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Joey Duszak and Mac Hollowell have been called up to the Marlies.Keefe says this was always the plan, but with Liljegren likely on the shelf for a while, this is a good opportunity for these two RD to show what they've got.
Not one word on Liljegren as yet, why so hush, hush? Enquiring minds want to know.
Also why is Petan playing when we could be having a look at Bracco (Marner light).
Quote from: Highlander on November 13, 2019, 01:06:41 PM Also why is Petan playing when we could be having a look at Bracco (Marner light).They say Petan is too good for the A so that's why he's up. What I don't understand is he's really a top 6 forward type, so play him there. He should be with JT and Hyman. If the Leafs called up Bracco it would be the same crap. He'd be on the 4th line. Bracco has NHL calibre passing so i don't see why he doesn't get a shot.
Quote from: Highlander on November 14, 2019, 07:58:54 PMNot one word on Liljegren as yet, why so hush, hush? Enquiring minds want to know.The Marlies tend not to publicize injury information. Like Marchment’s been injured since training camp and not a peep.
You’ve got new players coming in like Kenny Agostino, Pontus Aberg, and Jordan Schmaltz — players that are experienced. The younger players are learning, too, but how long does it take for them to grasp what you are trying to do and say, “This is something we really can sink our teeth into”?Keefe: I think it is player specific, right? Every player is going to be different in terms of how they grasp it. I think in particular with our defense, we ask them to do a lot of things with and without the puck that for many of them, they’re hearing for the first time. It is a lot different than how they are being asked to play in different places. For some of them, it is a challenge and it takes time. We believe once they get it, things really start to come together for both them and our team.Looking at our defense, we have Sandin and Liljegren here that spent significant time with us last season. Beyond that, we have six new other guys making up our eight defensemen. It has been a challenge in that sense, but it is exciting at the same time because you get to teach these concepts and try to make the players be Marlies and play the way we want to play and the way we’ve built the program up over the last number of years. That is a fun process for me and our staff.
How much of the systems do you share between the Marlies and Leafs? How much do they expect the Marlies to experiment with new systems? What were you told to work on with Rasmus Sandin when he was sent back to the Marlies?Keefe: The process really hasn’t changed a whole lot in terms of my relationship with the Leafs and with Mike Babcock and the Leafs staff. I take part in all of their meetings in the summertime and I’m with them all through camp and exhibition season. I am just fortunate enough to be a part of that staff throughout the entire process. Most of the players that are with us now are also in that mix. Learning the system and the structure — that part of it doesn’t change when they come here, obviously.We are trying to build players to play for the Maple Leafs, so how we are playing defensively and the structure that we play with and the expectation of what they want here is something we work towards every single day. We are constantly pulling clips from Leafs games and showings them to players what they are expected to know and what it looks like at the NHL level. We are reinforcing that daily.Within that, we believe given we are more in a development level, we are also trying to try different things and push players beyond a certain structure and a certain system — trying to create really complete players and work on different skills that may be more advanced beyond what is expected so that when the opportunities are there, they can take advantage of them. But certainly knowing the structure and knowing the spots to be in is priority one, and that’s established very well by Mike and the Leafs training camp by day one of training camp.
Liljegren is back to skating (alongside Kivihalme at practice today) and Marchment is also back on his feet since training camp.