from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- ...The Leafs are getting the right kind of offence from their high-priced forwards most nights. What they need now is more structure, a tighter defensive setup, fewer turnovers and with new goalie Jack Campbell, or anyone else, sharper goaltending.

The big salaries will buy flash: To date, in a record-breaking season for many, they haven’t bought nearly enough wins.

- This is Terry Pegula’s ninth full season owning the Buffalo Sabres. He’s had three different general managers and six different coaches and they have yet to make the playoffs and worse than that, the culture around the club is rather rancid.

more on the first topic and a few more hockey (Leafs) topics...