
“I haven’t made any guarantees about whether he’s going right back in. “Instead of reducing his role or minutes, we thought we’d shock the system here and take a step back - because he’s an important player for us,” Keefe said. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach pulled a rare trick out of his bag, scrambling his top four defencemen, busting up his go-to shutdown pair, and sitting a healthy Justin Holl in favour of Timothy Liljegren. TORONTO – The night before Halloween, Sheldon Keefe elected to “shock the system” of his underachieving group.Īnd not unlike Frankenstein’s monster, the reassembled parts came alive.
