Everyone has been waiting for it since the Leafs were eliminated in Game 7 last year, and it’s so close now you can taste it. The opponent is already set – Tampa Bay, again – and the Leafs have built some cushion for home ice to this point.
Over the next month, we’ll be gearing up for playoffs. Until then, here is an extended notes edition of Leafs Notebook.
Notes
– For all the talk of the drawbacks of 11 and 7, the game against Carolina was an example of it looking good on the backend.