The Toronto Maple Leafs must win this playoff series, there is no other option.  My entire Leafs fandom life, I have known nothing but postseason heartbreak.

With the regular season coming to a close and the playoffs looming, Sportsnet’s Sonny Sachdeva takes stock of how Craig Berube’s Maple Leafs compare to Sheldon Keefe’s squad a year ago.

While the Maple Leafs are making their ninth consecutive appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Senators are in the postseason for the first time since 2017 when they lost in double overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.