The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t get much better this summer, but they sure didn’t get any worse.
Last season the Toronto Maple Leafs had the 27th worst 5v5 goaltending in the NHL. Every single other team with goaltending that bad missed the playoffs. The 19th ranked goalies on the Edmonton Oilers were the next worst to make the playoffs.
The most accurate way to measure the best team in the NHL is to find out which team out-performed it’s goalies by the largest margin.
Skater performance is fairly steady. No one in the Leafs core should fall off too much, and the roster offers lots of upside.