After five years in a row, the better bet is not "if" it's "when" they fail again

Behind Anze Kopitar, we have Quinton Byfield, Alex Turcotte, and maybe Gabe Vilardi at center, with Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Blake Lizotte filling out the depth chart. Meanwhile, we've got about 9 guys looking for playing time in the bottom 6. So I don't think that we would pay a fifth-round draft pick for Alex Kerfoot, who is nothing more than expansion-draft-fodder in light of the fact that 90% of the Toronto ACGMs I see for 2021-2022 have him as the player selected by Seattle from your roster.

many teams have had playoff struggles its nothing new. Colorado cant seem to get out of r2 despite having Mackinnon, Landeskog, and Rantanen. Washington has not made it out of r1 for 3 years despite dominating the regular season.

Once a team jumps over the hurdle they never look back. Leafs are young and that's a benefit as many of the strong teams in their divisions are getting older and will be going through rebuilds/tools soon

5 years in a row R1 exists is a record for a reason.

With pressure comes adversity and everyone knows this is their last chance to get it done.

Behind Anze Kopitar, we have Quinton Byfield, Alex Turcotte, and maybe Gabe Vilardi at center, with Jaret Anderson-Dolan and Blake Lizotte filling out the depth chart. Meanwhile, we've got about 9 guys looking for playing time in the bottom 6. So I don't think that we would pay a fifth-round draft pick for Alex Kerfoot, who is nothing more than expansion-draft-fodder in light of the fact that 90% of the Toronto ACGMs I see for 2021-2022 have him as the player selected by Seattle from your roster.