For the Toronto Maple Leafs, the hope was that their incredible Game 6 performance, in which they rebounded from a putrid Game 5 stinker to shut out the Florida Panthers, would create a wave of momentum they could ride back home to finally advance to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since 2002.

If this is finally it, it's a fitting end for a core of players with so much promise, potential, and belief in them to go out once again in a Game 7 of the NHL

It was supposedly a different year and a different team. While they had their moments, the Toronto Maple Leafs once again proved to be ineffective when