“I’m not sure what the rest of the league’s looking like, but we’re full speed ahead.” An update on the MapleLeafs after one week of a high-intensity, workmanlike training camp, via reporterchris:
There are fewer bodies to keep tabs on — 30 skaters and four goalies, to be exact — and fewer light moments. The first six days looked like work. There was noticeable intensity during drills and some contact between teammates. Saturday’s scrimmage included sticks slammed in frustration and swear words screamed from the bench of the team that lost 6-2.
This stands in stark contrast to his predecessor, Mike Babcock, who took a rigid view of what the Leafs should look like and be, preaching “steady on the rudder” while largely sticking to a predictable way of doing things. Matthews, Tavares and Marner are also Toronto’s highest-paid players — carrying a higher combined cap hit than the Blue Jackets’ eight-best paid forwards. They need to be difference makers in a best-of-five series and will probably get some opportunity to do it together.Consider it his nuclear option.What remains to be seen is if he’ll use it more often than that.
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