Any Leaf fan will tell you, it's all about heart. The Leafs dominated last night in Montreal, shutting out the hateful Habs, but all was not well in Leafs Nation. THE MONSTER was taken to hospital after the first period when his heart started to race.

The hospital visit was precautionary, but when it comes to the heart, you can never be too careful. After all, it's all about heart. Here's what THE MONSTER's heart looked like when he arrived at the hospital.

Leafs win! Habs suck! THE MONSTER's heart overfloweth with awesomeness!

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Do Leaf shooters simply make opposing goaltenders look good or do opposing goalies save their best stuff for the centre of the universe?

Ryan Miller was awesome last night, making 38 saves to register the first shutout against us this season.

25 games in, we've got 19 points and sit in 14th place in the East, 5 points out of 13th. I'm calling it...

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It didn't take the Leafs long to fall behind 2-0, and then I had to go to my own game. It sounds like a missed a great little comeback with a pair of goals from Phil "The Thrill" Kessel and everybody's favourite Hagman.

Don't look now, but we're 3-0-1 in our last four games. And since we started at 0-7-1, we're a very respectable 6-4-6. If the season had started 16 games ago, we'd be in great shape.

I'll conclude this Leafs recap by calling out the idiot schedule makers at the NHL head office. It's Saturday. Saturday nights mean Hockey Night in Canada and Hockey Night in Canada means the Leafs at 7pm on CBC. This is a ritual you can't fuck with. Why, NHL head office, have you fucked with it?

A Leaf-less Saturday night in November just doesn't make sense...

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Everybody's favouriite Hagman scored twice and the Leafs actually held on to a third period lead to win in regulation.

After losing four straight in regulation, we've now picked up six points in the last four games. We're now only six points back of the 13th-place Florida Panthers.

This cup be half full!

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I still can't believe we lost this one. In the third period alone, we outshot the Islanders 23-4.

Down 3-0, you could feel the momentum shift the moment I turned on the television. That's right, I tuned in after the three Islander goals on poor 'ol Tosky. I'm taking credit for the comeback.

Unfortunately, I couldn't deliver the win. I'm just one man. I did all I could.

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Do not adjust your laptop, desktop or smart phone. All of the following actually happened last night at the ACC.

• The Leafs won a game
• The Leafs won a game in a shootout
• The Leafs won a game in a shootout with Toskala in net
• The Leafs won a game in a shootout with Toskala in net against a top tier opponent

And you know how we're always talking about MLSE being full of hot air? That, apparently, was the difference maker. Alex Ovechkin said after the game that the arena was really hot and "after I took two steps I couldn't breathe."

We have a new plan for all future home games. Turn up the heat.

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Being a Leafs fan can be pretty tough. If we don't laugh, we'll cry. It's time for yet another remix of ."Downfall"

This is a glimpse of what it might have been like if Hitler was a Toronto Maple Leafs fan.

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Enough is a enough. We jumped out in front 3-0, coughed that one up and blew a 4-2 lead in the 3rd. Ian White then scored with 30 seconds remaining, but the Leafs couldn't hold the 5-4 lead. Erik Cole scored with three seconds left to force overtime.

The Monster did his best Tosky impression in the shootout, and the rest is history. We couldn't hold a 3-0 lead against the worst team in the NHL. The only silver lining is that this total collapse should spur Brian Burke to actually do something. Let's shake this thing up.

And then, it's time to follow these three simple steps the rest of the way.

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The Leafs have surrendered the first goal in 17 of 19 games this season. That's a big reason why we're 3-11-5.

Did I just write 3-11-5? Three wins in 19 games? Are we really losing 84% of our games?

New rule: pass the puck to Kessel, get out of the way and pray.

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How wise was it to honour a decade in which we posted a record of 263-443-94? On 80s night, the Leafs did Paul Morris proud, stinking up the joint like it was 1984.

MLSE: Leave the 80s be.

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