I know how hard it’s going to be to convince the average Leafs fan to care about the regular season this year — let alone a preseason game — but we’re learning some important things about the team right now. The new-look power play appears to be clicking; Nick Ritchie parked in front of the net for Mitch Marner seems to work; Ilya Mikheyev still can’t finish on odd-man opportunities.
Well, I guess some things haven’t changed.
The good news is that the aspects of Toronto’s play that we’re all analyzing closely are trending in the right direction.