Maple Leafs Won’t Change Style in the Postseason

“It’s not a trademark of us to go out and fight,” Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. “Our trademark is, we want to be a physical hockey club. We want to be a strong forechecking hockey club. And if that leads to physical, one-on-one confrontation, then that’s the way we deal with it.”

Leafs host New Jersey Devils tonight (7 p.m., Leafs TV).

And he suggested, as the team closes in on its first playoff berth since 2004, that attitude would not change once the post-season begins. The record of his previous NHL team, the Anaheim Ducks, might offer a window into that approach.