Back in June, new Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving talked about wanting TOR to become grittier in front of its net and better at preventing high-danger chances.
In Game One of the 2023-24 regular season, this is not at all what we saw. Against MTL, the Leafs defended loosely and were exposed by the Habs’ OZ movement.
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