After the hosting Maple Leafs scored two empty-net goals in the game's final minute to seal a 6-3 victory, Muller grimaced, turned and walked swiftly out of the sight of 19,236 celebrating fans and towards the Hurricanes' locker room.
The collapse of the 'Canes' season, which once seemed destined to return the franchise to the playoffs for the first time since 2009, was surely weighing on Muller enormously at such a moment. His squad had just squandered their best opportunity to end a miserable two-and-a-half week stretch of pain and despair.
For the young, second-year head coach in a success-starved market, it was the worst situation imaginable.
Approximately half an hour later, that pressured frustration boiled over in a ten-second press conference response that no Hurricanes follower will soon forget and, until the team starts to win ...
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Article written by Mark Jones