Mitch Marner was asked if there's any added incentive playing the opponent that crushed the Maple Leafs' hopes five months ago.
TORONTO – Mitch Marner was asked if there’s any added incentive playing the opponent that crushed the Maple Leafs’ hopes five months ago.
The Leafs went into the series as heavy favourites after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in six to end nearly two decades of post-season misery, only to be sent meekly packing two weeks later. For the Leafs, who continue to hold Stanley Cup aspirations after the Tampa breakthrough, the challenge is sorting out where new pieces fit this fall following an up-and-down start on home ice that saw Toronto pick up two high-scoring and, at-times, sloppy victories followed by an ugly loss.
“Sometimes you gotta really find your team game before you can start to focus on some of the other things,” Keefe said. “It’s on me to manage that.” “You want to give it time to breathe,” Keefe said. “But you also need to perform well and you need to get good results.”
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