from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,

The Maple Leafs, as currently constituted, aren’t going to win the Stanley Cup this season. Sorry to be the one to break it to you.

The intriguing question is whether that should be the objective.

It is eventually, of course. But a team that started last season with subterranean expectations has evolved into a squad that has, after an exciting 6-1 start, settled into the middle of the pack in the NHL and created a new debate about the pace of the team’s improvement....

It’s about evolution, right? You build a team of young players and then stand back as they are coached to be better at their jobs and work at their profession until they’re better.

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