So let me tell you what's happened with the Leafs.
Leafs are a good team and they've been working hard and playing good defensive hockey.
First 5 games we were in training camp mode, a bit choppy and went 3-1-1. Not bad.
Then we went on a run, we beat Edmonton in the 6th game, swept a two game series with Calgary, got 3 out of 4 points in Edmonton. We went 4-0-1 in the second 5 games. Sweet. We got some confidence that this team will be pretty good. We had an eye on the Habs who were tearing it up. Habs were the best team in the North, not debatable.
We weren't too confident. We actually still had doubt about how good we are. We were about to face the Canucks. Can we beat a bad team?
True enough, we swept them 3 games straight. Confidence grew a lot, maybe too much. We didn't play very will in the last Canuck game but still managed to win.
Confidence was high after the Canucks. We knew we can beat bad teams, but can we beat good teams? In come the Habs. Sure enough we beat them too. We reached a pinnacle in confidence.
WE are the best team in the North. Not debatable.
The Habs wallowed in their loss, we were high with joy from the win, too happy and too confident. Recipe for disaster
We lost the following game to the Habs. That's ok, that's ok.. it's ok to lose a game. Despite the fact that the quality of our play has dropped in the last few games we were still high and very confident.
Then we faced the worst team in the league and were confident of an assured win. 5-1 lead. It absolutely got to our heads. Players so high on their awesomeness they forgot how to play. Disaster struck. Complete melt down. We got embarrassed by the worst team in the league. Our confidence got utterly shattered.
Yesterday we were coping with the disaster and re-learning how to play as good as we can. Playing a team that is desperately trying to prove itself and hungry for a win against the best team in the North.
We managed to pull off a win, but it was not easy. Now we are scared. Demons are coming out. Can we beat the Senators again? Back to back? Hutch? Marncin?
Confidence is important. Too much confidence can be very bad. It's been a roller coaster. Don't get too high or too low. Be steady and focused. We should get a shit together and focus. We are much better than a team that has Conor Brown on it's first line. Just play a sound disciplined defensive game. Don't pinch and let as many odd man rushes, let the forwards score the goals and the defense stop the Senators and we will crush these guys.
Go Leafs Go.