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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe and forward Ryan Reaves expressed their dissatisfaction with the team's lack of response to hits by Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron in recent games. Keefe stated that he hated everything about the team's response and emphasized the need for consistency. Reaves mentioned that the issue was addressed internally and assured that it would change going forward. The lack of response has raised questions about the team's character and togetherness.
Lost amid Toronto’s grinding, frequently unimpressive 5-4-2 start to the season has been a marked slowdown in contributions from, well, most of the rest of the Leafs roster… More from @travisyost: https://t.co/7KjJ0Lotud
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Toronto's lack of a response to the Brad Marchand incident did not reflect well on the new-look Maple Leafs. In fact, it cracked open the door to old questions about the team’s character and togetherness, writes @reporterchris. 🔗 https://t.co/sCcn89uGwm
New, for @TheAthletic: The #leafs find themselves soul-searching after a meek Marchand response and a difficult week. https://t.co/1XeuIX5FZO https://t.co/1XeuIX5FZO
Liljegren placed on LTIR, Keefe not pleased with response to hit from Marchand “I hated everything about it, I’ve addressed it… We spent a good portion of the morning on it today.” My @NHLdotcom story: #NHL https://t.co/DxkbrDICGr
"It’ll be changed going forward." #Leafs forward Ryan Reaves explains the team's lack of pushback to Brad Marchand's trip of Timothy Liljegren, the team meetings about it and more.⤵️ https://t.co/kbztlOlihJ https://t.co/kbztlOlihJ
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.”
Reaves on the lack of response to the Marchand hit the other night; “It was addressed in the room. It’ll change going forward”.
Keefe on lack of response from Marchand: “I hated everything about it. We addressed it.”
Sheldon Keefe: “I hated everything about it.” Referring to the lack of response in the aftermath of Liljegren’s injury. Says some may have not noticed what happened in the moment. But players/coaches discussed it yesterday.
Keefe on lack of response from Bergeron: “I hated everything about it. We addressed it.”
Reaves on the lack of response to the Bergeron hit the other night; “It was addressed in the room. It’ll change going forward”.