The Leafs are coming off an extremely irritating pair of games where they played well — at times — and had excellent goaltending but only managed to score a pair of goals and get one loser point. And now again, they face an opponent capable of dominating control of the puck.
The Hurricanes ... how to say this nicely? ... oh why bother? ... they shit the bed in their last game, dropping an embarrassing 6-1 decision to the New York Rangers. And they will have heard about all of their many and various deficiencies as loudly as the Leafs will have about their last two games.