Liferleafer
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- Feb 9, 2011
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Not trying to be a downer. Just looking to have a practical and unbiased conversation. I am as excited as all of you at how this season has gone thus far.
However a bit of curiosity caused me to check out how the leafs were doing at the 22 game mark of last season. Oddly enough the leafs record was as follows:
12W 8L 2OTL 26Pts 72GF 69GA +3 on a 1 game win streak (2nd in the conference).
compared to 2013 that lands us a record of
13W 9L 0OTL 26Pts 64GF 55GA +9 on a 1 game win streak (6th in the conference).
Now i ask, what do you guys see thats different about this years maple leafs compared to last years? Should we be confident in this team? We all know what happened to that 18 wheeler.
I have 2 words that explain why this team is better than last....goal differential. We are MUCH better defensively....our goalie numbers are VASTLY improved. Last year our bad defense caught up to us, this year (if we continue to be sound on D) that shouldn't happen.