Tickets for Toronto Maple Leafs playoffs games are already going for bonkers prices

The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading back to the playoffs.

For the ninth year in a row — an NHL-best — Toronto will attempt to end its postseason curse and bring home Lord Stanley's mug for the first time since 1967.

While we can't guarantee how they'll do this postseason, we can be sure of one thing: it'll cost you a pretty penny to check out their games in person in Scotiabank Arena.

A playoff schedule — or opponent  — isn't out yet for the Leafs this year, with the NHL regular season coming to an end on Thursday, April 17.

But with tickets already on sale on both Ticketmaster and resale sites like StubHub for the first round of the playoffs (and subsequent rounds, should the Leafs advance), it's looking like the cheapest seat we could find at press time is coming at $344 CAD for Game 2 of the series.

We singled out pairs of tickets that include actual seats (i.e. not standing room) and are not listed as obstructed views. The cheapest we found by this criteria are all in the 300 level (upper bowl) of the arena:

• Game 1 — Ticketmaster: $385, StubHub: $351
• Game 2 — Ticketmaster: $373, StubHub: $344
• Game 5 — Ticketmaster: $482, StubHub: $377
• Game 7 — Ticketmaster: $537, StubHub: $419

Toronto has clinched home-ice advantage in the first two rounds of the Atlantic Division playoffs, meaning they'd host Games 1, 2, 5, and 7, while travelling for 3, 4, and 6.

The most likely opponent for the Leafs is provincial rival, the Ottawa Senators, who are heading back to the postseason for the first time since a run to the Conference Finals back in 2017.

Should the two teams meet, it'll be the first matchup in the Battle of Ontario since 2004. Historically, Toronto has come out on top on all four previous occasions against the Senators in the postseason, all of which took place between 1999 and 2004.

If you aren't willing or able to pony up to check out the team inside the arena, the team's free watch parties in Maple Leaf Square for each game might be your next best option.