The Toronto Maple Leafs have an incredibly deep team. Probably the deepest in the NHL.
Don’t believe me? Then please explain to me how they’re in first place, and have 80% of their possible points since their first (very unlucky) seven games of the season, despite never dressing their optimal, ideal lineup? Not even once.
It’s true. Just seven members of the Leafs have played in all 32 games so far (William Nylander, T.J Brodie, David Kampf, Morgan Rielly, Alex Kerfoot, Michael Bunting, and Pierre Engvall).
Matthews missed the first three games of the year, Mrazek has only played in three games, Ondrej Kase missed four games, Mitch Marner had a shoulder injury, Rasmus Sandin blew out his knee, and the entire team has pretty much had Covid.