For the MapleLeafs the playoffs have suddenly come into focus with the days ticking away on the regular season. (reporterchris)
It was a fast, tight-checking game, the kind they’re going to see in bunches when the Bruins series starts next week. And after playoff defeats to Washington and Boston the last two years, the Leafs think they’re ready for a better spring.
“When we talk about playoffs and we talk about the first-round playoff matchup, the belief has to be there that we can win,” said Rielly. “When two series goes by and you lose them both … there’s almost like a little bit of a mental block there that you have to get through. That happens in all careers and this is it for us.
“This is one that we believe that we can get past it and we believe that if we work hard enough and play the right way we can win and we can win against anyone.”
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