![]() ![]() ![]() The Toronto Maple Leafs last made the playoffs in 2023, when they lost the Conference Semi-Finals. When was the last time the Maple Leafs were in the playoffs? What was the worst start to a Maple Leafs season? What was the best start to a Maple Leafs season? The Toronto Maple Leafs currently play in the What division do the Toronto Maple Leafs play in? Have the Toronto Maple Leafs gone by any other names?īetween 19, the team was known as the Toronto Arenas. Their first season was in 1918, and their most recent season was in 2023. Their roster is ridiculous – four superstar fowards and 3 x #1 defenseman, plus a bunch of great bets on mid-range players who might explode given the chance to skate alongside Matthews or Tavares.The Toronto Maple Leafs have played a total of 105 If they aren’t the best team in the NHL, it’s only because we aren’t allowed to say that until they win a playoff series. There is no situation where the Leafs miss the playoffs. This would actually make them better because they could put JT on the LTIR then acquire $11 million dollars worth of players, wait until the playoffs, re-activate Tavares Tampa-Style, circumvent the salary cap and waltz to the Stanley Cup Finals. Let’s say the Leafs lost Tavares for the whole season. None of those teams are going to be competitive. There isn’t a single team in the NHL with a proper replacement for any star player who gets injured, barring someone who picked in the top three either last year or this year. In fact, most computer models will have the Leafs at the top of the league with Las Vegas, Colorado and Tampa, which is sensible, since those are the only teams as good as Toronto.Īs to depth, I am pretty sick of hearing about depth. The Toronto Maple Leafs are far more likely to win the Atlantic than miss the playoffs. Other than Tampa, it isn’t even that hard of a division. In addition, they’re will be easy games against teams across the league.Īs to the Atlantic itself, Boston is in decline, Florida has no goaltending, the Lightning lost a lot of players, and Montreal is a post-midnight Cinderella. The point? The Atlantic division will give the Leafs two easy teams to beat up they didn’t have last year. ![]() One division had three such teams.Īlso the North had one less team than every other division, so that means every single non-Canadien team got at least eight easy games the Leafs didn’t get a chance to have.Įvery other division had two teams worse than Ottawa as well. Each non-Canadian division had a minimum of two teams equal to, or worse than the Canucks. 446 winning percentage was the highest among last place teams in each of the four divisions. Lost in the narrative about how “easy” the Canadian Division supposedly was, was the fact that every other division had really bad teams. One positive is that with Buffalo and Detroit in the mix, there are actually bad teams to beat up on. The Leafs are playing in the Atlantic Division which isn’t as bad as it seems. If anything, they will be better this year as Matthews and Marner should be in their absolute primes. Just because the Leafs went down in one of the most unlikely, flukiest, least deserving losses in playoff history doesn’t mean they aren’t still a top team. The regulars season is 82 games long and it would take a full season of bad luck in order to miss the playoffs – but this team has a chip on their shoulder know and that isn’t going to happen. Of course, you could likely have said the same thing about defeating the Montreal Canadiens last spring, but I digress. You could repeat the 2021-22 NHL season 10 000 times, and the Toronto Maple Leafs would make the playoffs ever single time. The Toronto Maple Leafs are making the playoffs. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |