2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

[cw]

Although if they were to make it, they'd have to be playing at like a 110-point pace or whatever. They'd be pulling a Florida c. 2023 or whatever.

To catch Boston for the 2nd wild card, they would have to play (roughly).683 hockey the rest of the way.
They're in trouble.

 

[Kaberle15]

yard sale coming up at the deadline...

OEL would get us a great return, but on the other hand, he is awesome and losing him would suck.

 

[L K]

To catch Boston for the 2nd wild card, they would have to play (roughly).683 hockey the rest of the way.
They're in trouble.

I don't know how reliable any of the pace of play stuff is right now. Teams are just going on runs right now and I'm not sure that this stuff is sustainable. 4 of the 6 hottest teams in the league are in the Atlantic right now. 5 of the 6 are in the Eastern Conference.

Utah 8-1-1 (17/18)
Detroit 8-1-1 (17/18)
Tampa 8-1-1 (16/18)
Boston 8-2-0 (16/18)
Carolina 7-1-2 (16/18)
Buffalo 7-2-1 (15/18)

So while Boston is currently playing at a .596 PT% pace...a week ago the Leafs were playing at a .583% pace.

The Leafs are absolutely in trouble. I'm just not sure that the standings matter all that much this year until it becomes mathematical.