What's in that cup you're holding
IF my Leafs make it?
Have you looked at the standings lately?
Half the season over now and it even surprises me where the Leafs are and have been for most of the year. So much for the "experts" and their powers of prediction
You don't often hear these words in the same sentence........First Place over all and The Toronto Maple Leafs.......but that's where they are or have been for well over a month now. Granted at the moment the next 7 teams under them overall all have games in hand and the point difference is 1-6 pts so it's a close race for that first overall spot right now, but in the division, they hold a 6 pt lead over Winnipeg who has 2 games in hand, and Edmonton who doesn't have any games in hand at the moment, and a 7 pt lead on Montreal who has a 4pt lead over Calgary for that final divisional playoff spot.
Leafs have Winnipeg again tomorrow night, then Ottawa then 4 days off before they play Calgary back to back then they get 4 days off again. They'll fall out of that first overall spot most likely during either of those 4 day breaks, especially if they lose any of those games, but then they'll probably have games in hand by the time they start playing again. You should be more worried about the Habs not making the playoffs than my Leafs especially since Calgary just brought Sutter back to kick their butts into the team they thought they'd be and realistically, Calgary is probably the biggest threat to the Habs not making the playoffs right now, and NO, not planning any parade yet. Still half a season to go and who knows what's going to happen in the next 28 games. The Leafs might suddenly forget how well they've played the first half and totally blow it in the second half of the season, and could find themselves out when the season ends.
In the meantime, get out there and catch a few river eyes for me before it closes in a few days. I'd do it if I could but well, you know