As we all know, the Leafs could have gone 82-0 this season, and the playoff question would have hung over their heads like a dark cloud.
Fair or not, that’s what happens when a team loses in the first round five years in a row and the core of the roster has essentially been intact for every single one of them (save for John Tavares, who essentially only played in two of those five exits — that is important to note, to be clear).
In terms of what the Leafs accomplished in the regular season, we couldn’t ask for much more.