Dave Feschuk: NHL playoff scoring is at its highest in three decades. So who forgot to tell the Maple Leafs?
As Panthers coach Paul Maurice said earlier in the series, speaking of the potential virtues of having a neophyte in net at moments like this: “You want one of two things . You want a veteran guy who has seen it all, who has some scars and can handle it, or a guy who has no idea where the hell he is because he doesn’t care. He is going to play for the next 18 years.”
The Leafs could only dream of a future beyond the current predicament for Woll, who appeared wholly unfazed by the do-or-die nature of his assignment. The Leafs haven’t relied so heavily on defence and goaltending for the entirety of the playoffs. In the opening four games of their first-round series against the Lightning, they averaged a shade under five goals a game, scoring multiple goals set up by heavy net-front traffic and puck redirections that frustrated Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy.
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