Last night, I avoided the Leafs game and watched the Marlies. This ended up being an excellent idea, because instead of feeling constantly frustrated by the Leafs-that-are, I felt uplifted by the Leafs-that-will-be. The Toronto Marlies won their season opener against the Manitoba Meese, 5-3, on the strength of goals from Nylander, Froese, Campbell, Leivo, and an empty netter from Carrick.
Two power play goals alone would've made me sigh with frustrated envy, but then there were tweets like this:
Marlies take season opener against Manitoba 5-3. Nylander with a goal and nine shots on net.