The Most Accurate Shooter competition was to be the final event at the 2019 NHL All-Star Skills Competition and the wait was getting to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ star forward. He was nervous, he admitted after the competition, but not for how he would perform in the shooting drill.
When it finally came to his turn, with just enough waiting around to give his anxiety plenty of time to settle in, he skated out to center ice and dropped his gloves and stick. He took a breath and pulled off his Maple Leafs sweater.