'I challenged the group,' Keefe said Thursday after Toronto forced a Game 7. 'When your back's against the wall and you're facing elimination, you're going to be remembered one way or the other.
The Maple Leafs head coach watched his players put in a terrible Game 4 performance on home ice against the— one that left them sitting in a 3-1 series hole against an opponent seemingly on cruise control to the second round of the Stanley Cup tournament.The Leafs could have packed it in. They decided instead to fight on.
"They didn't lay down," added Keefe, whose team blocked 27 shots in Game 6 compared to Boston's 14."They didn't accept their fate. They changed it." Nylander, who missed the first three games with an undisclosed illness, was also key after providing all the offence Thursday.One team will buck a trend Saturday. The other will have to answer more tough questions.
"There's always optimism," Montgomery added."There's the opportunity to play in a Game 7. You grew up all your life wanting to a part of it. We have a chance to be a part of it.Left for dead less than a week ago, the Leafs have already done that.
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