Toronto Maple Leafs recall unhinged forward ahead of Game 6
Tonight the Toronto Maple Leafs face off in a must win game 6 against the Boston Bruins. With their season on the line the Leafs will need to repeat their effort from game 5 to once again be successful. One more win sends the series back to Boston for a possible Game 7 on Saturday.
Ahead of tonight's game, the Toronto Maple Leafs are expecting some reinforcements to arrive. Last night the Maple Leafs officially recalled veteran forward Kyle Clifford from the Toronto Marlies, among some others.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled D Max Lajoie, C Nick Abruzzese, LW Kyle Clifford, C Dylan Gambrell, G Dennis Hildeby, D Mikko Kokkonen, D Topi Niemelä, D Marshall Rifai, and C Alex Steeves from Toronto (AHL).
Clifford, who won a Stanley Cup with the LA Kings, brings a lot of leadership to the group, but also a certain level of fear along with him. After the Marlies were eliminated from the playoffs Clifford tried to attack Belleville Senators forward Boko Imama in the handshake line.
What is normally a sportsmanlike affair with the post-series handshake line turned heated with Toronto's Kyle Clifford doubling back to try and fight Boko Imama.
Neither Clifford or Imama have spoken about the incident, but if Clifford were to get into the lineup he will have to walk the line after being suspended during his last playoff game against the Tampa Bay Lightning two years ago.
| POLL | ||
Will Kyle Clifford play for the Leafs? | ||
| Not this year | 346 | 45.6 % |
| If injuries hit | 181 | 23.9 % |
| They'll be eliminated before he can | 152 | 20.1 % |
| Yes, for sure | 79 | 10.4 % |
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