TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe has coached one of the best groups of star players in the NHL with the Maple Leafs for five seasons.
Keefe coached against the best Saturday night, and they put on a show in the Avalanche’s remarkable 5-3 comeback victory from three goals down. If this game was a title fight between two superstar-laden cores, the ones in the visiting jerseys delivered a knockout.
“When (Nathan) MacKinnon’s line gets out there with (Cale) Makar and (Devon) Toews, the caliber of play, like that’s not the NHL,” Keefe said. “That’s another league.”
Keefe used his hand as a visual.