Leafs return to Toronto for 1st home game of 2024 playoffs

As every Leaf fan knows, donning the blue and white to watch the buds go to battle is not for the faint of heart. Last April, the team won its first playoff series in 19 years, igniting a wave of optimism that came crashing down in a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Florida Panthers that ended Toronto's season.On Wednesday, optimism is back in the city. On Monday night, centre Auston Matthews plucked a puck out of the air, stick handled to the right, quickly pulled to the left and snapped a sh