The Maple Leafs aren’t a train wreck quite yet, but engineer Craig Berube is bang-on saying his team “has gone off the rails” defensively the past two games.

A whopping 85 shots and 10 goals against resulted in home defeats to the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes, which have opened the schedule strong, though both foes were missing key players. Toronto (8-7-1) appeared to be on the right track after three straight wins, but after this weekend, there’s even more to clean up.

Our takeaways on Sunday’s error-filled 5-4 loss to the Canes :

TAVARES TELLS IT LIKE IT IS

While some Leafs are sounding too repetitive about what’s wrong — “details and execution,” understated Auston Matthews – alternate captain John Tavares was more succinct.

“At times we did really good things, give our

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