Sheldon Keefe on the addition of John Klingberg: “It’s a different element than we’ve had on the backend… He has some work to do defensively, but he has great gifts offensively”

#Leafs Group 1 practice lines Sept. 22/23

Bertuzzi-Matthews-Marner
Knies-Tavares-Lafferty
Cliffford-Minten-Ellis/Blandisi
Hirvonen-Gambrel-Steeves

McCabe-Klingberg
Giordano-Liljegren
Villeneuve-Lajoie
Rifai-Miller

Woll
Petruzzelli
Hildeby@BodogCA

— David Alter (@dalter) September 22, 2023

Leafs Lines Group 2 Sept 22/23

Only change sees Samsonov in place of Woll

Domi-Nylander-Jarnkrok
Abruzzese-Holmberg-Robertson
Gregor-Kampf-Reaves
Tverberg-Cowan-Shaw/Slavin

Rielly-Brodie
Kokkinen-Niemela
Lagesson-Timmins
Chadwick-Dillingham

Samsonov
Jones@BodogCA pic.twitter.com/Wvfm6deKuq

— David Alter (@dalter) September 22, 2023

If William Nylander is a center, does it impact what you are looking for from John Tavares and his line?

Keefe: It gives us increased depth.