Squeaking into the playoffs and losing to the President's Cup winners can in no way be described as a "choke".

Having said that, I think there's too much emphasis placed on the President's Cup anyway. Caps are a good team but there are many good teams in the NHL who can compete with them at any given time. The Leafs are one of those teams. At times. The challenge the Leafs have is playing their best for a full 60 every game. They're still young so have been figuring that out this year. But they've made a lot of progress.

I, for one, will not be surprised if they take the Caps to 6 or 7 games. If they make it to 7 it's anyone's series.