The Leafs can’t win it all, and yet we expect them to Globe_Sports
There is one group that has yet to take a share of the blame in the breast-beating over the Toronto Maple Leafs’ recent struggles – us.
“Well, I think the expectations of the fans are perfect,” Babcock said after Leafs practice on Sunday. “I don’t know [about the media]. I think the way we’ve been playing, in all honesty, we had four games that weren’t very good. So when you’re not very good are people allowed to say something to you? I think so.
He may have been the last person who should have said as much, but Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk had a point when he fired that rock from his glass house, saying the Leafs forgot about defence in their rebuild. Actually, the Leafs have more problems than just their defence. Frederik Andersen’s wobbles up until last week showed he could use a more reliable backup goaltender in order to get more rest and it would be nice to get a few more goals out of the fourth line.
So for all the screaming lately about how the season will be a disaster if the Leafs lose in the first round of the playoffs to the Bruins, maybe people are missing the point. Maybe the Leafs just aren’t ready yet. Maybe their struggle of late is just water reaching its own level.
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