It’s hockey night in Tampa!
I chose to do this recap to force myself to watch this team again. Leafs, you know what you’ve done, now don’t do it tonight.
The pregame is all about how gritty and grarty and tough and strong and big the formerly tiny little winger infested Lightning were. Congratulations, Tampa fans, you are the tough team this playoffs. Now you have to live up to it. Win it all and people will say you played heavy, lose and you’ll go back to being too small again.
The Leafs are now all about playing a sensible lineup in sensible ways, just for the fun of trying that out.