You are far from being the only person who predicted a Leafs sweep. I wonder how Craig Button is feeling these days about his statement that basically Habs did not even belong on the same ice as the Maple Leafs. I am a Habs fan and I thought they would be fortunate to win 2 games.
Price will never again be the goalie he once was - but he has been closer to the old Price than we have seen in a while. The Leafs have had key injuries - the uncertainty of the severity of Tavares's injury distracted them in Game 1, and the absence of his solid two way game has hurt them in every game since.
I am not sure if Hyman is 100%, and Foligno when he is not hurt has not done anything special that I can see. If Muzzin can't play in Game 7 that is a huge hole in the Leaf's defense.
But maybe the biggest issue is Matthews and Marner. Marner's game really does not seem to be suited for a grinding playoff style.
Matthews has played very well overall but has not gotten a lot of the high quality clean looks he usually scores on. The Leafs overall still don't seem to have a true killer instinct.
Game 7 is a coin toss - but it seems to me that the pressure is more on the Leafs to avoid another year of playoff futility than it is on the Habs who have played better than expected.
The game will be a true test of the Leaf's character - not that it really matters as in my opinion they don't have a hope in hell of actually winning the Cup this year.
