Canadian Portion Of Road Trip Will Conclude In Ottawa & Montreal
Photo: Toronto Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner (right), recommending his dentist to Seattle Kraken defenseman Vince Dunn. "Orin Scrivello D.D.S. does all my dental work," Marner told Dunn. "He's strict, but he's good."
(The above paragraph includes writer's embellishments.)
Playing in Toronto is always a homecoming for some members of the opposition.
Five Seattle Kraken are Ontario natives: Tye Kartye, Jared McCann, Brandon Tanev, Vince Dunn, and Jamie Oleksiak.
All except Tanev, out injured, are likely to have friends and family in the Scotiabank Arena stands when the Kraken face off against the Maple Leafs tonight.
The special pressures and rewards of playing in Toronto are how we start part two of our Kraken Reaction video conversation with THN Maple Leafs site editor David Alter.
We also delve deeply into video review, which has impacted both Seattle and Toronto in recent games. The Kraken had goals disallowed against both the Sharks and Canucks; I earlier explained why the coach's challenge for offside is "The biggest buzzkill in hockey."
In Tuesday's Florida-Toronto contest, video review caused a shootout to resume after both teams thought the game was over.
(Part 1 of our conversation with David Alter can be found here.)
