WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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I thoroughly enjoyed this piece from Mark Masters, Komarov is quickly becoming on of my favorite players.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=417427
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=417427
Mark Fraser smiles when asked about teammate Leo Komarov and what makes him so darn interesting.
"He was telling us stories the other day about the six months that he had to be in the army in Finland and just some crazy stories," said the Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman. "It's just a world we've never experienced, but for him, he's just so nonchalant that he's done this.
"It was just amazing the way he could talk about the different guns he would use and we're all thinking, 'We're all professional players and have had nothing close to this experience.'"
Komarov is one of the several new faces on the Leafs roster this season and is most known for his ability to agitate opponents. But he's also filled another role on the team: most interesting man.
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After scoring his first career NHL goal on a Saturday night (Feb. 9) in the hockey mecca of Montreal, he couldn't be less impressed with himself.
"You know, I've scored goals before," he told reporters, who are used to seeing huge smiles from first-time scorers.
Komarov filled a more prominent role in the KHL during the lockout, playing at times on a line with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom.
So it's no surprise that Komarov is not about to get carried away when discussing Toronto's 14-9-0 start, which has them sitting comfortably in a playoff position.
"We're a good young team, but we need to keep it going," said Komarov, who won a KHL title a year ago and a world championship with Finland in 2011. "We haven't done anything good yet. If we lose 20 in a row now, everybody will talk s--- about us. We can't even relax now. We just need to keep it going. We'll have bad days and good days coming."
However the Leafs season goes, good or bad, with Komarov in the mix, it is bound to be interesting.