Re: Toronto Maple Leafs (8) vs Columbus Blue Jackets (9) - East Play In Round
4 roster moves Keefe made.
Johnsson in over Robertson
Loading up the top line
Nylander at 2C for that long
Marincin over Sandin
That's reall the only roster moves he made in the series. I personally wouldn't have done AJ over Robertson. That's a "I coached him in the Marlies and he came in after a long layoff due to injury and came in and lit it up." Loading up the top line worked, I personally wouldn't have done that off the bat for that long. But it was def needed. Nylander at 2C was awful, but it is what it is. I would have tried Kerfoot at 2C with Nylander but there could have been a reason. Marincin over Sandin....that was a risk where he fit the PK role best for Muzzin, but that was it. Once Barrie went down, Marincin got too many increased minutes he doesn't specialize in.
However, nothing Keefe did was worth the kind of flack I've seen.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll