The thinking with these Leafs has always been that, given enough patience, they’ll figure it out
Every time they win a single game, the city runs over to slap them on the back and say, ‘You’re doing it. You’re really doing it this time.’
All that expectation creates pressure that has to go somewhere, but has been unreleased for many years. Maybe it’s true the Leafs expect to become diamonds any day now. Maybe one lopsided home victory against an opponent who’d already got their split and were missing their most impactful player has changed everything.
Or maybe listening to the Leafs drone on about maintaining focus shows that nobody on this team has any more idea than you or I about whether things are different now. Maybe they surprise themselves every night, and not in a fun, organized way. More of a low-grade panic, chaotic way.
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