[grimes]

How the **** do the Maple Leafs explain themselves when they can't make the playoffs for the 2nd year in a row???????????????

Well, I distinctly recall Maurice saying at the very beginning of the season that the Leafs would be in a dogfight to get the very last playoff spot, and it looks like he's been bang on.

I know it is disappointing overall, but to be where they are despite less than average goaltending from Raycroft is pretty damn impressive. I mean you've got to think that even Raycroft had been only average and not Cloutier-esque, they'd comfortably be in a playoff spot right now.

Any chance Pogge is ready to be an NHLer next season? :lol:

Yeah, the way he's been tearing up the AHL this season I don't know why they haven't called him up yet :jump

As for the current Leafs, they are pretty much exactly where most people thought they would be at this point in the season, cause lets face it, this was never a team with the talent to be a serious contender. If anything, I would say that the skaters as a whole have over-acheived this year, and as you said cferneyh, with an average goaltender they'd be in the playoffs. Of course they are not done yet, but with 8 games left, they will need to win at least 6 of them just to have a chance.