The Leafs are 9-1-1 since Nashville. They’re one win off first place in the Eastern Conference, with a game in hand. Aside from the reassuringly vicious presence of Richard Panik, nothing’s really changed. They just carry themselves differently. It’s all more purposeful. Randy Carlyle has gone from despair to acceptance to surprise to worry. If they keep winning, he’s going to round back to despair again – he’s learned not to trust anything in this city.

-Cathal Kelly of the Globe and Mail where you can read more on the Leafs.