SUNRISE — It’s wonderful that Brad Marchand is so worried about the Maple Leafs that he’s challenging anyone who believes the Leafs are all but done for this season.

He has to say that, of course.

Because Marchand’s Florida Panthers are in just as difficult a position — maybe moreso, playing without their two best players and two other players of significance — as they plod along around .500 in defence of their two Stanley Cup crowns.

Tuesday night’s game between the Leafs and the Panthers is important — not in the way most Leafs-Panthers games are important.

This wasn’t a Game 6 or 7 of a playoff series. This wasn’t a clinching game of any kind. This was more of a measurement game for teams tied for 15th in the Eastern Conference, places they have not known for many, many years.

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