Maple Leafs battle playoff woes in critical Game 6

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 12:21 pm

Amid mounting pressure and fervent fan backlash, Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube addressed angry supporters as the team rallied for a last-ditch playoff lifeline in Game 6 held in Florida. The high-stakes showdown has sparked equal parts concern and sarcastic commentary among observers.

thebeaverton.com / Leafs jersey thrown onto ice gets by Toronto’s defence and into the back of their net

TORONTO – A frustrated Maple Leafs fan threw their jersey onto the ice during a crushing 6-1 playoff defeat to the Florida Panthers, which the Leafs promptly allowed to slide past them and into their own net. “And that’s another goal given up by Toronto,” the play-by-play announcer said, as the…

torontosun.com / Inside The Leafs: Can the Leafs force a Game 7 against the Florida Panthers?

WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of Inside The Leafs, Postmedia’s Rob Wong speaks with Toronto Sun Maple Leafs writers Terry Koshan and Lance Hornby about the Maple Leafs second-round series against the Florida Panthers. They discuss what went wrong in Game 5, if there’s an area of optimism for…

thehub.ca / Sean Speer: The Maple Leafs’ playoff woes are a microcosm of a bigger set of Canadian problems

The post Sean Speer: The Maple Leafs’ playoff woes are a microcosm of a bigger set of Canadian problems appeared first on The Hub.

torontosun.com / SIMMONS: Why this Maple Leafs season should have been different

This was a different Toronto Maple Leafs team. Just about everybody said so. So how it is they look to be out of gas in the playoffs again?

torontosun.com / How the Maple Leafs can win Game 6 and force deciding game back in Toronto

'You have to skate and you have to compete. It's going to be physical. We know that. It's tight.'

thebeaverton.com / “One day I’ll be dead and I won’t have to watch this team,” thinks Leafs fan to cheer himself up

TORONTO – In the wake of the Leafs discovering a new playoff performance low point even lower than their previous playoff lowpoints, fan Martin Scheffel advised that he takes comfort in the fact that one day the Leafs won’t be able to cause him any more pain, and that will be when he is dead.…

torontosun.com / Coach Craig Berube to angry Maple Leafs fans: ‘Believe, like our team believes’

'They want to see the results. It's just part of the game. I'm not focused on the fans. I’m focused on our team.'

torontosun.com / Maple Leafs regroup for last playoff lifeline in Friday’s Game 6 in Florida

'You’ll drive yourself crazy if you dwell on those things. You look around and there’s all kinds of bounces happening. It’s just part of the game.'

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