Fifteen minutes before the players were scheduled to hit the ice at the MasterCard Centre Monday, the scene looked like some sort of terrible Maple Leafs joke.
Three goalies were on the ice, accompanied by a goalie coach — and two mannequins on skates.
There was James Reimer, felled by a groin injury that will likely keep him sidelined for the foreseeable future, though he has not been placed on injured reserve. And there was Garret Sparks, the Marlies callup who has filled in admirably on what has been a packed Leafs’ goalie carousel of late. Of course, Jonathan Bernier was there, too, back from a successful AHL conditioning stint he and the Leafs hope translates into something of value at the NHL level.