from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

To watch them in person on Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre hammers home the point, both good and bad. When they’ve got the puck in transition or on the counter-attack watch out, because they’re perhaps the most dangerous team in the NHL and they’re electrifying to watch.

But when they get bottled up in their own zone, like they did for stretches Tuesday night by the Leafs, they labor to regain puck possession and give up quality scoring chances.

The fine line for Roy this season is to still accentuate his team’s strength, speed and skill up front while mitigating the defensive zone issues.

We looked down at the Avs bench during Tuesday night’s game and saw Roy seemingly agitated after his team would give away the puck, notably when a Nick Holden turnover in the neutral zone led to a 3-on-1 break for the Leafs in the second period. But Roy insisted afterwards not to read too much into that.

"Me? Agitated? No," Roy said calmly after Tuesday night’s game. "It’s always the way I am, I love to be involved in the game. But no different than last year, I can tell you that.

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