guys spoke, and we are trying to get this thing straightened out," Berube said. "That is on everybody. We have to be better in front of the goalies."

The Leafs were conceding at least three goals in all their last three defeats, including a brutal seven-goal loss on Saturday. However, Berube believes that the reclamation of the present state is possible within the team. “We have to get back on track," Berube said. "We’ve been a good defensive team all year, and we have to get back on to that because we are scoring goals and that’s good.”
That meeting was termed by the captain, Auston Matthews, as an important "reset" for the group. This meeting comes after Matthews extended his point streak to 12 games this season and his accumulation of 56 points in 48 games. All that notwithstanding, Matthews has continued to insist that the entire team must step up.
"Just resetting as a group, taking a deep breath," Matthews explained. “The results over the last couple of games haven’t been good, but I think as well our game maybe hasn’t been trending in the right direction.” He stressed the importance of accountability, saying, "It's about looking in the mirror, being better, and holding each other accountable."

March is turning into an all-around limited success-attesting with only a single win so far in this time, and they are now on the verge of four straight losses. Their match against the Utah Hockey Club will mark their first-ever trip out of the state against the franchise, which becomes a true test of resilience.
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For now, in the whole of this season, the Leafs (38-22-3) have avoided a streak of four losses, and this match will decide if they keep that record intact. With Matthews leading and Berube pushing for defensive reset, there may still be some hope for the team to recover winning ways before the stretch run of the season.