[bhurst99]

There's 38 games left and it looks like we're already locked into a Toronto-Tampa first round series.

The Leafs aren't catching Boston for first in the division after losing tonight to Boston and are 11 points behind the ridiculously hot Bruins.

Tampa might take second place in the division from Toronto but neither of those teams are likely to drop to fourth place. Toronto is 14 points up on Florida which is in fourth place.

This isn't the first time the Leafs have been locked into a playoff opponent early in the season. It just makes it's so hard to get into the rest of the season when there is so little at stake and it's such a weird place to be since they've played well this season and currently have the third most points in the league.