A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. Is that a 900th goal puck in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

1. If, as William Nylander theorizes, the month-over-month turnaround of the Toronto Maple Leafs can be credited to the club’s shaker on All Hallows’ Eve in Philadelphia, maybe they simply spent October as a good hockey team in disguise.

The only team that pushed the champs to the brink of elimination last spring managed just three regulation wins in October, and only one against a playoff team (an Opening Night defeat of Montreal). The Leafs matched that monthly total before November was a week old, going 3-0 and outscoring opponents 14-8 since Oct. 31.

Why the swift turnaround?

“Ah, I dunno,” Nylander

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