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John Hynes , Geoff Ward , Rick Bowness , Sheldon Keefe , Peter DeBoer and Dean Evason have the chance to show what they can do with a couple of weeks featuring nothing but practices, meetings and scrimmages.
“So to have this training camp and get familiar with some changes, and obviously doing it on the ice, that goes a long way," Monahan said. Keefe coached the Toronto Marlies to their first AHL Calder Cup championship in 2018. The Maple Leafs hired him to replace Mike Babcock in the first coaching change of the season back in November. Even with his familiarity with Toronto, Keefe sees having a camp now as a great advantage.
Bowness was in his second season as an assistant with Dallas when the Stars fired Jim Montgomery on Dec. 10 for an off-ice issue and named him interim head coach for the rest of the season. Goalie“Oh for sure,” Khudobin said. “He has more time to get ready."
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