No sign of John Tavares at #leafs practice… Nick Ritchie wearing Top 6 blue (with Alex Kerfoot, Mitch Marner) … The rest, including Anderson and Semyonov, present and accounted for
— Kevin McGran (@kevin_mcgran) November 9, 2021
Sheldon Keefe says both Tavares and Kase are banged up and day-to-day. Both will travel to Philly and will be a game-time decision.
— David Alter (@dalter) November 9, 2021
Leafs lines at practice
Bunting – Matthews – Nylander
Ritchie – Kerfoot – Marner
Engvall – Kampf – Anderson
Semyonov – Spezza – Simmonds
Rielly – Brodie
Muzzin – Holl
Sandin – Liljegren
Dermott @TSN_Edge
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 9, 2021
Keefe on what they want out of Holl's return: "Just to be the Justin Holl that we've come to expect. That's it; My hope is that this is a bit of a reset for him and he comes out and he's refocused and we don't have to revisit him sitting out for this period of time again.
— David Alter (@dalter) November 9, 2021
Keefe on Ritchie: "We expect a lot more and we need to get a lot more out of him. Part of that is on him. Part of that is on us to help him get there."
— David Alter (@dalter) November 9, 2021
Keefe on depth: "We'd like contributions from those guys, for sure. There was a time when we were getting contribution from those lines and the top guys weren't scoring. We'd like it to match up where everybody's rolling at the same time but it doesn't always work that way."
— David Alter (@dalter) November 9, 2021