Mike Babcock Post Game, Predators 4 vs. Leafs 0: “We got a lesson from a veteran team here today”

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike BabcockMike Babcock addressed the media after his team’s 4-0 loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday night.

On the team’s performance:

I didn’t mind us through two. In saying that, they were up 2-0 and they had blocked lots of shots and kept the puck from the net, and we’d find a way to get out of the lane. I thought we got a lesson from a veteran team here today.

Really, in the third period in particular, I don’t know if we thought we were just going to come out and race around. They just stayed patient and did it right. I thought they were heavy on the puck, heavy on their sticks, detailed, and they competed.

I liked their game. I liked our game through…