from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

There was a time in hockey, back when players like Ken Daneyko, Dave Manson or the Bros. Sutter roamed the earth, that Trevor Zegras would have celebrated the morning after his dazzling assist in dental surgery, having the aftermath of a Sherwood Sandwiched repaired.

It was a time, not so long ago, when Zegras’ lacrosse-style pass overtop the goal to a teammate waiting in the slot did not define, as hockey folks like to say, “Playing the game the right way.”

“And by the way? How was Sonny Milano allowed to stand in the low slot like that, with all the time in the world to bat Zegras’ pass out of the air and into the net!?!

“Somebody crosscheck that guy in the back, would ya!?!”

Oh, how far we have come.

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