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They also have a well regarded prospect system plus all their draft picks AND 7 more picks in the next two drafts

8 of the 20 who dressed for game 1 of the 2023-24 season and 9 of the players who dressed in the Bruins Apr 2024 series are gone. They changed all those players and the coaching staff. The team is currently 5th in pts win%. Depending on who you listen to, they have very roughly about a 6% chance...

His 1.16 ppg this season is11th in the league. That is kind of amazing under the circumstances. Statement of the obvious: This team's record and playoff chances would be considerably better if he was 100%

That is one detail that is not murky. I've never taken my wife to a strip club. We used to do some gigs in them and those were so lewd, female companionship was not a good idea. Not shining moments but witnessing the decadence was an experience.

I was there in 2001 when the Leafs swept those Sens in the playoffs. Faceoff wizard Yanic Perreault. That was a fun game as I recall it. How I got there is a little murkier ... something about winning the tickets in a strip club. :)

They have a whole season of evidence to establish beyond any reasonable doubt Matthews is not 100% :)

They have 2 on LTIR & two hurt, leaving 20 on the current roster. If two more of those 20 sit due to injury, can they not use emergency recall which doesn't count against the cap to dress 20 players?

Playoffs are likely to start April 19th They can probably sleep walk to home ice in the first round. Beyond that, resting those with aches and pains like Florida is doing is a reasonable consideration - and might be better for them than knocking themselves out trying to win the division.

Berube answered that by claiming to just focus on how his team is playing. If you gave either coach and probably every other NHL coach the choice of home ice advantage or not, I bet indifference would not prevail though home ice is not an overwhelming advantage in the playoffs.

There is probably an exception but I can't recall a playoff where it got progressively easier. Another one I have had a problem rationalizing is: if the eventual Cup winner or finalist beats your team in round 1, that is supposedly considerably worse than the eventual Cup winner or finalist...

Ottawa swept the Leafs this season. I don't think either of them are going to be easy. Half the league is golfing in a couple of weeks. The opponents left in a league with considerable parity are not going to be easy. That is why it is such a tough trophy to win and partly why the Leafs drought...

But that was never a realistic option for Treliving. Years ago, Marner gave the Leafs two UFA years in exchange for two NMC years. That's the deal both sides agreed to. Marner has repeatedly said he is not going anywhere via trade. No amount of rumours, Treliving musing or spewing in the media...

For clarity on the FLA - 5. If the Leafs beat FLA in regulation, Leafs would be up 8 pts on FLA with FLA having 4 games left (8 pts) The first tie breaker is RW which the Leafs would win because they would have 40 RW to FLA's 35 with 4 games to play. That would 'eliminate' FLA's chances of...

If you watch those induction ceremonies, the majority of players seem to care that they're going into the hall of fame as do their family, friends, players who played with them and fans. Currently, the Leafs have about the 5th best pts win% in the NHL. I saw a few sites give them around a 6%...

Sens won, Panthers lost. Sens now 2 pts behind the Panthers, Leafs are getting closer to clinching home ice in the 1st round.

Bobrovsky is backing up. I had the same thought. 3-6-1 in their last 10 Alex DeBrincat with the PP goal. Wings 1-0

Here's some recent examples Cupless Hockey Hall of Fame inductees 2020 Jarome Iginla, Doug Wilson 2022 Daniel Alfredsson, Roberto Luongo, Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin 2023 Pierre Turgeon, Henrik Lundqvist 2024 Jeremy Roenick, Shea Weber

I think Sundin, Sittler, Salming & Lindros and many others found it meant something without a Cup win. With a 32 team league, there will be a lot more players finishing their career without a Cup win. Original six: 23 players out of 138 (16.7%) win a Cup each year. in a 10 year career, 16% raw...

For sure. He'll probably pass Sundin as the top Leafs scorer or 2nd if Matthews overtakes him in the next 3 years. He'll have the most assists as a Leaf - probably in 2 seasons after this. He'd be near the top of Leafs all time playoff scoring - I think everyone in that top ten except Wendel...

Looking at the numbers since Stolarz came back from injury in early February Woll PtsWin% .682, GAA ~ 2.91, save% .898 Stolarz PtsWin% .731, GAA ~ 2.54, save% .945 I think they'll look at the body of work. With the above, the numbers all favor Stolarz