We bring you Craig Berube’s latest line changes — with asterisks.
When the restless coach of the Maple Leafs steers his forwards a different way, he stirs the pot with fans and media. But often his new combos don’t survive 60 minutes of the ensuing game, if it’s close or if Toronto trails.
Tuesday’s proposed pairings for the game against his predecessor Sheldon Keefe and the New Jersey Devils do bear watching, after an overtime loss to Seattle in which Berube and netminder Anthony Stolarz decried lack of effort to clear Toronto’s crease and a need to get in the grill of the opposing goalie.
After Sunday’s day of reflection, Max Domi bumped rookie Easton Cowan from first-line right wing at practice — Domi had drawn a Kraken net-front crosscheck call — and it could be that Cowan joins Sam