The Maple Leafs held a meeting at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Saturday ahead of this evening's puck drop. Mark Masters has more on how Sheldon Keefe's team plans to try to shut down Tage Thompson.
in a comprehensive 5-1 win on Thursday. The performance came on the heels of what coach Sheldon Keefe labelled an"immature" effort in a 6-3 loss to the"Just continuing the same mindset," Keefe instructed."That's really what it's about, as we showed the other night."
Thompson has been a problem in the past, though, with 12 points in his last 10 games against Toronto. The Leafs suffered their most lopsided loss of the season in Buffalo on Dec. 21 when they fell 9-3. Keefe referenced that result during a team meeting on Friday. The Leafs have stubbed their toe against non-playoff opponents in the past. Buffalo is 2-0-1 against the Leafs this year while the"Whether it's New Jersey, Buffalo, Columbus, like, there's a ton of skill on these teams," Keefe said."Some of the best offensive teams in the NHL in terms of playmaking, controlled entries, rush play, all these sorts of things.
"It's a good group of guys here, good people," the defenceman, who was acquired by the Leafs earlier this month, said."I meet a lot of friends here, like, not just in the team. My neighbours, we still in touch with them, it's nice." "We start to play more aggressive," Lyubushkin said."We listen to our coach and try to play what way they want to."
"I've just liked the consistency throughout the year more than anything," he said when asked about his offensive contribution."At the start of the year, I didn't really love my game, but after that I feel like I've been confident in my game and confident in my defending. That's probably more where offence comes from, frankly, is defending hard and creating transition and getting the puck up to these skilled guys.
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