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Maple Leafs @ Stars - Dec. 6th, 8:30pm - SNO, Fan 590

The kids getting some valuable lead defending experience, albeit without too much pressure.
 
On the night Murray gets his 1st shutout as a member of the Leafs his replacement in Ottawa, Cam Talbot, allowed 5 goals on 14 shots and was pulled. I don?t hate it.
 
https://twitter.com/moneypuckdotcom/status/1600341025876123648
Thanks to the Leafs giving up a bajillion odd-man rushes off turnovers etc.
 
Which led to this:
herman said:
https://twitter.com/nathangraviteh/status/1600326368813670400

Marner with a heroic effort after losing his stick on a block; sort of gets away with two penalties (playing with the broken stick; closing his hand on the puck at the whistle) but just had excellent reads of the flow of shot attempts from Dallas and stayed on top of what he could.

Somewhat new thing in the Keefe era: the team builds a lot of momentum off successful PK efforts. They do have a lot of players that relish and excel in the spadework of penalty killing, and now goalies that actually stop pucks.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Bullfrog said:
The double minor for high-sticking is even worse when you consider the injuries could be prevented from wearing better protective gear, such as a cage or other protection.

Yes, yes, i know it'll get in the way of the face-punching.

I'm in the camp that they should all wear cages just like they did as kids.

I watched a few NCAA games a couple of weeks ago. They were some of the fastest, hardest hitting hockey I've seen. Cages didn't get in the way in the slightest.

That's from a viewing aspect, of course, not a playing one.

We had a similar thing in cricket - as a kid I grew up never wearing a helmet. It wasn't the done thing, then the visor got in my eye line when I did try. Then I had my nose broken by a ball that deflected up off my bat. Amazingly I can see through the visor when wearing one now.

They brought a rule in that anyone under the age of 18 in the year of 2000 had to wear one (with mandatory visor), no exceptions. Now you just don't see anyone NOT wearing one.
 

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