Down 3-0 against Florida, it’s do-or-die for the Maple Leafs – not its star players, but for everyone else
The indelible image of the Leafs-Panthers series is Florida head coach Paul Maurice standing behind the bench silently during Game 1, his hands spread across his chest like a corpse.
This is where a guy who’s been around a while and seen a few things is an asset. Other coaches are thinking about the next shift. Maurice is thinking about next week. Also important – their best players had to play like they cared. Not score a million goals. Just appear to give a damn.The Leafs haven’t showed up. Their goaltending hasn’t been a problem. Experience isn’t a good enough excuse. And someone should send the MPs out after their best players, all of whom have gone AWOL. Zero goals in three games from four players eating up 40 per cent of your salary cap is not winning math.
If it takes a genius to nullify those four players, then every coach the Leafs have faced in the postseason since 2017 is Einstein-plus-Oppenheimer. When you think of it that way, it’s a ton of money. Not that the Leafs would know how to spend it if they had it. You can see what he’s doing here. “You guys are actually really good. Don’t change a thing. I believe in you [losing].”For their part, the Leafs come armed with the one dependable part of their collective game – clichés. “Backs to the wall;” “No choice now;” “Do or die” – and that was all one guy, Matthews.
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