Ryan Reaves says the team addressed the incident: “It’ll be changed going forward.”
, Keefe said he “hated everything” about Toronto’s lack of response to Boston Bruins’ forward Brad Marchand injuring Maple Leafs’ defenseman Timothy Liljegren.
“It’s not what we want to be about,” said Keefe. “At times, we’ve responded very well in those situations in the past. It’s about consistency though.” Sheldon Keefe says he “hated everything” about his team’s response to Brad Marchand taking out Timothy Liljegren. Keefe: “It’s not what we want to be about. At times we’ve responded very well in those situations in the past. It’s about consistency though.”The incident occurred late in the first period of their game on Thursday night. Liljegren and Marchand raced towards a loose puck in the Maple Leafs’ zone, with Marchand getting tangled up with the defender, causing Liljegren’s left skate to crash into the boards.
None of Toronto’s players went after Marchand, leading to fans and pundits questioning the team’s lack of pushback to physical squads like the Bruins or the Tampa Bay Lightning, something new general manager Brad Treliving hoped to eradicate this offseason with the acquisition of Ryan Reaves, Tyler Bertuzzi and Max Domi.Reaves, who has two fights so far this season, said the team addressed the lack of physical response after the game.
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