from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- At what point does the test for Jack Campbell as a No. 1 goalie became a reality for the Leafs? He’s 22-5-3 since the start of last season with a 2.16 goals against average and a .923 save percentage. In a shorter period of time, those are better numbers than Curtis Joseph and Ed Belfour, the best Leafs goaltenders since Mike Palmateer, had in Toronto.

- Stat of the day: TSN’s Dave Poulin is fifth all-time in short-handed goals, behind an impressive list: Gretzky, Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman and Lemieux.

- About all those ‘Ken Holland has lost it’ shriekers: Never mind.

- Alex Ovechkin was the first pick in the 2004 NHL draft. Since then, he has scored 740 goals, which by itself is an incredible number, but by comparison to his draft class is absolutely overwhelming.

Evgeni Malkin was the second pick in that draft and he is second in goals scored, with 316 fewer goals than Ovechkin. And he’s going to the Hall of Fame.

Blake Wheeler of Winnipeg was the fifth pick and he ranks in third in scoring from that draft class and he’s 461 goals behind Ovechkin.

It’s hard to know what is most impressive about Ovechkin’s totals....

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