ESPN Ranks Toronto 1st for Watchability during the 2020-21 Season

[LeafsNation75]

To read the rest of this list you need a subscription to ESPN+, however here is what they said about Toronto and how their ranking system works.

Watchability rankings for all 31 NHL teams

• Star power: The number of outright stars or compelling players on the team.
• Secondary plot lines: Outside of "trying to win," what are the other storylines that could make following this team memorable?
• Controversy quotient: From trade requests to trash talkers to possible suspensions, what kind of chaos could this team create?
• Fun factor: The on-ice entertainment value for a team.
• Aesthetics: These teams shouldn't just be fun to watch, they should be pleasing on the eyes, too, including their Reverse Retro jerseys.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Star power: 10
Secondary plot lines: 10
Controversy quotient: 9
Fun factor: 10
Aesthetics: 8
Overall watchability rating: 47

There isn't another team in the NHL that elicits the kind of emotions that the Toronto Maple Leafs do from fans, including their own. They have must-see players: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, John Tavares. They have the greatest stakes of any team in the league, trying to win a Stanley Cup for the first time since 1967 with a roster bumping up against the salary-cap ceiling, facing the constant pressure of the market in which they play. And every single Canadian team in their division wants the chance to thump them.

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[Gary Nylund]

We're number 1. We're number 1. At something anyway.

 

[Confucius]

ESPN just telling the hockey world what we already knew. Enjoy the ride.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Someone post this on the main board yet? I think this is definitely worth sharing and information HF desperately needs to hear

 

[Gary Nylund]

Someone post this on the main board yet? I think this is definitely worth sharing and information HF desperately needs to hear

I can't stop laughing. I only had 5 hours of sleep last night so that might be a part of it but still.

 

[Buds17]

The Leafs have ranked 1st in watchability for me going on years now! Wonder what they can do to bump up the controversy quotient and aesthetics numbers even further?

 

[Nineteen67]

They need to get that controversy quotient up with a knuckle head that could be suspended at any moment during the regular season.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Someone post this on the main board yet? I think this is definitely worth sharing and information HF desperately needs to hear

I thought about posting on the main board. However if that happened you would get some people who say it didn't belong and should be posted on the Leafs boards. Although if you want to post it on the National Hockey League talk forums go right ahead.

 

[al secord]

Everyone stops to watch a train wreck. Try the fish!