Last year, the Toronto Maple Leafs led the entire NHL in total scoring chances, but were 28th in total scoring chances against.
They played a high-event, fun to watch style that relied on their scoring talent to beat opponents.
This summer, they acquired one of the NHL’s best statistical defensive forwards in Alex Kerfoot, and the team moved out deadweight like Patrick Marleau, Ron Hainsey and Nikita Zaitsev.
Though the Toronto Maple Leafs are in no way a defensive juggernaut, (and in no way, given their roster, should they want to be) but they have made some very significant defensive improvements to their team this year.