Sheldon Keefe on his team’s physicality: “We’re not always going to be the aggressors physically, but that’s not really what it’s about… It’s playing through the physicality that’s really important — we can be ourselves and do the things that we do when things get hard”

After practice on Friday, Sheldon Keefe discussed Auston Matthews’ growth in the leadership department, the decision to start Petr Mrazek on Saturday in Detroit, Ondrej Kase’s fit next to Matthews, Timothy Liljegren’s injury status, and the new line combinations. Practice Lines – January 28 Lines at Leafs practice Bunting – Matthews – KaseMikheyev – Tavares – MarnerKerfoot – Kampf – NylanderEngvall – Spezza – SimmondsRitchie, Clifford@TSN_Edge pic.twitter.com/qkQHw0HTXL — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) […]

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