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The Leafs are coming off a very emotional win Saturday night at home against their hated rivals Montreal. That win gave them four in a row now, as they surge back into a playoff spot. The ACC which is typically a very quiet crowd was anything but on Saturday night, the place was rocking.
Now the Leafs are traveling to the desert to play a western conference team, in a building that is almost certain to be quiet, in a game that I don't imagine will have much intensity to it at all. Saturday night was very similar to playoff type hockey, tonight will regress back to your typical regular season game.
I do not like this spot for the Leafs.
Toronto's last 3 trips to Phoenix have ended in results like this:
Lost 5-1
Lost 6-3
Lost 5-1
The Leafs are also 0-5 in their last 5 Monday games. Now, typically I laugh at people that bring up silly stats like that. BUT, maybe there is something to that with this team? The Leafs typically play at home on Saturday's and often those games do involve a lot of intensity and fight to them. So maybe this team is emotionally and physically drained from their Saturday night contests and don't bring enough to the rink come Monday night. (Just something to think about)
Yes Phoenix is not playing that well the last month, but tonight it not about them, it's about the effort and energy the Leafs will bring to Glendale tonight, and I say they just won't have it.
On a side note, if I am wrong and the Leafs are able to pull out a win tonight, we are lucky enough to have them playing again tomorrow night in Colorado. So do not be afraid to double up on the Av's tomorrow if Phoenix let's us down tonight.
GL 
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