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Leafs Ice Chips: Marner hoping to hold on to Dr. Kill stickhas seen some things. He's the only Leaf who will dress Tuesday night that was involved in both recent Game 7 collapses in Boston. He saw the 18-wheeler go off the cliff with jerseys thrown on the ice. He was there when interim coach Peter Horachek mentioned the “Give a [expletive] meter.” So, he's not getting too worked up about Toronto's current skid.
“You need good leadership,” said head coach Mike Babcock, “and in order to have good leadership you need to have good players because good players are allowed to talk because they can do it themselves. And then you have to have a belief in one another and I think that's one of the reasons we've only had a few blips this year and been able to get back on time or back on track. But I think the whole key is leadership from within.
But there may be an overriding issue. The Leafs have trailed by at least three goals in each of their last four games. They have not had a longer streak since a five-game run like that in October 1991, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. One bright spot for the Leafs of late has been the penalty kill. They have gone a season-high five straight without allowing a man-advantage marker killing off all 11 chances.
“For me, personally, I'm just trying to read plays and make it hard on forwards. As a guy who plays the power play you know what frustrates you so just trying to make it hard on them to get in the zone and when they’re in zone not let them get set and try to pressure as much as I can.”
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