The Toronto Maple Leafs have one of the best rosters in the NHL. Arguably the best one.
They also happen to be in third place in their division, four points back of home-ice advantage in round one of the playoffs.
And their fan base is extremely pessimistic.
The pessimism is unwarranted, but understandable. After all, this is the Leafs were talking about and they haven’t accomplished anything in fifty years as a franchise.
But much like the crappy Leafs teams of the past are obscuring their current greatness, so too are the preposterous records of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins.