It’s certainly easy to get worked up watching the team get dominated – in front of a hung-out-to-dry rookie goalie, no less — while the time-on-ice figures for marginal players numbers hit obscene heights. We all know the Leafs aren’t icing the best possible version of themselves, but it’s mostly for the right reasons.
Byron Froese could be off the team and Nick Spaling down on the fourth line if William Nylander was on the roster. On a team led in goals by Leo Komarov, he could well be the most dangerous offensive weapon on the team tomorrow, maybe outside of JvR in the short term.