If one focuses exclusively on wins and losses in October, it is not a pretty picture. Despite being a team that has traditionally performed well, and debatably overachieved, in the first month of play, this year’s modest four points in 10 games stands out as an especially bad start.
How bad is it? [1][2] Over the past decade, Toronto has only reached the end of October below .500 one other time — in 2009-10, when Ron Wilson ‘led’ the team to a single win over the first 13 games and a forgettable .250 winning percentage.
Yet, even then, the Leafs were doing better than they are this year.