After his team won the season opener against the Ottawa Senators 5-3 Wednesday night, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock announced the team will be starting a new tradition, in a nod to the NBA Champion Raptors at the end of each win.

In a behind the scenes video posted on the Leafs Twitter feed Friday night, Babcock is seen holding the Raptors’ championship ball and telling his players that, after each win, they’ll now pass the ball to the player of the game.

“This is a championship ball lent to us by the Raptors, was in their Finals series. We want to hold the ball. We think it’s our time. We want to go out and dominate everyday, every single night,” Babcock tells the players seated around the locker room. “Every night, we win, that’s what you guys are gonna do. It’s our time, folks. We gotta keep getting better each and every day.”

As Auston Matthews earned the title of the player of the game against the Senators, scoring two goals, the ball was thrown to him.

Showing some smooth basketball moves, he dribbled it through his legs before rolling it up his arms and down his shoulders.

People on Twitter were impressed; many suggested he leave the Leafs for The Harlem Globetrotters.

Both teams are owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

On Wednesday night, Raptors players donned hockey gear and posted a video on the Raptors’ Instagram wishing the Leafs luck on their first game.

The Raptors pulled off an unprecendented win in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors, and Leafs’ coach Babcock is hoping his team will be champions next.

The Toronto Maple Leafs last won The Stanley Cup in 1967.

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