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“He’s a guy that, once you get to know him, he's really fun to talk to about hockey,” the 30-year-old Blackhawks winger said. "I was actually sitting next to [Chicago teammate Alex] DeBrincat, but he just came up and talked to us for two and a half, three hours, just about hockey and certain things in the past, just anything about hockey.
“It was pretty fun that night,” recalled the 21-year-old Leafs centre, “something you can always remember. Pretty cool to go head to head and have that kind of exchange with a guy like him who I’ve looked up to since I was a younger kid.” “He's deceptive,” Matthews observed. “You never really know what he’s going to do. He's got the puck on his stick and draws so much attention to him that guys, they don't want to play him too hard because they don't want to end up on TSN highlights the next day and then he’s making a back-door pass over two sticks ... He's an incredible player and makes stuff happen every time he’s on the ice.
Tampa Bay struck on a number of set plays off offensive-zone faceoffs and that was a focus during Toronto's skate.
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