If Michael Bunting riles up the other team like the Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner, then he’s still making a contribution.
“It’s funny. You want to get these little ticky-tack calls. He likes to dive, embellish. You want to get that out of the game, but prevent guys from the consequences of those actions. A lot of time they get in the way, sometimes the ref.
Certainly, this was the needed response in front of nearly 20,000 from the Leafs, whose best players got too cute in Edmonton and weren’t ready for a fired-up McDavid. On Saturday their stars came out, getting 11 consecutive points. Despite the big names on the board, plugger Noel Acciari opened and closed the scoring for the Leafs and was given the wrestler’s belt as game MVP.Article content“Noel was unbelievable in all regards,” Keefe said. “As scorer, he defended, was physical, generated chances.”
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