With how well this line-change risk has worked out in the short term, you have to wonder why it wasn’t tested out earlier. Still, it sure looks like Sheldon Keefe has stumbled on something special here. (via AndrewBerkshire)
had been the offensive dynamo that had kept the Leafs going before the coaching change, and they didn’t slow down when Keefe came in. But in the interests of getting both his top scoring lines going, Keefe took a bit of a risk.
Points can be deceiving though, how are the two wingers playing since the change compared to what they were doing earlier?Nylander has been crushing it all season, with the Leafs seeing massive advantages while he’s on the ice relative to when he’s not. While the change-up at centre has hit him in the shots and shot attempts a little bit, he’s still well into the positives there while the control of quality plays that drive goals has massively improved.
Essentially by switching things up, Keefe has sacrificed a bit of quantity in favour of loads of quality, going from one mostly functioning line and a very good top line, to two ridiculously dominant top lines, at least as far as differentials are concerned.
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