From kristen_shilton: Leafs hope to build off ‘best’ game ‘in a long time’:
TSN Toronto reporter Kristen Shilton checks in daily with news and notes on the Maple Leafs, who held a team meeting before facing the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center Wednesday night.
“I liked everything [about that game] except we didn’t score,” said Leafs coach Mike Babcock. “I thoughtwas real good [in a 22-save showing]. I thought we were good though, I thought we were the best we’ve been in a long time. The fewest scoring chances in a long, long time and I think that’s real important for our team. Gives us some confidence coming into tonight’s game.
It was a bold statement by Sparks, a backup who has appeared in only eight games since Christmas and posted a 2-6-0 record. Given Sparks generally only plays the second night of Toronto’s back-to-backs, he didn’t have to wait long for another chance between the pipes after last Saturday’s debacle, and all eyes will be on the netminder to see how he lives up to his word.
“We believe in each other and we believe in our locker room,” Hyman said. “We’re going to go out there and play the way that we play and play the right way and when we do that, we’re a really good team, we’re hard to beat. We’ll be successful.” In the nearly two years since then, Alex has honed his craft primarily with the American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans, while William became an integral part of the Leafs’ offence and went through a highly publicized contract dispute with the team last fall.
This season only recently became enjoyable again for William, as he struggled to reestablish his game following the stalemate that cost him two months of the schedule. The elder Nylander didn’t play until Dec. 6, and notched only one goal in his first 23 games.
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