The Toronto Maple Leafs started the regular season with two back-to-back wins, jolting the many hibernating members of Leafs Nation into alertness.
Coming off a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators, the Leafs' offseason training appears to be paying off. Only two games into the young season, and not a single player is in the minus—a huge change from last year.
Saturday night's victory marks the Leafs' second of the season. Last year, the second win came almost an entire month later. The Leafs are improved, but by how much?
It's only two games in; however, if the past few games have indicated anything, the Leafs' power play will improve from its current 22nd spot. The first unit of Phil Kessel, Tyler Bozak, Kris Versteeg, Dion Phaneuf, and Tomas Kaberle have been controlling the puck for much of the play. With many scoring opportunities, the Leafs only need to keep up the hard work, and the laws of probability say the puck should start going in more.
Meanwhile the Leafs sit at fifth in the league on the penalty kill, a significant improvement from 30th place last year. With three different sets of forwards for the penalty kill, g ...
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Toronto Maple Leafs: Leafs Start Season With Back-To-Back Wins; Plan the Parade?
October 10th, 2010 by Cale Loney Leave a reply »
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