Sheldon Keefe Shakes Up Leafs Roster With Massive Changes After 6-2 Win

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Graham Montgomery
March 15, 2024 (11:02 PM)

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming off a statement win over the Flyers, in which the team trounced them 6-2. However, the lineup for their next game against the Hurricanes will look much different.

Keefe Makes Massive Lineup Adjustments After Huge Win

Sheldon Keefe apparently believes that if its not broken, it may be worth tinkering with it anyways. In fairness, there would have been at least one lineup change anyways, given that Calle Jarnkrok left last night's game early and remains out with an injury. However, Keefe has gone much further than simply subbing in another forward.

Lines at Leafs practice

Bertuzzi - Matthews - Holmberg
McMann - Domi - Nylander
Knies - Tavares - Robertson
Dewar - Kampf - Gregor
Reaves

Brodie - McCabe
Rielly - Timmins
Edmundson - Liljegren
Giordano, Benoit

Samsonov
Woll
Jones

vs Hurricanes tomorrow

Tavares is back in a third line center role, meaning Domi is back on the 2nd line, centering William Nylander and Bobby McMann. Holmberg and Bertuzzi are joining Matthews on the top line and Noah Gregor is set to return to the lineup in a 4th line role, replacing Ryan Reaves. On defense, Benoit remains out as Connor Timmins has been promoted to a top-four role.

The Hurricanes are likely to be a much tougher matchup than the Flyers, so it should be interesting to see how this lineup fairs against a top quality team. Tomorrow's game could even be a playoff series preview.

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