Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nicolas Roy controls the puck against the Montreal Canadiens during a preseason game at Scotiabank Arena.
One of the benefits of Toronto’s seemingly never-ending baseball season is the relative anonymity – compared to most years – that the city’s hockey club is currently able to enjoy.
So while the Toronto Maple Leafs’ event planners dabble with start times to ensure that fans don’t miss too much of the World Series action , the players and coaching staff are busy trying to ensure that once attention switches back to the ice, the team bears a passing resemblance to last year’s division-winning squad.
They’ve certainly got work to do, as through the first seven games, the Leafs have looked some way off.
Though their record stands at 3-3-1, the team has pl