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TORONTO - Its beginning to feel a lot like spring 2014 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and thats not a good thing.Back then, the Leafs lost eight straight in regulation and 13 of their final 16 games as a playoff appearance slipped away. Now, theyve lost five in a row and again 13 of 16 in regulation as the season seems to be sliding away.Its been like this for a couple years now, hasnt it? star winger Phil Kessel said. I have no idea. We go through great stretches and then we have these just horrendous stretches. Its pretty frustrating.Back in 2011-12, with many of these same players in place, the Leafs lost six in a row and 10 of 11 to cost Ron Wilson his job. Since last seasons late swoon, coaches have been switched again from Randy Carlyle to Peter Horachek.Its early in Horacheks tenure as interim coach, but the results havent been encouraging.Its similar, isnt it? Kessel said. Same stuff keeps happening. I dont know what to make of it anymore.When general manager Dave Nonis explained why Carlyle had been fired, he pointed to inconsistency. The same Leafs that went 9-1-1 earlier in the season have been outscored 24-9 in the past seven games under Horachek.Its extremely frustrating that were doing a lot of things in areas that we werent doing earlier in the year better and now its the other side of that were having a tough time with, captain Dion Phaneuf said.As the Leafs have tried to forge an identity, theyve established something of a reputation of letting losing streaks snowball.Just momentum, centre Nazem Kadri said. Momentums a killer. Once you get on a slide, it seems like other teams are more eager to keep you on that slide.And the Leafs havent done much to help themselves, either. Horachek expressed frustration that during Monday nights 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes players reacted to falling behind by cheating to try to score.Its a 60-minute game, and you cant let one event — whether a bad call, an injury, a goal — affect you, Horachek said. We know that we havent scored a lot in the last four games. ... We know that we havent won.And though Horachek hasnt been around for past losing streaks, players have. Kessel said players must always stay positive, but Kadri knows its difficult to block out recent history.Its not impossible, but its definitely a frustration that builds over time, Kadri said. Obviously a win would help kind of ease things, and we know how it is around here and we know how it has been.The Leafs have one chance to end this skid before the all-star break, when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. Between the loss to the Hurricanes and that puck drop, Horachek is intent on keeping the negativity from seeping into the locker-room.Theres no way to move forward with any kind of negativity inside that room, Horachek said. Theyre going to have to stand up, face the music and go that much harder and work their way out of. Theres no easy way out of times like this. Theyre going to have to have some conviction and some resolve and its going to be hard.___Follow @SWhyno on Twitter Yoenis Cespedes Mets Jersey . 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell while figuring out which players can make the biggest difference and hold the greatest value. Neil Walker Jersey .com) - Guard Greivis Vasquez and forward Patrick Patterson, two key pieces to the Toronto Raptors run to an Atlantic Division title in 2013-14, were both given qualifying offers by the team on Saturday. http://www.metsbaseballauthentic.com/cu ... ts-jersey/. 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