The OT goal looked like a Panthers team that was an NHL team vs. a minor league Leafs team in "awe" of how pros play hockey. Leafs made about 4 defensive mistakes on the same play and gifted the OT goal to Florida.

Matthews and Marner (especially Marner) were absolute ghosts last night.

I have been saying this for years... you can't have a team full of skilled players with minimal physicality in playoffs. You can endure a few non-grit skill players... but successful playoff teams are FULL of big, tough, players... motivated to follow basic team game.

That is what happens when a fanbase doesn't have playoff experience.

That Monorail analogy couldn't be more perfect.

Leaf's players just standing around like spectators as that goal is scored.

I’ve cheered, but mostly have bled tears as a Leafs fan since I’ve been a hockey fan - I was 5 years of age. I’m now 53. 48 years rooting for that organization. Despite the constant disappointment year after year, I’ve always started over with this franchise with the opening of each training camp. This years playoffs: I sat down to watch game #1 (1st round) with great optimism, but only to see TML get walked all over again right from the drop of the puck. Tampa Bay scored just over a minute into the game. I shook my head and turned the game off. I saw enough. That first minute showed that again, they are not a contender for the Stanley Cup. I saw the final score the next morning, a 7-3 rout by the visitors. I then made one of the easiest decisions: I haven’t watched a minute of the Leafs since that opening minute. As a Leafs fan I honestly think I’m done. I cannot see myself starting over again at next September’s training camp. It will be the same old song and dance. We all know it will. I wish the organization my sincere best with trying to figure themselves out.

The best part is Floria chanted we want Florida after the third loss to mock leaf fans.

I was upset to see Sid leave Sportsnet. Now I'm glad. No way would he have been allowed to say this over there.

You did it too Sid. "The sky is the limit for this team" same thing as those young fans cheering we want florida.

INSANE play by Rienhart!!! The good ol' glove down delay at the blue line, blow past two, chip by a third off the back board pass, beat the same defender to the return pass, wrap around OT goooooaaalllll!

Thank you Sid, for saying it like it is without the usual BS from Toronto media. Its unfortunate, but it is the ugly truth. I left Montreal in 1981 at the age of 25 and had lived through 11 Stanley Cups (i.e. almost one cup every other year of my life!). I have now lived in Toronto-the mecca of Hockey- for for 43 years and have supported the Leafs and have been suffering ever since. The Leafs clearly were outplayed, out hustled, out coached and out general managed by Florida. In other words, in every aspect of the game. The fans have suffered long enough. The Leafs are now having to face the prospect of needing to win 4 games in a row to advance, against a superior (8th seed?) team. Its tall order, but we can always dream. BTW just luv your Simpsons analogy!!!!

Gotta love Leaf fans…it hurts so bad

After Steve Dangle's reaction, this was the one I've been waiting for. Those "We want Florida" fans probably thought Florida would have been the easier opponent than the Bruins. They forgot one very important thing however: They are Leafs fans there are no easy teams against them. Either they are tough teams that they can't beat or they're easy teams and the Leafs beat themselves.

Sid has to come back to SN. He fits more in this than the breakfast tv.

That Game 3 OT goal was epic...

As I have been saying for years, this team is NOT a team, they have no killer instinct. They are docile and reactive. They get up a goal, then they back off and allow a goal, they get up two goals, then they back off and allow the other team to get two to tie it up. Get a goal and keep pushing. This team, if it were playing as a team should be beating Florida 5-2 every game. Time to dump Shanny. Time to dump Dubas. Time to dump Keefe. Time to trade Matthews for choices. Time to trade Mitch for someone with a little emotion.

As I've told colleagues who are Leafs fans, the better matchup for them would have Boston, who quite frankly were worn down from a historic regular season. Florida is a big team that is persistent, physical, well-coached, organized, and doesn't get discouraged when scored upon. In the playoffs, it's all about matchups; playing a team like Florida, you have to match their tempo and physicality if you want to hang with them. All I have to say is, good luck!

With the type of players they acquired, Florida carefully molded themselves into a team built for the playoffs. Leafs and their fans happy with all the high offence and skill that usually wins a gold in the Olympics

Oh well Canadians can still cheer for the Oilers

The Panthers last season was a lot like the Leafs. All shiny offence, skill and speed. They made changes. The changes made them a worse regular season team but regular season was not the problem for the Panthers. The change was for the playoffs and it looks like it might have worked.

The core 4 do great in the regular season because they have time and space. In the playoffs there is no time and space. You won't win in the playoffs with them.

Brian Burke said it, you need a team of players with "tenacity", who want to "win" at all costs. Post game interviews said it all, down 3 games, and calm and unconcerned about the situation. The panthers want to win, you see it in their play, everybody is in for the race to the cup.

Be patient maple leafs fans. It took 20 years to get out of the first round. It’s going to take another 20 years to get out of the second round. It’s a work in progress. By my calculation, I will be 137 years old, when they complete the the fourth round.

toronto getting too cocky is why they have not won the stanley cup since the sixties

I haven't seen defencemen standing around and getting beat that bad since the old fanuef days, the leafs won there cup when they made it to the second round, put old Carl Brewer out there on defense, it worked once before. lol

1:19 I think the broadcasters wanted Toronto to win since they put "FLA leads 2-1" in the banner by accident. Lol.

Good stuff Sid!!

That goal is the closest thing to a slam dunk in hockey

Love the irony of Sid making a "Monorail that doesn't work" analogy for the TORONTO maple leafs.

Sid must be a hit with those Breakfast Television types. 🔥🔥🔥

The Leafs need to see if they can trade Matthews this offseason, but if they can't do it before July 1, he has a full no move clause lol. What a brutal contract, signed him for too much money, with a term that takes him directly to free agency, with a no move in the final year to fully handcuff the team, yikes.

He built a tougher team perfect his skilled guys didn’t show up his grunts did this is on the top 4 they gave up looked disengaged

Unreal. Reinhart skates through 3 Leaf players untouched. never got touched or checked.

Born June 13/67 Torontonian here - 1 month after they last won the cup. They have only made the semi-finals twice in my lifetime.. I think. Couldn't stay a fan of looserville my whole life! ..I walked away from this organization years ago after they blew a 3-0 lead over Boston... Wake Up Call to Y'All! Walk Away like I did! Stop Caring!

I've been saying the same thing for 3 years in a row now to my family (leaf supporters) that doing almost exactly the same thing year after year and expecting different results is the definition of futile. That and exactly what Sid says, when half your cap goes to 4 guys, none of whom are real hitters theres NO wayyyy..... GM must go. Rebuild time while they can still get something for what they got. But they won't.

The Simpsons reference especially the classic monorail episode has me dead. Well done sir. Bring out the memes!

They should be renamed The Toronto Charmin

I absolutely agree with you!

Nah, the monorail made a full trip around the tracks before it went off the rails. You're giving the Leafs too much credit.

Can't bring myself to watch game 4.😢

Leafers: We Beat Tampa! Florida: My turn.

The blue print was the St Louis Blues. They won without any real franchise players, no McDavid, Marner or Matthews. Just a complete Team.

Don't be haters, Leaf fans - your team hasn't enjoyed this kind of playoff success in almost 20 years! Sid and A LOT of others from Leaf Nation are going to owe this team an apology...🤣

I’m an Oilers fan and am praying that they make the final, and I think they can do it, but I’m terrified that they run into Florida. They have a heck of a good team.

Sid is clearly from Floridor. Please send him back!!!

Leave Canada out of it. No one else outside Ontario cares about the stinking Leaves. Dubass has got to go!!!!!!

The best Simpsons analogy ever!

The fact is Dubas, Shanny and Keefe should have been fired 5 seconds after game 7 last year, they werent. Management should fire Dubas and Shanny right now and at least send a message to this team, if that doesnt motivate them to try and dig out of a 3-0 hole than its time to blow up the Core 4. Namely Tavares and Marner have to go, Holl has to go to.

The “Snore 4” are more concerned with where they’ll play next & how much money (American) they’ll make. No pride, no passion, no COMPETE!

We in Florida Love The Leafs !! Go Cats !! Bring it on Wednesday !!

Reinhart's OT winner is why I wanted him in a Wings sweater so bad. That guy is a player.

After winning the prez trophy Florida traded Huberdeau for Tkachuk. Leafs turn: Matthews for Makar.

As a western Canadian all I can say is awesome, go Florida.

Need a coach that makes them accountable kick and scream when needed to drive or wake them up to get a extra push when they need it. However good goaltending can go along way this time of the year and you 100% need good bounces and the hockey gods on your side! I'm 57 years old have been a Leafs fan since I was 7 and this has been and continues to be one of the most disappointing parts of it!

Panthers were last year's Presidents Trophy winners... they are better than their "8th seed" placement, and much of the same players returned. This team is nothing to sniff at.

Great analogy Sid!!!

I'm from the States. Who is this Skid person that I was happily unaware of prior to his "Pride" outburst?

Hyman is exactly the type of player they needed for playoff success and they let him go.

He's right. And the Monorail episode is amazing.

You can't expect them to be tough and think their first priority should be about rainbows at the same time, Sid.

Nylander floated for %75 of the game. He hasn't earned his cap hit for the majority of the playoffs. 3rd period and the small amount of overtime the Leafs didn't look hungry enough. Not engaged enough and unorganized. Panthers were all over Toronto. Stick a fork in them. They're done!!

There were also fans chanting "We want Boston", so that point is moot. Also, what fans want/wish for should not influence the players' performance, as heartless as it is. But I guess people need excuses

Minutes ago I looked up the particular episode about the Simpsons' monorail. The relevant episode is titled "Marge vs. the Monorail."

This series was over before the Leafs even had their skates laced up.

Wasnt this the guy that said florida was an irrelevant team prior to the series start? Tampa learned that being the fastest and most skilled team on ice, rarely works well in the playoffs.

Monorail! One of the best episodes. Great analogy.

You got this so right on the spot

Laff fans teally thought they were great because they beat a tired tampa team. Welcome back to reality that this team is just a choke job.

Take it suckers!! Go Panthers

Getting swept in the second round is honestly worse than losing round 1 in 7…. What a joke

what kills me is Ron Francis, in one year, has put together a team in Seattle more equipped for the playoffs than this joke of an organization

Sid looks healthy 😂

One way to think about it is Dubas has built a pretty competitive playoff crew with $40M less than everyone else. Imagine if all teams had to throw away $40M?

That’s what y’all get for constantly calling the Panthers “irrelevant.” Cats in fo

Leafs looked like peas rolling off your plate, just a mess.

chanting "we want (the worse team)" really shows you how fragile the fanbase is even immediately following their first series win in 19 years

The monorail episode is based on the musical The Music Man. Back to the GM plant for Dubas.

No apology for calling the panthers “irrelevant”

That Simpsons episode was great. Loved it. The Leafs and leafs fan took the Panthers lightly and now they are paying for it

The 8th seed in the Eastern Conference looks like a team that knows how to bring it up a notch or 2 for the playoffs where as the Leafs look like they're playing the regular season.

I waited all morning for this lol

i'm from vancouver and a canucks fan but i'll say this: i just want a CANADIAN CITY to win the stanley cup, its been 30 years now since montreal won it. this is truly sad.

As a Canucks and Panthers fan: First, of course you'd want Florida over Boston lol. Second, I think the Leafs, finally having the first round monkey off their back, will be a great team next year and be quite scary. This year it just seemed like most of their hunger was to finally slay the first round dragon.

To be fair there was also a Boston chant.

Shanahan must've sang the Shanaplan song to Leafs fan like the Monorail song to convince them that the Shanaplan was a great idea!

You nailed it Sid !!!

Cap isn't the problem. On paper the team with the addition of O'Reilly is a strong.

They looked like they were playing a Sunday matinee in mid-February.

This is even more embarrassing than blowing a 3-1 series lead to the habs

Don't change a damn thing cause I'm loving the results, Go Cats Go!!!

The Leafs in the regular are perfect as high performance car but in the playoffs need a Ford Supercab 150 which is still fast, very powerful and rugged, resilient.

Leave it to Sid to take an episode called "Marge vs. the Monorail" and then forget which character was vs. the monorail.

You got Florida, You Got Florida, You Got Florida

There's an old saying - be careful what you wish for.

The lesson is that you should be very careful about what you wish for.

🌍🌎🌏Love your work Sid ~ 🌌#leafsforever 🌖 Thank you!

wow. Sid went off

Doesn't Toronto fans realize that most of Canada hates the Maple Laughs and the city of Toronto ???

look aorund the playoffs, the bets players on each team have stepped up and elevated their teams. that is exactly what the Leafs best players have failed to do since 2016-2017