The idea that the Toronto Maple Leafs “play down to their opponent” has to be one of the most ridiculous examples of “confirmation bias” in all of pro-sports, but how else to explain this team?
The Toronto Maple Leafs dressed a lineup that probably should get their entire front-office fired, against the best team in the NHL (going back more than a year, they’re basically one of the best team’s of all-time) and somehow they played their best game of the season.
Should the team’s GM be able to use injuries as an excuse when he looked at the crumbling blue-line he inherited and did nothing but add John Klingberg and Simon Benoit to?