Old, big and slow is no answer for last

This is a new place for Auston Matthews , William Nylander and Morgan Rielly: Last place. Article content

For nine seasons they have played together on the Maple Leafs, averaging 104 points a season, with teams rarely in danger of missing the playoffs, with teams known for strong regular seasons and shortened post-seasons. Article content Article content

The only current team in hockey to make the playoffs nine years in a row.

This is Year 10 and everything is collapsing. The Leafs are last in the Eastern Conference after finishing first in the Atlantic Division in Craig Berube’s first season as head coach.

They look old and big and slow all at once, which is the Animal House hockey equivalent of “fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

Animal House was fu