Sheldon Keefe on managing matchups in the playoffs: “In general, because Matthews and Marner are two of our best defensive players, I don’t get too concerned about going best-on-best with them”
Sheldon Keefe on managing matchups in the playoffs: “In general, because Matthews and Marner are two of our best defensive players, I don’t get too concerned about going best-on-best with them”
“First of all, I don’t feel the need to protect Auston from anybody, the Leafs coach said. He and Mitch [Marner], they need to take on the most difficult matchups.”
this is what he said about the matchup against Danault, and Matthews/Marner went on to combine for 1 goal between them and Keefe refused to separate them. Sometimes I wish he’d keep his mouth shut, because now it will turn into a bigger story than it needs to if they end up struggling defensively and he’ll be stubborn about making any changes
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This team is basically built to not care about matchups. Hell, almost every line has multiple guys that can take draws.
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He should say he is less worried because shadowing Marner and Matthews with all that extra fire power around is going to be tough for any opponent. I’m hoping we see lots of rolling of scoring lines to overwhelm the Lightning
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“First of all, I don’t feel the need to protect Auston from anybody, the Leafs coach said. He and Mitch [Marner], they need to take on the most difficult matchups.”
this is what he said about the matchup against Danault, and Matthews/Marner went on to combine for 1 goal between them and Keefe refused to separate them. Sometimes I wish he’d keep his mouth shut, because now it will turn into a bigger story than it needs to if they end up struggling defensively and he’ll be stubborn about making any changes
This team is basically built to not care about matchups. Hell, almost every line has multiple guys that can take draws.
He should say he is less worried because shadowing Marner and Matthews with all that extra fire power around is going to be tough for any opponent. I’m hoping we see lots of rolling of scoring lines to overwhelm the Lightning