Quick Shifts: 7 reasons to believe the Maple Leafs will win Game 7 - Sportsnet.ca

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. Best two words in sports, baby: Game Seven.Sheldon Keefe sounded almost Yoda-esque prior to flying back to Toronto on Friday for the most important coaching assignment of his life: “The feeling in our team is one of great confidence.”

• Andrei Vasilevskiy has been beatable. True, the Conn Smythe winner looked all-world when he was under siege late in Game 6, but the Leafs have pumped at least three pucks past him in every game this series. If his .885 save percentage is a hint, the Big Cat’s insane streak of five consecutive shutouts in close-out games could be in danger.

• Let’s be honest: The Maple Leafs need it more. And it has showed in their refusal to wilt in the face of 2-0 deficits in games 5 and 6 . • One win could be a catapult. Glance around the East. Who’s scarier or healthier than the Bolts? The Maple Leafs are just as healthy and, we’d argue, deeper and more consistent than any other outfit in their conference.The individual games haven’t all been close, but the Leafs-Lightning series has been neck-and-neck by almost every measure.

A hunch: He waits until a couple of solid playoff teams lose early. In other words, don’t simply focus on the clubs with current vacancies. More could be coming. “He does that at a rate nobody in the game has been able to keep up with the past few years,” Keefe notes.

lukefoxjukebox 1 reason not to believe. It's the leafs

lukefoxjukebox Matthews said they were good enough to beat anybody. Well they were good enough to beat anybody last year too, definately good enough to beat the Habs...and we all know how that ended.

lukefoxjukebox We are going to win on the MLS pitch, then we are gonna win in Scotia Bank arena GoBolts orlandocity

lukefoxjukebox Typical Leaf bias article. Vasi hasn’t shown up yet & poor officiating cost Tampa game 5. Tavares only produced in Game 6 mostly due to others around him. Leafs have also got the puck luck so far. Experienced champs vs proven chokers….momentum will be everything.

lukefoxjukebox Pulling for Toronto

lukefoxjukebox Great article lukefoxjukebox but I think the Pens and Blackhawks have something to say about best in the cap era.

lukefoxjukebox Stop this Toronto propaganda

lukefoxjukebox The biggest mistake any team can have is using stats in a series about a goalie that is the best in the world.

lukefoxjukebox bye bye leafs

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