How can leafs make playoffs

Toronto was the No. Essentially, in order to make the playoffs, Toronto is going to have to be nearly perfect against Buffalo, Detroit and Ottawa and will hope to split their games with the other four teams. Next: Early Guess at Leafs Lineup. More FS Atlantic News ».

View all Atlantic Sites. More Metropolitan News ». More FS Metropolitan News ». Losing some of their depth players has actually opened up spots within the lineup for some of their deep prospect pool to take a shot at making the big club this year — including Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk and Cal Foote. They might not be the Lightning from the past two seasons, but they are a team that should finish the year among the top three in the division once again in That and they have back-to-back-to-back Stanley Cup winner Pat Maroon.

The Panthers will be another team this season that will test the depths of the Atlantic Division. While the Lightning have Andrei Vasilevskiy between the pipes, the Panthers will be looking to see who takes the reins between Sergei Bobrovsky and Spencer Knight. A Cup contender? That might be a stretch. But a top three team in the Atlantic Division is a likelihood for the Panthers in But until then the big, bad Bruins are still a team that likely will make noise in the Atlantic Division.

They re-signed Taylor Hall. They landed Linus Ullmark. The question will be on defence, how well they can come together and play in front of Tuukka Rask — who has committed to only wanting to play for the Bruins until his career is over. Still, the Bruins have always been a test for the Maple Leafs and will continue to be a force in the Atlantic.

The Leafs only significant loss of the offseason? Zach Hyman on a terrible contract that will end up biting the Oilers in the rear. Bogosian was solid last year, but I think the youth on the back end, hello Rasmus Sandin, will improve with Bogo gone.

He played roughly half the schedule last year and posted a sub-. Jack Campbell is under contract for one more season and is coming off the best season of his career. However, we are dealing with a much more mature Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. The Leafs will be back in the Atlantic, where Tampa and Boston will be waiting.

We know the Leafs can play with any team in the league.