The Toronto Maple Leafs played their most complete game of the season on Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a 7-2 win on the road, however the Maple Leafs looked just like the team everyone expected them to be this season. Nonetheless, things usually are not rosy in Leafs land because the team remains to be trying to seek out their identity this season without Mitch Marner.
Everyone expected that to be the case. It is difficult to exchange a 100-point player. Nonetheless, during Brad Treliving’s quarter-pole State of the Union address, he emphasized twice that Craig Berube was his guy and that he wouldn’t make a training change.
As Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet stated on the Saturday Headlines on Hockey Night in Canada, the Toronto Maple Leafs usually are not making any organizational changes anytime soon.
NHLRumors.com Transcriptions
Ron MacLean: “Toronto, that is our first four-goal lead of the season. So now Craig Berube and Brad Treliving are off the new seat, I suppose. But what about that?”
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Elliotte Friedman: “Well, the thing is that, we’ve talked about it, they’re really looking. They’re attempting to do things. They don’t wish to trade, just like the Matthews, the Nylanders or the Tavares, the Knies. Like that’s not happening, but they’ve looked around.
The one thing is the warmth really got going this week. I don’t imagine that there’s anything imminent when it comes to major organizational changes, like Coach, GM, anything like that. I don’t think they’re occupied with it. I don’t think it’s on the horizon. I don’t think it’s imminent. I believe if anything like that was to occur, it’s down the road.
So I do know, again, people were wondering, could they try this sort of a change? I don’t think it’s on the horizon in any respect.”
It’s as much as the players to make this work in Toronto. Treliving stated that he could bring five latest guys into the lineup, and in the event that they don’t play the correct way, the team would get the identical results. Nonetheless, the Maple Leafs wish to make hockey trades to get well.
While they brought in Brandon Carlo, Scott Laughton, Dakota Joshua, Nicolas Roy, Nic Robertson, and others, a few of those players might be on the move. Morgan Reily’s name is popping up again. But again, with the standings so tight, no person is basically making a move now.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs, like most teams, may have to figure this out and wait until after the vacation freeze to make a move.”
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