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Maple Leafs after 60: How far can Toronto fall after a trade deadline sell-off? (www.nytimes.com)

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With 22 games left, the odds are completely stacked against the Leafs falling to the bottom five of the league — even with a sell-off.

It’s over. The Toronto Maple Leafs are not making the playoffs and it’s finally time to sell.

Well, it’s finally time for an improvident front office that didn’t see the signs early in the season (or last season, for that matter) and failed to react when the odds were stacked against them. Toronto’s playoff chances fell below 50 percent Nov. 11 and never meaningfully recovered. In the nearly four months since, the Leafs have done nothing to change that.

That it took this long to react to what’s been obvious for months is yet another blight on management that makes it difficult to atone for the last one: trading a pick with only top-five protection for a third-pair defender. With the Leafs’ direction finally decided for them, is it too late to make up ground in the lottery race?