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Still passing like they’re wearing Imperial stormtrooper helmets

Good adjustment to let Marchenko be primary PP carry

Kind of a weak call there when McKenna got decked but I’m not complaining about the PP reps. Edit: oh it was for hitting Tavares. That makes sense.

Slot tips back on the menu!

That Dreger/TSN hockey insider clip is meaningless because it’s exactly what Chayka said at the press conference to answer a question. Theres probably something percolating with Edvinsson, Nikishin, and Werenski’s respective situations but I don’t think anything is imminent.

What’s brewing Edit: hmm...

https://jhanhky.substack.com/p/toronto-maple-leafs-season-opener Jack Han (former Leaf dev ops) had some notes from the game, as he is Montreal-based now. I agree with this note: McKenna doesn't have to be The Guy right now. But to stay in the top six, he does have to, at minimum, help chain...

Groulx has to come in for MacEwan; Hiller only tolerated 5 minutes of Zack attack. Stecher doesn't deserve to come out, but getting Blankenburg some puck feel with fresh legs wouldn't be a bad thing on a back to back.

I think the most important things from game 1 are the habs falling all over themselves to watch William Nylander dance. Dusted Suzuki on the most obvious cutback I've ever seen. I have no idea why Suzuki tried to apply pressure to the wrong side of Nylander. Maybe expected to jump on a bump...

It only took one game, and while it wasn't even Marchenko at his best, I think everyone here can see the difference now between a complement that reacts to the play and a driver. Marchenko is a driver. Even without Matthews, you can see (and he has shown on CBJ) that he can dictate and control...

Raddysh looked like he was trying to do too much and the bobbles happening everywhere made it harder. He probably had lots of family in the stands and suiting up for your hometeam at a big ticket has got to be quite the pressure difference from being essentially an undrafted UFA walk-on to the...

The Leafs didn’t lose systematically, is my takeaway from game one. Self inflicted turnovers due to early season slop and lack of team cohesion (there was zero time) in a new partially implemented system were the main issues and those are all within their control and solved with reps and time.

L2 popped every time they put 53 on the wing. I don’t mind them alternating 92 off here and there.

+1 Probably going to be my votes for the foreseeable future during pond hockey season.

Dobes played well

Nick Paul has some sneaky interference skills

Willy for me (duh) Marchenko is doing really well for a guy that knows no one on the team and is running on one afternoon nap

If they could dial down passing it into their linemates skates from 45% to like 9% of the time, that’d be swell

I think that one was screened by 4 out of 5 blue sweaters