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MapleLeafs coach Mike Babcock had some fun with his Lightning counterpart ahead of the two teams' clash on Thursday night. (lukefoxjukebox)

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“When you get to play with Pointer and Kuch, it’s pretty exciting,” Stamkos said. “Even more so to have Pointer back, it’s big. He drives the play a lot with his speed. I know he’s been itching to get back in the lineup.

“I think it’ll be interesting to see how they are. They’re good players,” Leafs coach Mike Babcock said Thursday morning, handing out compliments before raising eyebrows.Coming from a coach who prefers to spread his creative threats and attach one grinding worker bee to his top units — ask Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner how often they’ve skated 5-on-5 together — it’s a rather, um, pointed pre-game comment.

These are two titans cut from the same cloth, coming off very different yet very painful Round 1 playoff disappointments, and due to the salary-cap restraints, they’ve been forced to usher in a slew of fresh faces. Now they’re climbing off the dirt, staring up at a mountain of expectations, knowing full well their paths to the peak are likely to intertwine.

You can hear Morgan Rielly using Victor Hedman as the blueprint for the defenceman he wants to become . You can watch Auston Matthews devote practice to obtaining a Stamkos-like one-timer on the power play. And, if you’re a reporter, all you have to do is fill in the gaps between the two head coaches’ choice quotes.

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