The Toronto Maple Leafs came up short in Thursday night’s Atlantic division showdown against the Florida Panthers. We breakdown the game, give our thoughts on the Leafs identity vs the Panthers identity and discuss what we think it would take for the Leafs to overcome the cats in a 7 game playoff series.

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(0:00) - Leafs fall short against Panthers
(05:35) - Auston Matthews continues to look pedestrian
(12:11) - DraftKings
(13:34) - Panthers identity vs Leafs identity
(21:26) - Positive takeaways

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