Despite turning over half their roster, switching coaches a month into the season, never dressing their best lineup for a single game, playing nine games with their two best defenseman simultaneously out of the lineup with injuries, and getting some of the NHL’s worst goaltending, the Toronto Maple Leafs still finished 13th overall by points percentage.
Since hiring Sheldon Keefe, they were 8th overall. (naturalstattrick.com).
None of the things listed above are likely to happen again, so it is with upwards of 99% probability that the Toronto Maple Leafs are better than the 8th best team in the NHL.