Of the Leafs’ final 26 games, 14 are against teams that came into Sunday ahead of them in the standings. Last season, the Leafs coasted into the playoffs, their spot in the post-season pecking order seemingly predetermined for months. “You see the teams that don’t go through anything — those are the teams that take the first-round exits, the teams that don’t end up making it through. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...“I hear people say, ‘Why can’t (the Leafs) just be more like the Raptors?’” Dubas said. But it’ll be an actual existential emergency, and hardly Raptor-esque, if the Maple Leafs don’t rise to the moment.

Source: thestar February 09, 2020 22:24 UTC