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.