It’s hard to get too upset or critical in the moments after an emotional, come-from-behind win against your arch-rivals. Sheldon Keefe said as much last night.
But in the cold light of day, we can strip away the emotion somewhat and try and learn some things about this confounding, brilliant disaster of a team.
It was sloppy
Both the Leafs and the Habs had some real sloppy moments last night. This is to be expected to some degree. With an abbreviated training camp and no preseason games, players were thrown straight into the deep end of a high tempo, meaningful game.