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Capitals 4, Leafs 2: Pardon my French, but Bernier sucks

Tonight was apparently a throwback game as the Leafs took us back to the dark days of October, when they outplayed opponents but lost because the goaltending was a five-alarm tire fire. Shots were 34-25 for the Leafs, Corsis were 52% for the Leafs, but netminding was the difference in a 4-2 loss to the Washington Capitals.

In one corner, the Capitals have Braden Holtby, who may be criminally underrated. While people talk endlessly about the likes of Price, Lundqvist, Rask, et al., Holtby deserves to be in the conversation of elite goalies. He came into the night with a .