All day long, no matter where you went around Toronto, no matter who you talked to, everything was about the Maple Leafs.
There are a lot of new Leafs on this team, 10 changes from the club that lost to Tampa Bay a year ago, but the top of the lineup is the same.
They took an early lead and held it for all of 26 seconds. That was their night. Morgan Rielly, who has been great in the series, scored to make it 1-0. Justin Holl — who perhaps should consider changing his name to Justin Hole — hasn’t been great in the series. Hell, he hasn’t been adequate in the series and was partially responsible for Cirelli tying the game.This Holl at playoff time problem is nothing new. It was evident a year ago against the Lightning.
But this night wasn’t about individuals as much as it was about a team not meeting expectations. This isn’t new anymore. In fact, it’s gotten way too old. The Leafs lost three possible clinching games against Boston, one against Columbus, three against Montreal, and now three in two seasons against Tampa Bay — 10 straight times.Article content
In the three clinching games against the Lightning, two of them at home, they haven’t scored more than two goals. They scored six goals in three clinching games against Montreal. They were shut out by Columbus and shut down three times by the Boston Bruins.
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