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What it will take to get the Maple Leafs back in a playoff spot

It’s too soon to be revisting points rates and questioning the ability of the Leafs to make the playoffs. We just did this in the first week of January. But it’s that time of the year when all teams need to know where they stand, and we watch as the ones on the bubble fool themselves into thinking they’re better than they are. Everyone likes to laugh at them when the bubble pops and they crash back to earth.

It’s not so much fun when it happens to you.

The Division:

Atlantic Division at the All-Star Break

Boston 51 70 26 29 169 135 +34
Tampa Bay 48 62 24 27 175 137 +38
Florida 49 61 23 25 183 163 +20
Toronto 49 57 20 24 176 165 +11
Buffalo 49 51 17 21 145 152 -7
Montréal 50 51 15 19 155 157 -2
Ottawa 48 42 13 17 130 163 -33
Detroit 51 28 10 11 109 199 -90

What’s noticeable here is that the Leafs have a healthy goal differential, and are only one ROW back of Florida.