Mitch Marner was asked if there's any added incentive playing the opponent that crushed the Maple Leafs' hopes five months ago.
winger started his answer heading one direction - “Any time you get to play a team again, you wanna...” - before appearing to catch himself.
Head coach Sheldon Keefe switched up his second and third lines along with two blue-line pairs at practice Wednesday before flying south.Knies was promoted to the second line with Tavares and William Nylander, while Domi was with rookie Fraser Minten and Calle Jarnkrok. “You're trying to find the right mix for everybody,” Keefe said. “But everybody is responsible for the minutes that they do get, to maximize them all the way through our lineup.”
After visiting the Panthers, the Leafs head to Tampa before taking on the Washington Capitals, Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators.doesn't play at home again until Oct. 31 - comes on the heels of a 6-5 shootout win against the Montreal Canadiens, a 7-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild, and that loss to the Blackhawks.
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