Tuesday's lone visit of the regular season by the Flames is meaningful in many ways for the teams.

Just like the TransCanada pipeline, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames share West-to-East connections — and some shared concerns. Article content

We check on a few items before Tuesday night’s lone visit of the regular season by the Flames to the Scotiabank Arena. Article content Article content

STRUGGLING STARTS

The combined record of the clubs is 6-11-2 and, though Calgary sits 32nd of 32 NHL teams with just two wins, the pressure on the Leafs to finally make some hay in this homestand has only been partly relieved by the diversion of Blue Jays’ coverage .

Calgary has five players from the GTA , including ex-Leaf Nazem Kadri, linemate Morgan Frost and Markham-born roo

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