There was a time when big-personality NHL coaches walked the Earth and stomped the narrow confines behind team benches. Pat Burns, on heated occasions, would jump atop the bench to holler at referees or gesticulate menacingly at his opposing number. But Toronto is coming off the redemptive high of an overtime win against Boston while the Blue Jackets have lost two straight in overtime. When they have (played together), it hasn’t been … like I said to myself, geez, this has got to be perfect. “I mean, it’s not our say so I guess we’ll leave it up to Babs, but I thought when we have played together, we’ve play responsibly, we’ve played well … we’ve created opportunities on the offensive side.”Matthews: “When we’ve been together, it just kind of clicks right away.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 01:49 UTC