They’re the Top Gun pilots of the Maple Leafs and understandably prefer practising takeoffs to landings and the thrill of a dog fight to classroom study of ground mechanics. “I think that’s fair,” Keefe began, “If you really look at it, a lot of issues that have cost us goals are easy to say are defensive, but we think they’re offensive. “Any time we’ve actually been in our structure defensively, we think we’ve done a good job. “We think we’re close (to a happy medium), we think they’re easy adjustments. That’s annoying teams and makes us feel better.”Defenceman Morgan Rielly said being young and motivated should make many Leafs even more eager to transition into 200-foot players.

Source: National Post December 31, 2019 01:07 UTC