You’ll have to go way back to the lockout-shortened 2020-21 season to find the previous time the Maple Leafs lost five straight games.

Yet, it’s not so hard to unearth why things have turned against Toronto in this November of negativity. Lack of detail defensively has, more often than not, come back to bite them in the butt. That, and trying to replace injured players with reliable, experienced help, which they’ll have to sort out before a potentially season-killing six-game road trip gets going in a week.

Our takeaways from a 3-2 loss to the Blackhawks on Saturday night that dropped the Leafs’ road record to 1-5.

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We’ll start with the most encouraging development of the night, Joseph Woll’s successful return.

Whatever kept him at home for a month didn’t equate to

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