Sheldon Keefe no doubt looks forward to a string of games where the other team’s coaching staff must adjust to his line changes rather than the Maple Leafs play catch-up. “There are a lot of advantages of course to being at home,” agreed Keefe. “But I don’t know in terms of actual match-ups how much we’ll ever be a team that will be heavy in that sense. SHARED MID-SEASON SUCCESSAlmost 90 years separate Keefe from a shared experience with Dick Irvin Sr. But the Leafs lost on opening night, Nov. 12, to the Chicago Blackhawks, 2-1, then failed to win at home or road for five straight.

Source: National Post December 27, 2019 00:33 UTC