Boos from the fans rained down on the Leafs late in this game — and a jersey was tossed on the ice — as the team fell to .500 on the season, with the complete performance against Tampa from literally three days ago feeling like a distant memory now.
When fans said they wanted to see the team play more playoff-style hockey under Craig Berube in the regular season, it wasn’t meant as Sheldon Keefe Leafs playoff–style hockey, where a bunch of high-paid scoring talent can’t break through on a hot goalie, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews are fastened at the hip come hell or high water, and the power play turns into an overpriced pumpkin.