Toronto Maple Leafs Prediction Roundtable

The Toronto Maple Leafs are off to a hot start to the 2017-18 season.

After an insane beatdown of the Jets that featured seven goals, the Toronto Maple Leafs somehow managed to score eight against the Ranges while chasing future Hall of Famer Henrick Lundqvist from his net.  Then, to top it off, the Leafs embarrassed the three-time Cup Champion Blackhawks with a game of complete domination.  The Hawks, too scared to risk their starting goalie’s confidence against the Juggernaut Toronto Offense offered up Anton Forsberg as a sacrificial lamb, and his amazing performance was the only thing that prevented a another seven or eight goal performance.

When we last convened around our super large and perfectly round table for one of our regular fake staff meetings,  we discussed our thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs final cuts.  Though the team failed to take any of Tanner’s suggestions to heart, they were good suggestions and they, like, totally, should have.

This time, our focus is on the long-term.  When we gathered round the table, our mascot (an alligator that has as much to do with what we do as a polar bear does with the Leafs) posed this question to us:

“Where do you think the Toronto Maple Leafs will finish this year?  Feel free to include any other NHL predictions, and to guess at who might win what awards.”

After what seemed like hours of thoughtful discussion, we all returned to our sleeping quarters to mull it over further.  Finally, everyone submitted their answers, and I present them to you here today.  Obviously, I don’t have to tell you to chime in with your own predictions, or to tell us how crazy/insane or otherwise bad at this we all are.