The thing about some of the over the top antics by players is that it fuels the other team for the next game and beyond. Rittich flips his stick which was awesome to see but playing the Oilers the next few games seemed a lot harder because they used that as motivation against the flames. The same happened when Chucky repeatedly went after Doughty in LA. The most recent example is when he “accidentally” fell on the goalie. The Leafs used that as motivation for the next game.
Chucky was pissed at Muzzin but maybe his tantrum on the bench had a lot to do with the team effort during the game as well. Chucky needs to stop some of the over the top stuff and a lot of the players need to look in the mirror because they were embarrassed in the last game.
The next Toronto game it should be the Flames who embarrass the Leafs after Muzzins over the top puck flip.
Flames need more players that really hate to lose though. Just my take on this
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