december 2020:

the leafs enter the arena to play their home opener against the habs. they step onto the ice and they& #39;re immediately run over by bolts and jackets players, who are still in game 1 ot. john tortorella is yelling at pierre-luc dubois for the fifth day in a row.

"block a fucking shot for once", he yells. but the blue jackets have already blocked thousands of shots. it& #39;s not enough. tortorella makes them bag skate at intermission. no one has seen tyler johnson in weeks. seth jones& #39; ice time is an nhl record by several months.

the refs have decided that falling asleep is a penalty now. bolts get a powerplay after zach werenski falls asleep waiting for a breakout behind the net. the equipment manager replaces nikita kucherov on the powerplay after he& #39;s caught trying to escape during intermission.

victor hedman is interviewed after the period. "pucks deep, 110%", he says. the announcers are begging him to stop this madness. "pucks deep, 110%", he says, as he walks to the locker room. john tortorella doesn& #39;t want to talk about the game. he just wants to yell at dubois.