To call the Leafs’ task daunting would be an understatement. But it's not impossible. joshuakloke on how Toronto can shock the world and come back from a 3-0 deficit, in the words of those who have walked the tightrope before:
Few would like their chances being down 3-0 against a feisty Florida Panthers team that already came back from being down 3-1 in their first-round series against a Bruins team that was the best regular-season squad in NHL history.
“It was a big task, yes,” former Kings forward Jarret Stoll said, “but we just looked at it in little increments.”on how the Leafs can pull off a comeback for the ages.If you ask Stoll, hearing then-Kings coach Darryl Sutter utter that line to the media after going down 3-0 to the“I think some of the Sharks heard that message,” Stoll said. “We knew Darryl was in our corner. The things he was saying, I wouldn’t want to hear them if I was playing against his team. What he said rubbed off on us.
“If the Leafs win Game 4, the pressure will shift to Florida. Toronto can use their home ice advantage in Game 5, you get to Game 6 in Florida and the doubt shifts to Florida,” Stoll said. “It’s hard to sweep a team.” The Kings understood the Sharks wouldn’t want to let the Kings back in the series. They knew that on home ice, the Sharks were going to throw everything they had at the Kings.
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