Maple Leafs Need To Be Better For Their Backups

Spare a minute for Kasimir Kaskisuo this morning.

The 26-year-old had waited his whole life to make his NHL debut, before being unceremoniously thrown in at the deep end against Pittsburgh on Saturday.

The Finn is the latest puck stopper to be marched into the inner sanctuary of the Temple of the Sun and told to select a cup by the Maple Leafs – “choose wisely” is the advice from the Guardian Knight, here played by the spirit of Curtis McElhinney, for the wrong chalice will proven poisonous (to a your career).

It might help if the team in front hadn’t laid out so many traps in the first place…