The Toronto Maple Leafs may not have had the most exciting summer, but they remain among the NHL’s best teams.
The Toronto Maple Leafs finished last season 4th overall, and they did it while getting just the 27th overall 5v5 goaltending.
What that means, is that the Leafs are the NHL’s best team. Though hockey is a game that is hard to predict because the player with the most influence on the outcome (i.e the goalie) is the player whose performance will vary the most.
For an example of what I mean, if you look at the ten goalies who saved the most pucks above their expected amount (based on the defense in front of them) you see only three names in common between last year and the year before.