TORONTO — Brad Treliving wasn't looking to change his new team's identity. Or it's culture. Or it's core of talented forwards.
Or it's culture. Or it's core of talented forwards.
Among the additions were a trio of forwards in Tyler Bertuzzi, Max Domi and Ryan Reaves in free agency. Treliving doesn't want his roster, one dotted with star forwards Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and Bertuzzi, to look too far ahead."We've all watched games in April, May and June," Treliving, who also kept head coach Sheldon Keefe in the fold, said of the Stanley Cup playoffs."It didn't change 10 years ago it's not going to change in 10 years. There's no space. It's a harder game. You've got to fight through traffic.
"Every round is different," Matthews said."It just keeps getting harder and harder as you continue to push." "We've become a better team," said Nylander, who's club also added defenceman John Klingberg in free agency."Hopefully that'll help us throughout the season and in the playoffs — build off what we did last year and keep pushing forward.""You want to lift that trophy over your head," he said."When I came here, I saw the potential and had the belief that it was going to be a contending team for a very, very long time.
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