A few weeks ago, I wrote what I thought was a fairly measured article arguing that while the Leafs occasionally would piss us off, the team was one of the better ones we’ve had and we should appreciate that.
They’ve made the playoffs three years running and the last two years they did so fairly comfortably. They have genuinely great offence. Expected goals are borked right now, so I’ll just note their shot differentials are excellent so far. Their goaltending has been brutal to start the year, but I’d be willing to trust Frederik Andersen to figure things out.