Awww, this is nice.

Darren Dreger here reports that Jake McCabe was wearing cut-resistant socks, and got only a minor injury in the opening game of the season:

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It is more than a little weird to see the NHL imposing their will on players over jersey tucking, but not having any interest in making this protective gear mandatory.

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Interesting:

Tampa was getting stomped, though, so why not?

That was just a regular goalie pull. Totally different thing.

And finally I wasn't expecting this and it came up on the feed. Always a Maple Leaf.

Yeah, we are gold star.

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