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Choose unevenness, and on Thursday evening it was not all bad.
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Their best player in the pre-season 3-1 against Detroit Red Wings was goalkeeper Anthony Stolar, who sparkled 40 rescuers on Scotiabank Arena.
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In general, Leafs would like to be more acute, but we are talking about hockey in early October. Players are not sweating, and not a folk nation.
Our conclusions from the game:
Power-Play Proof
With Morgan Rielly returns to the Power-Play No. 1 division after Mitch Marner departure, the emphasis on the passage is updated in terms of.
We are not needed here about speed, since placement is also key. In the absence of a prosperous shot from Rielly, part of the fact that coach Craig Berby wants to see is a straight line.
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Lifs scored in his first power game, at the beginning of the first period, when Rieli received the puck to the network and Oston Matthew He scored shortly after the passage from the knife in Matthew.
There is nothing that the coach does not like more than having some evidence confirming what he preached.
“What he did right away, he shot it,” said Berube. “I created a shot, created stress and chaos for PK, and we got a goal from this. Just be right in this. We want to immediately install a quick shot in a power game, and he did it. This is a big key to me. ”
The Lifs was the ninth in the power game last season, and what Rielly does will help determine whether Toronto can stay in the top 10.
Relly wants to bounce after the regular season 2024-25. One area that will help to raise its overall performance is what it does when the first LEAFS power device passes through the boards.
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A straight shot and movement along the blue line are instrumental.
“I want to improve this area,” Rielly said. “We are talking about the movement, about the balance between the deceptive and simply the first, difficult game, shooting in the puck, all this.”
It was Matthews: “We have two big guys (knives and John Tavares) who are in the middle and in front of their network, who can persuade the washers and create rebounds. It was a point of accent. An attempt to break their structure when we restore the puck or something like that, using our instincts, but especially early, trying to go through the puck. ”
The leaves could not reproduce it at two powerful games that followed. The fact that they forced him to work initially was a step.
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Carpenter in great shape
The wings had 17 chances with a high task of five to five, and most of all we were impressed by the ability of Stolalaz to track the puck.
Yes, there were times when Stolarz should have been impressive, but in general, his positioning was at the point.
“I thought I was fine, I thought I was calm on the network,” Stolarz said about his work. “I saw the puck very well. For me, she received full 60 minutes, looked cool and collected. ”
The first two goals of Detroit in the third period occurred after the Lifs could not clarify. The wings were also scored on an empty network.
There was a lot of talk about where the leaves go on the network as soon as they pass by Stolar, with the constant absence of Joseph Wall.
Regardless of whether Lifs will sign James Reimer or forced Dennis Hildei as a backup, in fact, there should not be much horror. Not with Stolarz, locked in place No. 1.
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After playing 34 games a year ago, Stolard said that he did not have a special number in 2025-26.
“Not really,” said Stolarz. “I expect that I will rely here a little. I just cook every day and accept all this. You do not want to look into the future. “
Killing it
Was they wanted to put themselves in a position to kill six fines? No.
When the work is required, will they meet it? On Thursday evening, they did.
Pairs of Matthew and knives; Scott Lafton and Steve Lorenz; and newcomers Nicholas Roy and Dakota Joshua Everyone contributed to the conservation of wings. In addition to the work of Stolar, of course.
All six defenders, led by the team of Simon Benois, five minutes 33 seconds, had a significant time for a fine.
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“(Some) new staff, a new type of structure in our penalty, therefore, in a sense, it is good to get these repetitions,” Matthew said. “But there were some fines that we could avoid.”
Matthew, by the way, noted his own game.
“I felt good,” Matthew said. “Physically felt very well, one step better than in the previous game in which I played. We have some time before (a novice of a regular season) on Wednesday to have good practices and continue to push yourself, fight and compete and make sure that we are ready. ”
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The recognition of the beginner
Eston Cowen was not going to allow a protective mistake to overcome him.
Although this was not officially registered, Cowan’s turnover in the defensive zone led to a chance in Detroit, although the 20-year-old football player was able to ultimately clear the puck.
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“Honestly, I liked my game,” said Cowen. “I thought I created a couple of chances. I would like one game to be back, but that's all. You live and study. ”
If you still have even a piece of doubt about whether Cowen will be part of Montreal on the next Wednesday, think what Berube said after the game. Berbe said that without succumbing to specifically, the fourth line was “a good camp for me.”
Cowen is not going to lie over the next few nights, regardless of whether he created a team. He also should not.
“I would not say that it is nervous,” said Cowen. “I felt that I did good things, and played in one of my best hockey, in which I played in a while, and this is a good 200-footing game, creating a chance.”
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