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Toronto Maple Leafs: No Excuse for Benching Jason Spezza in Game One

At least that’s what I thought before the Toronto Maple Leafs head coach, Mike Babcock started pouring more controversy into a pot that just simmered down.

“We’re just giving (Jason) Spezz a little more time on the penalty-kill,” says Babcock after Wednesday’s morning skate, “I talked to him quite a bit about this and what were doing, so were on the same page moving ahead.”

Are you both really on the same page though?

This is Jason Spezza’s 17th season, and it was supposed to be his 17th home-opener. He signed in his hometown for a league minimum deal to help this team and you mean to tell me that he’s not ready?