L K said:
With 47 points in 44 games now, the Leafs are on pace for 87.5 points...that has never made the playoffs.
There is also the problem that after a 10-4-0-0 October the Leafs have played 30 games going 11-14-5 (74 point pace).
They're also rapidly losing the cushion that was the terrible records of the top teams in the Metropolitan division. They're only 1 point up on the 2nd and 3rd place teams, and one of them - Philly - is leading late in the 3rd tonight. Suddenly, all those teams that weren't a threat to pass the Leafs because they'd pull into a top 3 spot in their division are becoming threats to pass the Leafs.