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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers play Game 6 of an Eastern Conference semifinals series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Friday in Sunrise.
Despite having a 2024-25 season that would qualify as the best year for many NHL players, Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews didn't live up to his usual standard because of a lingering injury.
The Toronto Maple Leafs yet again went out sad in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, losing Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals 6-1 to the Florida Panthers
Just two days after a season-ending 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the second-round series in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs held their end-of-season media availability.
The Maple Leafs haven't advanced beyond the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for nine straight seasons.
The Maple Leafs (52-26-4) finished first in the Atlantic Division with 108 points, six ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning and eight of the Panthers. Toronto then won only its second postseason series in 21 years by eliminating the Ottawa Senators in six games in the first round.
The Drake betting curse has been well-documented in recent years, and it appears to be alive and well after the rapper let it be known that he bet $1 million on the Toronto Maple Leafs to beat the Florida Panthers Sunday night in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series.