As Sunday’s Game 7 looms after the Maple Leafs flew home Saturday to rest and prepare, a fan would have been excused for believing there’s something unusual in the air.
As Sunday’s Game 7 looms after the Maple Leafs flew home Saturday to rest and prepare, a fan would have been excused for believing there’s something unusual in the air.
No, not the smell of stinking rich owners cackling at the windfall of another home playoff gate at Scotiabank Arena. That’s the in-house fragrance nobody even notices anymore. We’re referring to one of the best sports stories of the spring, when unexpected celebrations have broken out among the long-suffering supporters of a legacy franchise based in a financial centre that considers itself a sporting capital.
These are the ghosts the Maple Leafs hope to exorcise in Game 7 against the Panthers
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But it could also fit a certain NHL team from the centre of the hockey universe. If the Leafs beat the Florida Panthers in Game 7, they’ll earn their first trip to the Eastern final since 2002.
Dave Feschuk is a Toronto-based sports columnist for the Star.
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