While I hope they make it, it is truly fun to actually care about hockey at this time of year again. So that alone is noteworthy. With the exception of one Phil Kessel season, the Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t really given us fans a reason to care this late in the season in a long, long time.
New Record
I think that Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are both pretty good bets to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs rookie record of 66 points. The record is held by the Peter Ihnacak, a guy I don’t remember and whose name I can’t pronounce.