Read this in the Toronto Star today, couldn't agree more.
"Money goalie"
"In some ways, it was a battle of players earning eight figures. And Montreal’s $10.5-million (U.S.) goalie, Carey Price, was better than the Leafs’ Auston Matthews ($11.6 million) and Mitch Marner ($10.9 million). With John Tavares ($11 million) erased from the equation in Game 1, Montreal’s depth players outplayed Toronto’s.
The Canadiens certainly played a looser, almost confident brand of hockey from the moment their backs were against the wall. Underdogs, playing with nothing to lose, rallied to win. The Leafs seemed nervous for most of the final three games. They were good in spurts. But they were mistake-prone and elements of their game that led to such a successful regular season — like forechecking and breaking up plays — were absent in the latter part of this series."