OTTAWA — - “Hockey Day in Canada,” Mike Babcock said as he stepped into a scrum with reporters following the morning skate at the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday. “You gotta like it.”
As it turned out, not so much.
The Maple Leafs were embarrassed thoroughly on Saturday night, falling 6-1 to an Ottawa Senators club that had lost five of its previous six games.
It can’t be called the latest chapter in the Battle of Ontario when just one side arrives at the rink armed and ready to go. The Leafs made everyone in the crowd of 19,379, many of whom were wearing blue and white sweaters, forget quickly Toronto had won its previous two games.