Quoting: TheLeafsSeason
I know what you're saying, but you can't solely base a loss around one player. If we're doing that, then there is a major issue regarding the overall build of this team. Everyone should be playing as a unit but the team didn't. This trade will haunt down the line and will be painful when he raises the cup above his head with the Avalanche when he couldn't do it in Toronto.
maybe the reason he couldn't do it in toronto is because he kept getting suspended when the games mattered
the leafs took the first game from the bruins (2 marner goals, 1 from willy, and 1 from JT, who also had an assist) - Kadri mustered a secondary assist that game
game 2, the leafs were getting hammered but bailed out by freddy. Down 3-0, they score with 9 minutes left, Kadri tips in a goal. 3-1 with 9 minutes left, anything is possible. The next time kadri sets foot on the ice, with 6 minutes left, he takes a 5 minute major and gets himself suspended for the series, boston ties the series.
imagine if they mount a miraculous comeback and go up 2-0 over boston? We'll never know though, because Kadri got suspended for the series
, second year in a row