Leafs look good halfway through, but playoffs are true test Via sunhornby
An understandable reaction, as Sheldon Keefe’s Leafs looked very good last January, too. Yet there’s more substance to the numbers these past three months, enough to think that maybe this time, they sustain it past a best-of-seven series and beyond.
Dominant as the Bruins have been, the Leafs have beaten them once, split with the Lightning and have a total of four games remaining against both. If they chip away at the B’s lead, somehow dodge them and Tampa Bay in the first round they have decent first round odds. That’s for Keefe and his staff to keep harping on during the coming months, likely with a trade acquisition or two from general manager Kyle Dubas.Article contentTOP FIVE FIRST HALF SURPRISESMurray has rewarded Dubas’s faith that he wasn’t a faded former Cup champ, Samsonov has been much better than a backup and no one’s as sappy about losing Soupy Campbell. Murray and Samsonov also ranked 4-5 in league save percentage a couple of weeks ago and both won pre-break games.
Denis Malgin didn’t stick a second time with the Leafs, but after first losing the physical Mason Marchment to acquire the Swiss forward, Dubas might benefit long term by getting Hunt for Malgin. Grinder Nicholas Aube-Kubel, who came over from the Cup champion Avalanche, ended up in Washington via waivers.Article contentA late-October four-game trip to the Western U.S. didn’t produce one win, but did cause plenty of angst. And the Leafs are still getting stiff opposition from Arizona, St.
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