TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe and his players were set to head to the airport and board a plane they would have preferred see stay on the tarmac.The Maple Leafs had allowed a chance to close out the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first-round playoff series slip away less than 24 hours earlier.Familiar themes kept Toronto from once again getting out from under a generation of post-season torment, along with a more-recent narrative of not being able to put away opponents on the ropes.
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