Whether it’s the media, the fans or whatever, if you listened to the conversation for ten minutes, you’d never know this was a team on pace to set a franchise record in points. I even learned from Twitter this morning (forgive me I can’t remember who said it) that the Leafs are on pace to finish with more points than last year’s first place team.
The Leafs are winners of two in a row, five of six, and 11-3-1 in their last fifteen.
You’d never know it by the chatter surrounding the team.
Contending Team Gets No Respect
“I don’t think Kyle Dubas considered the fact that injuries could occur when he didn’t trade for a defenseman at the deadline.