Game One sent Leafs nation into a tailspin. The night before, there was a profound sense of optimism and determination to will our favourite team to a victory. Unfortunately, Boston dominated, JVR lost his mouthguard, Brad Marchand licked Leo Komarov, yadda yadda yadda, welcome to Saturday.
What will be the message from Mike Babcock ahead of puck drop tonight? Well, probably something similar to what he said Thursday, but with a little more bite to it. Nobody likes, ‘I told you so’s,’ but sometimes having things play out in certain circumstances does a lot more than a 10-item list of warnings.