Sheldon Keefe left Scotiabank Arena pleased with the result. The Maple Leafs head coach was also far less enthused about how his team got there. Upon further reflection, however, and after breaking down the video, Keefe saw a lot of positives in Toronto's wild 6-5 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens to open the 2023-24 season.
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe left Scotiabank Arena pleased with the result.Upon further reflection, however, and after breaking down the video, Keefe saw a lot of positives in Toronto's wild 6-5 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens to open the 2023-24 season.
“You make mistakes, you open the game up for the opposition. Now you tend to be on the ice tired, defending tired, and then you make mistakes within that.” “Never a perfect formula,” Leafs captain John Tavares said. “Something that's always evolving and always changing. The guys in here understand it, too. We think about those things as we reflect on a year or we're getting ready for another one - trying to be better and trying to grow.
“You're dealing with the mistakes and the good things,” he said. “We addressed that today and move on.”“Some things for us to clean up,” he said. “But there was way more good in the game than, frankly, I was expecting.”The blueliner sat out a big chunk of pre-season with an upper-body injury, but didn't miss a beat in the opener.
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