So the Leafs were 1-1-1 last week, let's see how that affects the races...

Distance from the President's Trophy:  23 pts. (22 behind San Jose, Leafs lose the tiebreak...Leafs have four games in hand).  (That seems pretty far to me.)

Distance from the conference lead:  18 pts. (17 behind Washington, Leafs lose the tiebreak...Leafs have two games in hand).  (Well at least it's no farther away than last week.)

Distance from the division lead:  13 pts. (12 behind Buffalo, Leafs lose the tiebreak...and Buffalo has a game in hand).  (We're gaining on them!)

Distance from the PLAYOFFS!!!1:  11 pts. (10 behind Boston, Leafs lose the tiebreak...Leafs have a game in hand).  (One point farther away than last week...)

Distance from getting out of the Taylor Hall sweepstakes:  7 pts. (6 behind St. Louis, Leafs lose the tiebreak...and St. Louis has a game in hand).  (We can still get out of here!)

Distance from last place:  Uh oh...we're there right now!  But we're only 1 point from getting out (and have a game in hand on 29th place Carolina).  (This can be done tonight if things fall into place...)

Our current record in "the month that matters" is 3-4-2...come on Leafs, hurry up and play like it's November already ;)