Pre-Game
The Leafs had a lengthy ceremony in which, so far as I can tell, they retired all of the numbers that there are. As a result, the players are now identified by Egyptian hieroglyphics. Morgan Rielly is three palm leaves and a tax collector.
Anyway, the CBC made a mockery of the idea of public broadcasting by photoshopping Auston Matthews’ head onto various graphics of late-90s Mike Myers character Austin Powers. In other news, no one cheered Milan Michalek when his name was announced, and the recording of Wolfmother’s “The Joker and the Thief” skipped for several seconds.