Here we are, set to watch the four best teams in hockey lock horns for the right to play for Lord Staley's ancient urn, and those $@&*$!&$@#! Toronto Maple Leafs — as they are known everywhere outside so-called Leaf Nation — try to upstage the proceedings yet again.

So while we have a few hours to kill before watching some real hockey, I must confess that yes, like you, I am actually as stunned as anyone over the expected-but-not-quite-yet demise of head coach Paul Maurice from the city that Stanley forgot.

So, let's take stock, shall we? With a month and change left before the alleged facelift begins with the seventh pick in the NHL Entry Draft...

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