Alvin Kamara Hoodies Sweatshirts Tim Leiweke's Toronto Maple Leafs are currently out of the playoff picture and trending downward, so he did his presidential duty and tried to calm everyone down. His execution was a little off, though.Lieweke on Leafs: "The i sue is not the coach. This i sue is, October was not a fluke." Must get back to playing that way. Hockey Central (@SNHockeyCentral) So, it seems like Randy Carlyle isn't getting fired. From a performance standpoint, he probably should be, but the Leafs blew all their salary cap space and dumped good players to suit Carlyle's style. There's a lot of skin in the game on that one, so it's at least understandable that they're leaning toward keeping Carlyle around, at least for the time being.Still, what's with that "October was not a fluke" stuff? On one end, it sure seems like it New Orleans Saints Sleepwear Underwear was; the Leafs generally won games in that month, and generally have not in the 2 1/2 months since. The stuff Blake Gilikin Jersey they have to "get back to" is based on luck. Isn't that the definition of a fluke? If you're as results-based as the Leafs are and they made a whole bunch of their decisions off a good 48-game record in 2013 it should be.October: 10-4-0 (20/28 points)November: 4-6-3 (11/26 points)December: 6-6-2 (14/28 points)January: 2-4-0 (4/12 points)The problem for Leiweke, though, is that if you throw out the records (and the unsustainably high Kevin White Jersey shooting percentage), he's correct. October was not a fluke. They were getting drastically outshot back then, too, and the data-backed belief was that they'd eventually start losing a lot more games. And gue s what! were outshot 387 to 283 during even strength in October, 230-171 when game was close. I agree with Lieweke that is not a fluke. Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) And here's of the Leafs' unblocked shot attempts at even strength with a close score (within one goal in the first or second period and tied in the third period and overtime). That stat accounts for teams getting desperate when down and conservative with a lead. On the season, Toronto has taken 42.3 Kwon Alexander Jersey percent, and its opponents 58.7 better than only the Buffalo Sabres. They were getting cooked on a nightly basis in October, too.So yep, Leiweke nailed it.