"In the NHL there are no moral victories. Either you get the points or you don’t. They post them every day. There is nothing worse than grabbing the newspaper and turning it upside down to see yourself at the top of the standings.

“In saying all that, I’m not spending a lot of time worrying about that. I’m spending a lot of time preparing.

“We’re going to be a work in progress on the ice. I thought we acquired players to change the team but we need to get the team to work harder, compete harder. We’ve got a long way to go in that area.”

-Mike Babcock, head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun has more on and from Babcock.