How Tortorella and Keefe have prepared for the looming showdown between the Blue Jackets and Maple Leafs. (lukefoxjukebox)
A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. Only 14 days till puck drop.head coach received a nice text message from the man who’d coached him through two thirds of his own NHL playing career.
Fitting. The Leafs’ success versus Tortorella’s Blue Jackets will swing much on how Keefe motivates and deploys his young, elite stars in Toronto. Conversely, the veteran Tortorella took a long breather when the season halted on March 12. He left the video room dark. “You gotta be really careful. It’s not so much thinking about Toronto,” Tortorella cautions. “It’s going to be howplay. We’re not making a lot of adjustments into our play. We feel we have a system that the guys are comfortable with that gives us a best chance to win hockey games.”
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