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Toronto Maple Leafs: Babcock Is Mishandling The Leafs Defence

The Toronto Maple Leafs were outplayed against Winnipeg at 5v5 for the majority of the night. They had trouble generating scoring chances at the same rate as Winnipeg and part of that fault lies with the coach.

Jake Gardiner is the Leafs best defender, not Morgan Rielly. Eventually Rielly should be, but realistically that’s not the case right now.

Playing Gardiner for 13:46 should be considered a crime. It was a self inflicted possession wound by Babcock.

The Leafs came in as one of the best possession clubs through the first few games.