For the Leafs to have been outplayed at five-on-five for sizable portions of three of the four games and be sitting here — to simplify the situation — in large part thanks to clutch production from their stars, the team’s mental resilience, and Andrei Vasilevskiy’s struggles is not how I’d ever have pictured this series playing out through four games.
And yet here we are.
Some scattered thoughts as we pass the time nervously waiting for Game 5 puck drop:
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I understand the argument that Michael Bunting is one of the team’s best 12 forwards, the team hasn’t played all that well in these last two wins, and Sheldon Keefe shouldn’t be complacent (i.