My wife not only watches about half the games with me, but even came to watch me in the 45+ beer league final (we won).
Mrs koho is a Leafs fan and watches just about every game with me, in fact she likes hockey so much we often go see our local JrB team a couple of times a month.
As for the game last night I'm going to start with the post game presser.
First off Joe Woll seems exactly like that kid in high school you couldn't help getting into trouble with, not really bad stuff just goofy stuff that might get you some extra laps in gym or a detention or two in science class. I have so far liked his game he tracks the puck very well and his foundations seem really solid.
Two ROR is unlike anybody else on the roster, in fact we haven't had a guy like him since Dougie. The intensity comes off of him like waves of heat when you open up the wood stove to add a new log. We have too many guys who just seem like they have better things to do, ROR seems like hockey and success in hockey is the only thing worth doing. Maybe he's the tide we've that been
waiting for that lifts all the boats. His line last night was awesome, they created all kinds of chances and generally manhandled the Canadiens for most of the night. If I were Keefe I'd leave these guys together, JT is a good enough player that playing on the wing will become simple for him, that line will be immense.
Thirdly Acciari along with the inclusion of Kerfoot to the bottom six makes them a whole lot better and puts them in the Lightnings orbit, not saying equals per se but a 6 that on some nights can carry the team when they really need to, and that lesser teams will have to plan how to defend them.
These improvements brought by the top 12, takes a lot of pressure off of the blueline and gives them a much improved feel.
Sandin and Liljegren are maturing at such a blazing speed, that when they make their in game adjustments they seem like seasoned pros in making seemless adjustments.
I know it was Montreal, I get that, but they always come to play when it's Toronto, and it's been that way since the 60s. The Leafs didn't have the night off they had to work their arses off to take control and hang on to it then. Until the Leafs got #4 the Canadiens were still in it.