"We'll let them lock up a playoff spot before we get to the crazy talk, but how high should the mostly hot Leafs be aiming the rest of the way?

Not only is the Eastern Conference playoff tight at the bottom, it's getting that way in the middle as well, meaning that an extension of their recent form could allow the Leafs to put some heat on a few teams in front of them as well as holding off those chasing.

Though they let one get away in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets, their second game in as many nights, the Leafs only lost a point on Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, two teams not so far in front.

Thanks to the continuing free fall of the Ottawa Senators, the Leafs remained in seventh with 62 points, just three behind the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils."