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Does Playoff Experience Matter? A Leafs Fan Went Looking for Answers - Scientific Inquirer

I was tired of hearing about playoff experience when I was about twelve. It’s a trope that exists in every sport with a postseason, but it exerts terrifying explanatory power in a tournament as random as the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The playoffs, players and coaches will attest, are a different animal. A young team, even a talented one, struggles to match the intensity dialed to eleven. When my Toronto Maple Leafs were young and cute, they arrived …
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Scientific Inquirer broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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