The Toronto Maple Leafs have regrets with how they reacted in the face of Auston Matthews getting knee'd by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.

The Maple Leafs are playing out the string in a campaign that started with Stanley Cup talk. The team is now at least making a point of sticking up for each other — even if it’s too little, too late in the standings.

The Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves in the headlines last Thursday for all the wrong reasons. Anaheim Ducks captain Radko Gudas delivered a knee-on-knee hit to Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews,

Former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque didn’t mince words about the Maple Leafs’ lack of response to Radko Gudas’ brutal knee-on-knee hit on Auston Matthews.

Matthews had to be helped off the ice and did not return to the game

Sure, the Leafs eventually woke up. The problem is, this has happened before, and there's no clear solution in sight.

Life-long Toronto Maple Leafs fan Paul Bissonnette was the latest analyst to make their feelings known about the team's subdued reaction after their captain, Auston Matthews, was viciously floored by