Toronto and Florida met in the second round of the playoffs last spring, but now both teams reside at the bottom of the Eastern Conference

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. Article content

He has to say that, of course. Article content Article content

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 playo

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