On how the teams stack up:
I don’t know if people fully realize that the Leafs were a much better offensive team at 5v5 through the regular season — significantly better from a goals and expected goals standpoint this season. Boston is bottom 10 at 5v5 in those categories.
For as much as the Lightning shot the lights out this year and did some incredible things offensively, the Leafs finished with the same number of 5v5 goals. Scoring depth wise, the Leafs have seven 20+ goal scorers… and that doesn’t include William Nylander who we all know is that kind of threat but just had an off and disjointed year.