BOCA RATON, FLA. - Asked about the Maple Leafs contingent he acquired in the days leading up to the trade deadline last month, Doug Wilson broke into a smile that probably could have stretched as wide as a continent.
Attending the annual spring general managers meetings on the sandy, sun-baked shores of the Atlantic Ocean, the San Jose GM could not have been more pleased in the wee hours of Wednesday morning as his Sharks held on to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in a game played three time zones away at the Shark Tank.
As the clock ticked down on the final few seconds of play, it was ex-Leaf James Reimer who was the hero, celebrating his 28th birthday by robbing the Bruins’ Torey Krug just before the horn sounded to end the game.