Greg Wyshynski: "Plan the parade" has, over the years, become a running joke between Toronto Maple Leafs fans and the rest of the hockey universe -- a shared laugh over the delusional hubris that's inherent to Leafs' fandom, and really the only thing that's spared them from a descent into complete nihilism through decades of futility.
So if the question is, "What is the biggest surprise for me so far?" then the answer would have to be that "plan the parade" has lost its irony. The Maple Leafs are actually good, they're actually ahead of schedule as Stanley Cup contenders and Auston Matthews actually has a chance to thwart Connor McDavid's predestined second straight Hart Trophy win, should the Leafs make the playoffs again.