What began out as a start to remember for the Leafs offensively, has taken a turn for the worst and has turned into a flaming bag of dog poop, figuratively.
The dog poop in this story is played by the Toronto Maple Leafs offence and as you can obviously tell, the opposing goaltender is playing the part of the mighty foot, who's sole goal is to put out that fire, hopefully while not making much of a mess.
But in the recent few games, it hasn't been the foot to put out the fire, it's actually been the bag of poop—the foot for the most part has played a supporting role in the movie, not the lead.
The Leafs began the season practically on fire offensively, Tim Brent of all people had two goals in two games, and Colton Orr had also contributed two goals, one of which was a game winner. Forward regulars Phil Kessel and Clarke MacArthur have accounted for 56.7 percent of the Leafs offence this season, surely a sore spot for the club.
After that, where does the offence comes from? The Leafs' No. 1 center, Tyler Bozak, has scored but one goal the entire season and second line center, Mikhail Grabovski, is doing his best impression of an ...
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