from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- If Guy Carbonneau is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame, why not Dale Hunter? And if you want to go back a few years, why not 86-year-old Claude Provost, who won more and scored more playing a defensive role with the great Montreal Canadiens teams back when the Canadiens were great.

- You don’t often think that most talented athletes need a confidence boost, but that winning goal Connor McDavid scored on an opening night he struggled in was just what the doctor ordered.

- There was no reason to sit Jason Spezza on opening night of the NHL season, but Mike Babcock couldn’t help himself. He really couldn’t.

He created news when there was no reason to create anything. He made a story that wasn’t there. People talk about media around the Leafs being over-zealous and it can be: But in this case it was the coach who wrote his own unnecessary headlines with his odd and contradictory behaviour....

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