TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe wasn't impressed. Ryan Reaves added the situation was discussed internally.
As the Maple Leafs prepared to face the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night, their attention Saturday morning was still firmly focused on what transpired less than 48 hours earlier.
"I hated everything about, and I've addressed it," he said following Toronto's full morning skate at Scotiabank Arena."It's not what we want to be about. At times we've responded very well in those situations.Toronto was pushed around during last spring's five-game loss to Florida in the second round of the playoffs, including rookie forward Matthew Knies getting body slammed to the ice by Panthers centre Sam Bennett — without much pushback.
The Leafs recalled defencemen Max Lajoie and Simon Benoit from the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies with Liljegren out for the foreseeable future after being taken out by an opponent with a history of bending rules. "No doubt that we've got a tight group," he said."We talked about having a strong brotherhood and instances like that, things that happen within the game, how we stick together.Keefe said he wasn't looking for his players, who came back from a 2-0 deficit in Boston, to chase Marchand around the ice.
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