The last Maple Leaf goaltender to call out his team, as Anthony Stolarz did Saturda,y was never heard from again. Article content
Coach Mike Babcock’s forehead must have turned as red as his mane when he heard young Garret Sparks tell the media that the Leafs needed to show more emotion in 2019 after a late-season loss in Ottawa. He banished Sparks to the practice roster. Article content Article content
But Stolarz is no kid trying to make his name in the NHL. He’s 31, part of a 2024 Stanley Cup team in Florida that succeeded with a pack mentality. They made it hell on the opposing net while protecting its bread and butter, Stolarz’s more famous stablemate, Sergei Bobrovsky.
When Mason Marchment of the Kraken bowled him over, the latest in a series of pokes to try and unnerve him da