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LEAFS NOTES: It is time for Toronto's playoff additions to shine

LEAFS NOTES: It is time for Toronto's playoff additions to shine

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While goalie Anthony Stolarz didn't play a lot in the Panthers' final mile to the title, he had been a huge piece — literally — of Toronto's playoff success before suffering a suspected concussion. As have defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson and winger Steven Lorentz.
'Guys who've gone through it, who've battled through it, their message to the team is important,' Leafs head coach Craig Berube said. 'They've done a really good job of it personally. And they're showing it on the ice, too.'
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
This is the Panthers' 10th series in three years, including four that took them back and forth through the Northeast and Cup championship rounds in Las Vegas and Edmonton.
So, it can be said coach Paul Maurice's team travels well, even if they have to come back to Toronto on the weekend for a possible Game 7.
'We're truly used to it,' Maurice said. 'We sat on the tarmac for three hours trying to let the rain go down before flying to Edmonton last year and got roasted for not flying in there two days earlier. We found a way to scratch one out.'

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