So the John Tavares-having Toronto Maple Leafs officially lost the Tavares and Eamon McAdam for Leo Komarov and Matt Martin free agency trade with an embarrassing 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday night’s Hockey Night in Canada. Don Cherry complained about hockey players having fun. It was a cheery night all-around.
Going quickly through the goals, starting goaltender Garret Sparks probably should’ve had three of the four. I wanted to rag on the fourth line — whom after having a great pair of games before and after Christmas put forth a stinker — but every player on the Leafs was a -1, save for Patrick Marleau, Nazem Kadri, and Connor Brown.