"A great hockey team," he said of the Leafs.
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Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said the series was one of the toughest his club has faced over the last three playoffs. "And we're right there standing with them."
But I don't know if you can debate anything that you give the Tampa Bay Lightning, and who they are and what they stand for and what they've accomplished. "You can debate the merits of any sort of credit that you might want to give our team. "This one hurts more because this was a really good team that really played hard," Keefe said. There's unlikely to be any such qualms in 2022. Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe was behind the bench for the 2020 post-season loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the bubble and a seven-game collapse against the Montreal Canadiens last spring after building a 3-1 lead - a pair of series where the group's character was called into question by fans and media alike. "We're getting sick and tired feeling like this," Toronto winger Mitch Marner said. Jack Campbell stopped 23 shots.ĭespite their best efforts, the Leafs were once again unable to push through and finally flip an long, ugly narrative of playoff failures for a franchise that has now lost its last seven series, including six straight dating back to 2017. Morgan Rielly replied for Toronto, which hasn't moved onto the second round in 18 years and is 0-9 in games where it can eliminate an opponent over the last five post-seasons. we're right there." 'Getting sick and tired of feeling like this' "And they've climbed the way to the top two years in a row. "They've been through a lot of tough losses, heartbreak," Matthews added. Toronto had Tampa Bay, which will now meet the Presidents' Trophy-winning Florida Panthers in the next round, on the ropes in Thursday's Game 6 before the Lightning, as they so often have during their consecutive title runs, found a way to punch back.
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