It’s a pity the Leafs and Capitals don’t meet again until Jan. 23 in Toronto. Lars Eller, perhaps unintentionally, caused a stir on Saturday night after Toronto beat his defending Stanley Cup champions to take first overall in the league with a record of 5-1 and he was asked to assess the upstart Leafs. “We were just playing against (Sidney) Crosby and (Evgeni) Malkin (Pittsburgh won the season opener 7-6), so everything kind of drops off from there,” Eller told the Washington Post. It’s a good team, like a lot of others. When you look at their record, give them credit, they’ve had a really good start and they have a really good team.

Source: National Post October 15, 2018 17:37 UTC