Leafs Need To Raise The Bar

What does the phrase "Raise the bar" mean?  Simply put, it means to break the normal standards in order to obtain a higher standard.  For the Leaf team, the normal standard has been 

• Give up the first goal in a game, 
• Play a non aggressive PK and allow shots from the point.
• Slow puck movement on PP resulting in no goals
• No support for puck carrier leading to turn over
• Failure keep feet moving at all times
• Make weak, predictable passes
• Play positionally poor defense (forwards & defensemen) resulting in failed block shots
• Not using active sticks to block passes attempts
• Using sticks to block shots
• Allowing players unchecked at high scoring places in defensive zone

It is almost impossible to play a mistake free game in the NHL thus making it important to minimize the mistakes that will cost your team.  Winning teams will make fewer mistakes than the opponent.  How many times have we heard coaches say things like "attention to detail" or "playing 60 minutes".  The object of the game is pretty simple, execution is not.  The game against Vancouver showed the leafs corrected many of the "mistakes" that have plagued the team but they still find ways to make more mistakes than the opponent.