Ladies and Gentleman, Your First Place Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs in first place in the NHL after an 8-3 drubbing of the Colorado Avalanche.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won their fifth straight game, which was their third straight five-game winning streak in their current 15-2 run.

All things are clicking for the Leafs: Jack Campbell is neck-and-neck with Connor McDavid for Hart Trophy Consideration, Auston Matthews is scoring, the depth players are scoring, and the team is getting great special teams.

It’s a dream run, and while nothing this good is fully sustainable, the fact that it took an eight goal performance for the Leafs to move from 31st to 30th in the NHL’s Goals vs Expected-Goals rankings is an extremely encouraging thing for…