I think that was the bounce-back effort we were all hoping to see from the Leafs.

11 regular season games left.

We kicked off the Friday edition of Leafs Morning Take by talking about Auston Matthews’ dominance. Indisputably, Thursday night was one of his best performances of the season. He was an absolute beast.

Meantime, I still can’t get over the fact that it took 71 games for the Leafs to finally get a 5-on-3. I’m not usually ref guy or whatever, but what the hell? How’s that possible? We discussed:

After that, powered by our friends over PointsBet Canada, we welcomed in TSN Hockey Analyst Jamie ‘Noodles’ McLellan to get his thoughts on the victory against Florida. Additionally, we touched on goaltending, load management and the ongoing D rotation. As per usual, Noodles was dialled in. What a beauty.

Join us on Monday at 11 AM ET for a full recap of this weekend’s back-to-back with Carolina and Nashville.