After a heart breaking loss to the Penguins last night, the puck will drop for one of the biggest games of the Leafs season in less than an hour. If the Leafs can get a win in Atlanta, they will be only 3 points back for the last playoff spot. If they lose they make themselves a mountain to climb to get in, especially with Buffalo playing very well lately.
Although they lost the game, the Leafs played very well and looked like a team for the first time in a long time. The offence for this team is finally finding it's legs, netting 12 goals in their last three games.
Phil Kessel is coming out from his shell with 7 points in his last three games, and Lupul scored his first two goals as a leaf on Saturday night.
Reimer is playing way over his head for a kid his age, and Dion Phaneuf is also looking like he's finally getting comfortable, and being the leader they need him to be.
The biggest worry when Kaberle left was the teams powerplay, but it's on a roll even without the veteran d-man, with 5 pp goals in the last two games.
So as the Leafs roll into Georgia this Afternoon, their season is basically on the line. Let's see how they handle the pressure. Stay tuned Leafs nation.....
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