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Maple Leafs: An extra incentive for tonight’s game vs the Bruins

And so it come’s down to this: Do or die for the Maple Leafs. Lose, and your season’s over.  As such, I can’t imagine the players will need any incentive to give it 100% tonight against the Bruins.

However, just in case one or two of the players are struggling for inspiration, maybe this will help, courtesy of Leafs fan Michelle Griffin:

Leafs fan

Sorry, wrong picture!  That’s from my private collection. Errr, let’s try again:

Michelle Griffin

That’s more like it.  I’m going to hazard a guess that both the players and the fans are now up for tonight’s game.

Photo credits: @mgrriffin

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