Your Leafs are 8-3-5 in their last 16 games in reg.  Not too shabby.

Before that, however, they stunk.  Now, if you think that what we've seen the last 16 games is the real deal--insert snicker here--then, say so, and quit tiptoeing around the subject, and just come out and say it.

But no, cannot do that.  What if....what if they revert to that Your Leafs teams of the 1st 1/3 of the sked, and you, having stuck your neck out and proclaimed the arrival of the new and improved Your Leafs...like before, the shame would be too much.

Better to hide behind that old canard 'bout the plan, ain't it.  That way, you don't get hurt, right?

Chickens.