This season had high-hopes for the Toronto Maple Leafs and although it’s already June, those hopes are still intact.
When the regular season stopped for the Maple Leafs with 12 games remaining, it was initially expected that those games would be played. However, as time passed and a return to normal wasn’t an option, the NHL announced that the regular season was over and a 24-team post-season would ensue at a time to be determined.
Before the season, almost every hockey expert predicted that the Leafs would make the playoffs.
Some listed them first in the Atlantic with high predictions that they would win the Stanley Cup, while others had them as Wild Card team.