Sheldon Keefe on scratching Simon Benoit to insert Joel Edmundson into the lineup: “Quite frankly, it kills me to have to sit Benoit, especially in this building, but I didn’t make the schedule and it is what is necessary for our team”

#Leafs lines during morning skate Mar. 9/24

Bertuzzi-Matthews-Nylander
Domi-Tavares-Jarnkrok
Knies-Kampf-McMann
Holmberg-Dewar-Reaves
Extra: Gregor
Absent(Marner)

Brodie-McCabe
Rielly-Lyubushkin
Edmontn-Liljegren
Benoit-Timmins@BodogCA

— David Alter (@dalter) March 9, 2024

What is the latest on Mitch Marner’s absence?

Keefe: He is day-to-day. He has a lower-body injury. We will get him assessed and know more when we get back home, but he is day-to-day right now.

How do you adjust without Marner?

Keefe: There are big minutes that need to be filled, but we have been through this before.