As the window begins closing on the Core Four era of the Maple Leafs, the first person officially defenestrated is club president Brendan Shanahan.

The Toronto Maple Leafs flamed out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs once again and one insider insists this core must be broken up.

The Maple Leafs fell 6-1 to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of their second-round series, marking their seventh consecutive Game 7 loss and extending the franchise’s Eastern Conference Final drought to 23 years. Toronto’s Core Four of Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, and John Tavares combined for zero points in the Game 7 loss.

Let's look at the facts. Since 2018, the Maple Leafs' longest tenured players — Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Morgan Rielly — have fallen completely flat in their career in Game 7, scoring three goals between them in six games.

The club announced Thursday afternoon that Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the franchise, would not be renewing the contract of the team's president and alternate governor when his contract expires on June 30.

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