The formula was familiar; we’d seen it several times in the past with this group of players. A promising start followed by an epic collapse. The collapse happened much earlier than usual this time but oddly enough, we kind of expected it. Did we ever really get comfortable even when the Leafs were chasing the Habs down for the division lead in mid-December?
Maybe a little, but what we didn’t see coming was our team packing it in and giving up which left a bad taste in our mouths. For the first time in years, I found myself wanting the season to “just end!