He probably thought his 4 teammates could have won the puck battle in the corner vs. 2 caps. Yeah, he is pretty clueless.
Oh come on, you really think they're a team that'll finish with 110+ points? That's what they were on pace for 40 games in. This is likely the team regressing to what they really are, hopefully when everything evens out they're still a good team.
I dunno I remember not a long time ago when wild were 1st in the LEAGUE after 41 games and i think they finished 8th at the end of the season . Leafs also have always a strong first half before collapsing