Marner played with Tyler Bozak and Peter Holland on the first line. Marner played his second game of the pre-season and had two assists in Toronto’s 8-1 thrashing of the Buffalo Sabres — the Leafs’ first win of the pre-season. “Mitch found those guys,” said assistant coach Jim Hiller, who’ll return the reins to Mike Babcock, back from coaching Team Canada at the World Cup. “We played really tight defensively and we were able to score some goals,” said Bibeau. The coach also repeated what he said after the World Cup win, that the Leafs are on track to bring another trophy to Toronto.

Source: thestar October 01, 2016 02:08 UTC