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Quick Shifts: Why the Maple Leafs are so jacked to be on the road

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. Even if you’re having a bad day, go out there and get the W. 1. How rare is it that a scorching team going 12-3 in its past 15 home dates is so juiced to get out on the road? Yet that is precisely the mindset of the Toronto Maple Leafs , who seem champing at the bit to escape Doug Ford’s lockdown and Ontario’s hollow arenas. The players are winning, not whining. But certainly there is an underlying sense many are biting their tongues on how strongly they feel about the current COVID protocols after they’ve taken all the needles, worn all the masks and denied themselves all the restaurants. “When you go from playing in front of fans to an empty building, it’s challenging. I’m not going to lie to you,” a diplomatic Morgan Rielly says. “I love to play and compete regardless of who’s around, but I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a bit of a shock coming back to the empty bui...