TORONTO - Anthony Stolarz has had enough.
The Maple Leafs goaltender cut a frustrated figure Saturday following a 4-3 overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken in a physical matchup where he twice found himself flat on his back following contact.
Stolarz was thumped to the ice on two separate occasions — bruising forward Mason Marchment did the most damage — and then watched Josh Mahura move in on a breakaway and score his first goal in 134 games in the extra period after Toronto winger William Nylander lost his man in coverage.
The hulking netminder was asked post-game if the lack of cohesion has anything to do with early-season rust.
A fuming Stolarz was having none of it.
"A lot of guys have been here for a while," he fired back. "Overtime, you can't let someone beat you up the ice there