If the Leafs are going to convince people – and maybe themselves – their early season success isn’t a fluke, the say-so needs to come from the guy at the top
The Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews celebrates after scoring his third goal of the game against the Minnesota Wild at Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 14.By the time he gets to the end of his current contract, Auston Matthews will be the greatest Toronto Maple Leaf in history.
The nicest one on Saturday versus the Minnesota Wild was a 270-degree wraparound that started behind the net.Matthews looked confused – “It’s just hockey.”With the Leafs, there are always two ways to look at anything. They have scored a baker’s dozen in their first two games of the season, which is good. They’ve also let in nine goals, which is bad.
The defence against that sort of civic anxiety is incrementalism. Listen to the Leafs talk. From the president to the towel guy, they’re always talking about getting just a little bit better, going a little bit further, winning just a couple more. We don’t do that up here because ambition is a bad word in Canada. As a result, Canadian teams have none.
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