‘This team is built different!’: Leafs fans full of joy 6 games into NHL season

Six games into the 2024-25 NHL season, immoderate fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs are feeling good.

Under the guidance of president Brendan Shanahan, the Leafs person been a powerhouse successful the regular play – lone to autumn abbreviated successful the playoffs.

After different first-round playoff exit past year, the Leafs retooled their antiaircraft roster and brought successful Craig Berube to service arsenic the new caput coach. Despite calls for change, their 4 highly paid prima forwards – arguably the look of the Shanahan epoch – remain.

Even with the caller past successful mind, immoderate fans look to beryllium each successful aft the Leafs’ 5-2 triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Lightning Monday night.

“It’s aboriginal I get it but this squad is built different!” X idiosyncratic @PixFromTheSix wrote aboriginal Tuesday morning.

“If the #LeafsForever tin support up this momentum, we’re gonna bash things this year,” X idiosyncratic @SchmoesCEO added.

One of those prima forwards, William Nylander, led the Leafs with 2 goals and an assistance successful their triumph implicit the Lightning.

Auston Matthews, Max Pacioretty and Matthew Knies besides scored for Toronto, portion Anthony Stolarz made 32 saves and Mitch Marner had 2 assists.

“Our ngo is to bash a batch of large things this year,” Stolarz said aft the game.

“I deliberation games similar (Monday) are a bully stepping chromatic successful the close direction.”

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The triumph means the Leafs present person a 4-2 win-loss grounds six games into the caller NHL season.

And portion determination are galore much games to play, fans similar X idiosyncratic @ErinnAlexander are liking what they see.

“The @MapleLeafs are perfectly buzzin connected each cylinders and I’m present for it. Tree (general manager Brad Treliving) and Berube got this squad connected different level,” they wrote connected Monday night.

“Nice W. Plan the parade,” X idiosyncratic @jackedwards1980 said.

The Leafs volition look the Columbus Blue Jackets connected Tuesday, with puck driblet acceptable for 7:30 p.m. eastern.

— with files from The Canadian Press