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Toronto Maple Leafs Are Not on a Losing Streak

By James Tanner

TORONTO,ON - JANUARY 16: Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs faces a shot during the warm-up prior to playing against the St.Louis Blues in an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on January 16, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blues defeated the Maple Leafs 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Gety Images)
TORONTO,ON - JANUARY 16: Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs faces a shot during the warm-up prior to playing against the St.Louis Blues in an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on January 16, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blues defeated the Maple Leafs 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Gety Images) /
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The Toronto Maple Leafs are not on a losing streak.

Sure, they may have lost four in a row, but that is a mere technicality.  The Toronto Maple Leafs lost two games in overtime, where the winner is decided by a coin flip. The third game was played outside in conditions that make it a game who’s result you can comfortably ignore.  And last night the Leafs lost a game in which they were dominant and which at least four of Buffalo’s goals were complete flukes based on whacky bounces.

So while the Leafs recent results have been bad, they really shouldn’t worry about anything.  By playing no differently at all, they could easily have gone 4-0.

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Need I also remind you that the Leafs have been without their best player for the last several games?

vs Buffalo

Last night I just had to bail on twitter, and the so called intermission analysis.  Everyone is freaking out because an injury riddled Sabres team beat the Leafs. So what?  The Leafs controlled 58% of the 5v5 play. They outshot Buffalo 41-24.  Play that game again ten times, and the Leafs win nine of them.  Not that you’d have known that from the ridiculous way people where carrying on.

On TV, someone, I forget who, and apparently with a straight face and no comprehension of confirmation bias, said Andersen looked “tired.”  Jesus!

Anyways, all I’m trying to say here is that in hockey you can play the best and still lose. Sometimes it can happen a few times in a row.  The Leafs were bad against Washington, but it’s an outdoor game.  Other than that, they easily could have won three out of four games.

People should just chill.

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What Else?

Last night I had Leo Komarov in my Draft Kings lineup until at the last minute I changed him for Marian Gaborik, like an idiot….That Kadri fight kind made me mad, Kadri is way too important of a player for the Leafs to risk getting hurt in a fight…..the NHL needs to completely ban fighting, it’s not even justifiable anymore….I saw on Corsica.hockey that the Leafs have a 99.99% chance to make the Playoffs…..I’m more sick of talking about goalie interference than I am about seeing them get it wrong. Just let the ref guess and be done with it. The idea that we have to get everything 100% correct is stupid.  We’re humans, we screw up. It happens. Who cares?…0-4 since Plakanec came on board, but that is random and not indicative of anything and anyone who says differently needs to be ignored….Jake Gardiner and Morgan Rielly each deserve at least a few votes for the Norris.  That is all.

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