Leafs Notebook: Panic in Leafs Nation & final thoughts ahead of the trade deadline

Sheldon Keefe of the Toronto Maple LeafsIn the span of about five days, the Toronto Maple Leafs played arguably their two worst games of the season with their best game sandwiched in between.

You can argue about how bad the Pittsburgh loss really was, I guess, but coming off a poor showing against Buffalo, no Evgeni Malkin for the Penguins, and down 5-0 roughly halfway through — it was pretty damn bad.

To their credit, though, the team came out after the game acknowledged their issues and they responded with a resounding win. It was easily their most complete game of the season from top to bottom — they were tenacious getting the puck back, Frederik Andersen played well, and they won by four…