After another heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the Bruins, there have been a lot of emotional responses from Leafs fans. At times like these, though, it’s important to take a step back and break things down rationally. It’s easy to overreact after a crushing loss, but let’s try our best to put things in perspective and answer the following question: What did we learn about the Leafs over the past two weeks that can help them improve going forward?



The hole at RD must be addressed



It’s no secret that Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner and Travis Dermott are great puck-movers. It’s also no secret that Ron Hainsey, Nikita Zaitsev and Roman Polak are very poor puck-movers. We knew coming into this series that Toronto had arguably the weakest right side on defence among playoff teams, and boy did the Bruins take advantage of it.



Throughout the series Boston made it a point of emphasis to dump the puck in the right corner and heavily pressure...