Leafs make fans sweat it out again

It's no wonder a fan had a suspected heart attack at the Air Canada Centre the other night, the way these guys play. Just why is it the Leafs have to do everything the hard way? And this is nothing new, it's been going on since the last time a Leaf player saw the Stanley Cup anywhere other than at the Hall of Fame. Thats 40 years now, four decades for those of you on the metric system. Last night's game against Philadelphia was no exception. The Leafs peppered Martin Biron over the first two periods, but only scored two measly goals. Meanwhile at the other end of the ice, Andrew Raycroft had faced about six shots and was keeping the Flyers in the game more than his own team. As usual, Toronto played a brutal third period while holding a lead. They took a penalty right off the bat and then two more around the eight minute mark to put themselves two men down. Surprisingly, they killed this off, but again, the Leafs stopped skating and pressuring in the third period to try and hang on to a lead. And of course, they blew it again. The Leafs forwards couldn't bury a bone in the backyard right now, let alone a puck in the net, so it came as no surprise that Bryan McCabe saved their bacon in overtime on a power play goal, with two other defencemen, Gill and White netting the other goals. If the Leafs don't start playing 60 minutes of solid hockey on Thursday, it's going to come back and bite them in the ass and they'd deeply regret it next week if they find themselves on the golf course. And another thing, Paul Maurice isn't a bad coach. In fact, he's a breath of fresh air compared to Pat Quinn. But I'd like to know why Mats Sundin and Tomas Kaberle started the overtime on the bench? You have to start your top players in overtime. There's no two ways about it. The first shift may be the only shift and Maurice would have looked a fool if the Flyers had scored early in overtime.