Leafs preach patience as Ritchie finds his footing on top line. markhmasters writes:
TSN Toronto Reporter Mark Masters reports on the Maple Leafs, who practised at Ford Performance Centre on Tuesday ahead of Friday’s home game against the San Jose Sharks."It's gotten progressively better," the 25-year-old winger said."Starting to feel pretty good ... Just getting to know the guys I'm playing with and getting a little more O-zone time. The more you actually get to play games, it helps a lot.
"They make a lot of good little plays," Ritchie observed."It seems Mitchy finds him for that last shot and you saw that last night. [Auston] whistled a few one timers over the net. He'll get that dialled in and those will be going in soon." Last season, Matthews and Marner played mostly with . Ritchie, meanwhile, is still trying to establish himself as a top-six player in the league.
"We still got to work through our chemistry a little bit," Matthews acknowledged,"but I thought there were a lot of points in the game where we had really good control of the puck and made some good plays, created some good chances, and their goalie made some pretty good saves."Nick Ritchie talks about playing alongside Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner and why he feels he's progressing as the games go by.
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