Toronto Maple Leafs: Why the Current Marlies Run Is Beneficial for Next Season

May 22nd, 2012 by Jonathan Reid Leave a reply »
After defeating the Oklahoma City Barons yesterday afternoon in front of a raucous crowd at Ricoh Coliseum, the Toronto Marlies (minor-league affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs) took a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference finals series.

With so much discussion around just how many Marlies will be joining the ranks of the parent club Maple Leafs in October, I decided to take a look at what kind of impact this playoff run has had on the play of the Baby Leafs.

After all, it would be foolish to believe that this kind of run hasn't shown these players certain facets of the game that regular-season hockey simply cannot.

Let's take a look at some of the positive aspects this postseason run will have on the players and, in turn, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

 

Mistakes Become Magnified

This is one of the most important parts of playoff hockey.

During the regular season, when a player makes a mistake, it may or may not cost his team a goal. Even if it were to do just that, the coaching staff would let said player know what he did wrong and tell him there is plenty of hockey left and to do a better ...

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