TORONTO -- Another season is slipping away from the Toronto Maple Leafs. jerseys from china . Mike Santorelli scored twice Tuesday as the Florida Panthers handed the sinking Maple Leafs a 5-3 loss, an all-too-familiar outcome for fans in Toronto. Loud chants of "Fire Wilson!" -- directed at coach Ron Wilson -- went up twice during the third period as the Leafs lost for the ninth time in 10 games, including all four on a disheartening homestand. Toronto sits four points out of playoff position in the Eastern Conference but it is showing no signs of pulling out of a tailspin. Marcel Goc, Jason Garrison and Stephen Weiss also scored for Florida (30-20-12). Jose Theodore added 28 saves. Phil Kessel, Nikolai Kulemin and Joffrey Lupul replied for the Maple Leafs (29-27-7). A day after general manager Brian Burke expressed hope that the passing of the trade deadline would relax the Leafs, the team was felled by a familiar foe: an awful start. Defenceman Luke Schenn let the puck slip off his stick right after the opening faceoff and Wojtek Wolski set Goc up for a goal just 13 seconds in. The hole got bigger two minutes later when Santorelli finished off a 2-on-1 with Jack Skille, setting off a round of boos at Air Canada Centre. It was the fifth straight game the Leafs fell behind 2-0. This one was particularly difficult for James Reimer, the embattled goaltender who couldnt really be faulted for the shoddy play in front of him. His first save of the game came almost 11 minutes in -- he was cheered sarcastically -- as the Panthers looked set on protecting the early advantage. Toronto seemed to find its legs as the period went on and Lupul appeared to cut into the lead late in the first period. However, his goal was turned back by video review because he didnt get a stick on the puck after trying to kick it up for a shot. Kessel ended up making it 2-1 at 10:46 of the second period. It was the 32nd goal of the season for the Leafs sniper, who beat Thoedore with a nice wrist shot on the power play. But the Panthers found an answer on a man advantage of their own, with Santorelli knocking home his second of the night at 13:54 after Reimer coughed up a big rebound while stopping a Tomas Fleischmann shot. The mood turned ugly after Garrison scored his 14th of the season at 4:38 of the third period to put Florida ahead 4-1. That set off the first round of chants calling for Wilsons job, something two local columnists have put in print recently. Toronto currently owns the NHLs second-longest playoff drought at eight years -- behind only the Panthers -- and Wilson is in his fourth season with the team. Burke gave a public declaration of support for his coach while speaking to reporters after Mondays trade deadline. The chants were renewed after Kulemin and Weiss traded goals 61 seconds apart and only subsided in the waning minutes because fans cleared out of the building en masse. Lupul scored late but there would be no comeback. The Leafs wont have much time to recuperate with a game in Chicago on Wednesday night. Notes:@ Wilson coached his 1,400th career NHL game, tying him with Pat Quinn for fourth on the all-time list ... The Panthers were missing leading scorer Kris Versteeg to a lower-body injury ... Toronto scratched Colby Armstrong and Cody Franson ... Florida is 11-2-2 against Canadian teams this season. It visits Winnipeg on Thursday ... Announced attendance was 19,420.wholesale nfl jerseys . Chris Bosh acknowledged he needs to do more and lobbied to get more opportunities. cheap jerseys from china . Two people familiar with the talks say that the NFL and the locked out officials union met Sunday. http://www.cheapauthenticjerseyschina.net/ .C. -- Its been quite a week for Washingtons Cody Eakin.TORONTO - Ricky Romero is back with the Blue Jays and will start Friday nights series opener against the Seattle Mariners. "Hes good enough right now where its time to give him that shot," said manager John Gibbons. "Lets face it, we need a guy for tomorrow night so he was scheduled to start tonight, his second start, so hes basically on schedule to skip today and hell be ready to go tomorrow." Romero, 28, takes the place of Josh Johnson, whos been placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his right triceps. Johnsons trip to the disabled list has been made retroactive to April 29 to facilitate the recall of reliever Brad Lincoln from Triple-A Buffalo. Romero won 42 games in his first three big league seasons (2009-2011.) He was an American League all star in 2011 when he went 15-11 with a 2.92 ERA. Romeros production plummeted last year when he went just 9-14 with an ERA of 5.77. He co-led the majors in walks, with San Diegos Edinson Volquez, with 105. After struggling through spring training, Romero was optioned to class-A Dunedin to continue work on a revamped delivery. He made his first start for Dunedin last Saturday, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings. In his first start of the seasson, Saturday with Dunedin, Romero allowed one run on four hits over seven innings. nfl jerseys china. He struck out six Brevard County hitters and walked none. The Blue Jays were impressed with Romeros 14:0 groundball to fly ball ratio. "We had our scouts down there," said Gibbons. "You dont necessarily look at the level, who hes facing. You look at what he was doing, the action on the ball, whats he doing in the strike zone, those things instead of necessarily who hes facing. Everybody liked what they saw." Johnson, who last pitched on April 21 against the Yankees, was scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. It was cancelled when Johnson experienced continuing discomfort while playing catch. Whats next for Johnson, beyond travelling south, remains to be seen. "Hes headed down to Florida and hell get his treatment down there and hell get looked at down there and (well) just kind of see to make sure there was nothing they missed the first time," said Gibbons. Johnson is 0-1 with a 6.86 ERA in four starts. He is eligible to come off the disabled list on May 14. Lincoln, 27, is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in two appearances for the Blue Jays this season. Hes 1-0 with an ERA of 3.72 in six appearances with Buffalo. wholesale authentic nfl jerseys ' ' '

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