I guess the Leafs weren’t as bad as people thought for taking the Panthers to a 7th game without their #1 goalie
you are overlooking that in 2 critical home games with all the chips on the table, the Leafs sucked moose balls, and got drubbed 12-2.The outcome was not changing no matter who was in goal, they were going down. And they were going down for a number of reasons, and one was the chemistry of the group that they have now. Another is that their most talented offensive players are zeros in the toughness category, and it's well known throughout pro hockey. The Panthers are 1000x tougher and I saw it this year after allowing the Leafs to fool me, as they did you, into believing that they could show some pride, guts and grit. I thought experience would toughen them up, but it hasn't. They are pathetically lacking in toughness, the front office recognized this and acted, and will continue to act.