Leafs looked a little bit slow tonight, and we punished them for it. That's IMO one of the big strengths of our current systems and playstyle: if the other team is a little off their game, we force a ton of turnovers and own the puck all game. Our offensive execution was still pretty iffy though. Lots of bobbled passes and a pretty slow counterattack. Felt like there was only a handful of clean scoring chances. Most of our dangerous chances were broken plays and bouncing pucks that landed in a dangerous area, which is the result of having the puck a lot but not necessarily a result of good execution.
Definitely something to build off of. A strong game by Brodie and Hamonic in particular should do wonders for their confidence. Also some of our best work all season on the PK. But some of the flaws I worry about are still there: we still struggled to exit our zone with speed, especially against a forecheck, and our execution with the puck wasn't great.
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