LAS VEGAS — The 1985-86 Toronto Maple Leafs had the third-worst record in the NHL at 25-48-7. They made the playoffs with that 57-point season thanks to the state of the Norris Division that year. And ...
During the 1986 offseason, a very strange thing happened in the NHL: The league made a rule change that nobody got all that upset about. That was rare, even back then, because fans like to complain ...