It should, but this is the Leafs. They're not wired that way.
If they were they would beat up on the Habs every time they play them as payback for being embarrassed at coughing up a 3-1 series lead. Or at least beat up on them once.
Sadly this group needs a Maurice-like raging verbal smack down to get any kind of emotional response. And they sure aren't getting it from Sheldon "I apologized the next day" Keefe, nor from the Captain Monotone Tavares. Reeves maybe, but it doesn't have the same resonance from a fourth liner.
And that is why the Panthers went to a Cup final and stomped us like an afterthought last year.