Toronto has been arguably the hottest team in the league these last 10 games, winning 7 of them. Are we a playoff team? I still don't think so, but we are only 4 points out. Toskala is playing great in net, our scorers (Kessel and Hagman) are continuing to score, and our checkers are shutting down other teams top players. But the 2 games against Boston showed that we are not there yet. Boston is a playoff team. Big, strong, good in net, and great defensively. Washington is not a playoff team, questionable goaltending, weak d-corps, and just not a very good team defense. Sure they can score almost at will, but who will keep the puck out come playoff time? All I am getting at is the Leafs can beat the flashy teams like a Washington, but the big tough playoff built teams like Boston we still have hard times with.
And what about those Flyers? Made that big trade for Pronger and they are what, 13th in the east? What happened?
