With the Maple Leafs’ season on the line after trailing three games to one, Toronto coach Mike Babcock needed to make the necessary adjustments both coaching and personnel wise to extend Toronto’s season. Those changes benefitted the desperate Leafs in Games 5 and 6.
The Leafs enter familiar territory with their season on the line in Game 7 Wednesday night at TD Garden. The Bruins, after failing to close out the series twice, are now in the same situation. And Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy has an important lineup decision ahead of him.
Will he play former Harvard standout Ryan Donato?