Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov hasn t played or spoken to the media since being pulled in the first period of Monday night s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but he has a chance to take control of his season against the dangerous Vancouver Canucks, writes Mark Masters.
After being on the ice for four goals against in Wednesday s 6-3 loss to the Ottawa Senators, defenceman John Klingberg knows he needs “to be better.” But as Mark Masters writes, the Maple Leafs can help him out by playing a better brand of team defence.
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After watching defenceman Timothy Liljegren crash into the boards and sustain an injury courtesy a trip by Brad Marchand on Thursday night, Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe had some words for the Bruins winger. The rest of the Leafs, however, didn t say or do much.