Game 645
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3
Saturday, March 4, 2000
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
The difference might simply have been this. Curtis Joseph stayed in his net all night stopping pucks.
Jeff Hackett didn’t.
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Game 644
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, February 19, 2000
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
Apparently the baby has already learned how to walk backwards.
Desperate to extract something positive from their current freefall, the Maple Leafs took solace in the “baby steps” they took in their tie against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. But their route back to winning ways hit a roadblock in a 2-1 setback to the Montréal Canadiens last night.
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Game 643
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Saturday, December 18, 1999
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
These are no longer the Flying Frenchmen. They really haven’t been for some time.
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Game 642
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Saturday, October 23, 1999
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Jeff Hackett stood there, reaching as deeply as he could over and over again for that sweet breath everyone needs. Sadly, after a lot of effort, he didn’t quite reach the comfort zone – just as his colleagues haven’t after a series of giant efforts in recent games.
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Game 641
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Saturday, October 2, 1999
Centre Molson, Montréal, Québec
There was an overriding message here last night. One that should be both familiar and comforting to Toronto hockey fans.
If the Maple Leafs are to go anywhere this season it will be Mats Sundin and Curtis Joseph who will take them.
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Two Solitudes 