Now you are really are reaching, so the root of the problem for the lack of offence is not the forwards themselves but the goalie? Do you realize how ridiculous that sound? You are telling me that the reason why Matthews and Marner had 1 goal between them the entire series was and the reason why they keep giving the puck away before they can even set up in the Habs zone was because they had no faith in their goalie who was posting a .940 sv% for most of the series? What did they expect Andy and Campbell to score the goals for them too? If their mentality really is that fragile then they deserve to get bounce in the 1st round every year, they are getting paid superstar money to score, not to try to shut down Phillip Danualt, lol.
When the Leafs are posting offensive numbers comparable to the worst offensive team in the NHL during the playoffs, the goalie who is posting Tim Thomas type of numbers for the entire series while only allowing approximately 2 goals per 60 during those critical go ahead and elimination games should be the last guy on the hot seat. You said it yourself, stop ignoring every piece of data, their is no way the Leafs can successfully close their series out when during these critical times in the playoffs, they put up even worst, not just slightly worst, but significantly worst numbers than the Ducks who was the last place team in the NHL in terms of offence.
Also dont give me these excuse of the Leafs not being able to play defensively unless they completely neutered their offence, the team was tied with the Bruins in the Regular season in terms of Goals allowed per 60 at #6 in the entire NHL, this team can play excellent D while maintaining a top 5 offence, they've done it all season, the offence simply got beat by the Habs D and the Leafs ~23 million dollar duo was out dueled by guys like Toffoli and Armia.
