From the first line’s incongruity to the fourth line’s injuries, it has been an uneven start to this Maple Leafs season. Article content
While Toronto survived its season opener against Montreal, a 6-3 loss in Detroit on Saturday — with the final score inflated by two empty-net goals — showed some training camp concerns still aren’t fixed. Our takeaways: Article content Article content
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Coach Craig Berube usually gets his chemistry experiments right, but the pre-season loss of Scott Laughton continues to have adverse effects.
Matias Maccelli is still looking to fit with Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies, or any line really, complicated Saturday by Steven Lorentz’s apparent head injury that led to more juggling through the forward chains. Lorentz will be re-evaluate