a rousing 7-2 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cEveryone knew the challenge we were up against, going against those two guys. They’ve had a great start to the season, and it was pretty much a whole team effort,\u201d Raddysh said. \u201cEveryone making sure they’re being hard on them, and you know, trying to limit their time and space, and evidently coming out with a win.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI take pride in not getting scored on. I think that’s something I’ve always lived by. If you’re playing good defensively, offence will come. And the best defence is playing in the O-zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raddysh arrived in Toronto with the reputation as a power-play specialist, a booming point shot. But with Chris Tanev injured, he\u2019s playing a shutdown role, killing some penalties, and seeing more ice than any other Leaf.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve tried to be good at (playing without the puck) over the years, and maybe sometimes I do get knocked a little bit for that,\u201d Raddysh said. \u201cBut I know what I’m capable of, and just try to do my best every time out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nylander climbs the ladder<\/p>\n
In typical Willy style, William Nylander was unaware that (a) he had scored his 300th goal and (b) had surpassed three-time 50-goal man Rick Vaive for sixth place on the Maple Leafs\u2019 all-time goal-scoring list Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was nice to score 300, but I don’t want to stop there,\u201d Nylander said.<\/p>\n
Thirty-three more goals and Nylander will pass Ron Ellis and move into Toronto\u2019s top five.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope he gets another 300; that\u2019s what I’m thinking about,\u201d coach Jim Hiller said. \u201cHe’s had a great career so far, been a real popular Leaf, but I think he’s got lots left. So, that’s what I’m more focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monday marks Nylander\u2019s final trip to the Saddledome, site of the star\u2019s first two hat tricks and the home rink of father Michael when he was born in 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’ll be a fun one. I mean, this building’s got some character. I was here when I was born, watching my dad play, so it’s been a long time, and I think the new one will be really nice. But fun, exciting last game,\u201d Nylander said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis building’s been around for a while, and I think it’s fun coming into older buildings and playing there. So, it’s special.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Maple Leafs turned Sunday\u2019s practice into an optional skate, and the vast majority of skaters elected for an off-ice workout instead.<\/p>\n
But Tanev, who proudly repped the Flames for four fan-favourite seasons, went for one last twirl inside the Dome.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t expect the shutdown defenceman to play on this road trip, which runs through Saturday in Vancouver. He is still not cleared for contact, nor participating in full team practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hiller does want the defencemen working out with Leafs staff and hanging around the team environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tanev (IR, upper body) has been attending games. Morgan Rielly broke down Toronto\u2019s win over the Rangers in the Leafs room with Tanev on Thursday before coming out to face reporters.<\/p>\n
In a mildly surprising but ultimately great decision, Hiller turned to backup Anthony Stolarz over No. 1 goalie Sergei Bobrovsky for Saturday\u2019s showcase event in Edmonton.<\/p>\n
Stolarz was stellar, no doubt, improving his record to 4-1.<\/p>\n
Statistically, Bobrovsky (3-3-2, .895) had his worst start Thursday in a 5-4 win over the Rangers. Goalie analyst Steve Valiquette\u2019s model suggests Bobrovsky should\u2019ve only surrendered 1.48 goals in that outing. Instead, Bobrovsky\u2019s save percentage was a season-low .840.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old did not practise with the team Friday, citing rest, and was not made available to speak Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cSave percentage, for me, that can be deceiving at times,\u201d Hiller said. \u201cHe\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Maple Leafs rank a respectable eighth overall in team save percentage (.894).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe like our goaltending tandem. I’ll say that now. I’ll say that all season,\u201d Hiller asserted. \u201cThose are two proven veteran goaltenders that I think give us a great one-two punch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 Old tweets exposed \u2026 to comedic effect. Such is the power of a rabid and social-media-savvy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-946606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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