Craig Berube on inserting Ryan Reaves for the Leafs’ matchup vs. Matt Rempe and the Rangers: “Reavo in the lineup maybe deters him from being as physical as he has been — or their whole team, for that matter”

Lines at Leafs skate

Knies – Matthews – Marner
Holmberg – Tavares – Nylander
McMann – Domi – Robertson
Lorentz – Kampf – Reaves
Pacioretty, Dewar, Jarnkrok, Steeves

Rielly – Ekman-Larsson
McCabe – Myers
Benoit – Timmins
Rifai

Stolarz
Woll

at NYR tonight @TSNHockey pic.twitter.com/Mna4XDPvwJ

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) February 28, 2025

What made this game the right time to reinsert Ryan Reaves into the lineup?

Berube: Rempe over there is an effective player, in my opinion. He is physical.