As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Toronto lost 3-1 to Montreal, which now makes them 0-8 in closeout playoff games.
It’s easy to write a takedown piece after watching a collapse. “Trade this player, trade that player, fire this staff member, fire that staff member” — that’s the natural response we’re all feeling in the moment.
Even when I try to remove myself from the emotion of another Game 7 where the Leafs‘ best players didn’t play their best, something feels different this time around.
Maybe it’s the fact that this was their best 200-foot team in decades, finishing top five in the NHL in both chances for and against by any of the public or private metrics you’re using.