But it does strongly suggest the young-and-getting-better Maple Leafs aren’t as massive a long shot as some would have you believe. Have the Capitals been a more formidable team than the Maple Leafs over the past six months? And yet, if the Leafs win, Washington’s hockey audience gets apoplectic. That’s not to say something like it is going to happen here, but why couldn’t Andersen join that group of disrupters? That’s not to say anybody actually knows what’s going to happen, other than some random happening you probably can’t foresee.

Source: thestar April 12, 2017 23:15 UTC