Trying to find hope...this team DOES tend to have winning streaks right after a streak of playing terrible where the fans have little hope.....
7 times this season the leafs have had a 3 or more game winning streak:
-in late October, they won 3 in a row after losing 2 in a row to Chicago and Fl by a combined 7-2 score
-in mid November, they won 4 in a row after coming off of losing 5 of the previous 6 including bad losses to Ottawa and Buffalo.
-in early January, they won 4 in a row after losing 5 of the previous 6, including getting dominated by Buffalo, Ottawa and the Rangers.
-in late January they won 3 in a row after losing 5 of the previous 6.
-in mid February, they won 7 in a row after losing 2 of the previous 3.
-in late march, they won 3 in a row after losing 4 of the previous 6.
So maybe this time won't be different...but its not impossible.