Petrielli on the noticeable differences in Craig Berube’s style of hockey so far in preseason:
The biggest difference at five-on-five is just their breakouts up the ice. They’re a little bit quicker in how they go about it — a lot of quick chips up the wall kind of thing as opposed to long drawn-out regroups.
Going back and rewatching a few of the games, I pretty much never saw them regroup, which was essentially a staple under Sheldon Keefe—the circle back. Fans probably think about Pierre Engvall with the big, wide circle back into the Leafs‘ zone instead of attacking.