Depending on how last night’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres went, the Leafs are either 4-0 or 3-1 under their new coach.
Either record is a great start, and that is partly to the many changes under the new coach.
The team is focusing more on holding the puck and looking for plays, rather than taking low percentage shots, or dumping the puck in.
One very noticeable change is on line changes when the players will hold the puck and circle back. You can also see the team doing this if they don’t like their options on the break in, whereas before they’d just dump it in the corner.