Some observations as the Maple Leafs return 121 days after an ugly playoff elimination by the Florida Panthers:

Goaltending is always the go-to story when Leaf camp has opened in recent years – and rarely is it good news

If not injury (Joseph Woll, Matt Murray) it was the dust still settling from previous playoff collapses of James Reimer, Frederik Andersen, Jack Campbell and Ilya Samsonov.

Having seen how well Anthony Stolarz and Woll a) play and b) happily co-exist, the issue this week is contractual – with potential for a positive outcome.

General manager Brad Treliving, while stickhandling around a question about keeping money on hand for next year should a certain unsigned star forward with a year to go on his deal be available, flipped the script to Stolarz.

“History has shown t

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