The Toronto Maple Leafs have played – and lost – two pre-season games so far.
While this is embarrassingly exciting for the team that beat them, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been around long enough to know that the results of pre-season games are not relevant.
It’s all about the family process.
And so far, so good.
The Leafs dressed a brutal lineup in the first game, and still managed to almost win. Nylander seems to be rocking the centre-ice position, Matthews is killing penalties, Easton Cowen is making some noise, Topi Niemela is going to make some people think, and Noah Gregor sounds like he’s going to make the team.