We are one day into on-ice practices for the Toronto Maple Leafs and I’m already way too interested in what the Leafs lines look like and what they mean. I thought I would share the two groups from Twitter and share my many thoughts on what’s happening.
#Leafs Group 1 lines:
Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Nylander
Ritchie-Brooks-Marner
Robertson-Amadio-Spezza
Gabriel-Douglas/Abramov-Gogolev
Rielly-Dermott
Holl-Dahlstrom
Rubins-Menell
Hellickson-Hollowell— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) September 23, 2021Notable combos in second group:
Bunting-Tavares-Ho-Sang
Kase-Kampf-Gusev
Semyonov-Engvall-Anderson
Muzzin-Liljegren
Sandin-Brodie— Jonas Siegel (@jonassiegel) September 23, 2021From these two lists, here’s what I think the forward lines look like at the moment:
Ritchie - Matthews - Marner
Bunting/Ho-Sang - Tavares - Nylander
Kase - Kampf - Gusev
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Free Space
Anderson/Brooks/Engvall/SpezzaRight off the bat, Adam Brooks is probably the placeholder for Auston Matthews (a job I hope he doesn’t have to do very often this season during practices).