Toronto Maple Leafs News: Polak, Leafs Lineup, Marlies

Toronto Maple Leafs veteran Roman Polak might have a hard time cracking Mike Babcock’s lineup this season.

Babcock has no interest in rotation on back end with extra d-men (Corrado, Polak); goal is to win games & best players will play

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 8, 2015

If that’s the absolute truth then Polak is in for a tough time trying to get into the Toronto Maple Leafs gameday lineup. Polak doesn’t bring as much as to the table as everyone would like to believe due to his great work ethic.

Mike Babcock seems set on playing the players that will give him the best chance to win, not just the best chance to make people happy or because they can hit. I’m all for the best players…