Sheldon Keefe on Justin Holl’s struggles: “It doesn’t change the fact that he is an important guy for us that takes on a lot of difficult minutes and assignments… and he was doing so when our team was playing at its best”

#Leafs lines at practice Dec. 10/21

Bunting-Matthews-Kase
Kerfoot -Tavares-Nylander
Ritchie-Kampf-Simmonds
Mikheyev-Engvall-Clifford

Extra: Steeves, Spezza^

Rielly-Brodie
Muzzin-Liljegren
Rubins-Holl
Dermott*-Biega

*non-contact
^suspended

— David Alter (@dalter) December 10, 2021

What is the game tape telling you from the past few games that can help you adjust for Chicago?

Keefe: Just speeding up our game. I have found we have played slower in the neutral zone and have tried to complicate things in the neutral zone when we don’t need to or it is not the time.