Craig Berube makes significant changes to the Toronto Maple Leafs lineup
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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube has some difficult decisions to make, and against the Chicago Blackhawks, he is going for something different.
The Toronto Maple Leafs got completely destroyed against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, and it is clear that the team needs a change.
Many have been looking towards head coach Craig Berube, who has the ability to steer the ship in the right direction through numerous means.
For instance, lineups have been a huge problem for the Leafs this season, and at practice today, Berube unveiled new line combinations that affect the entire roster.
Toronto Maple Leafs lineup against the Chicago Blackhawks
Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies are staying together, although William Nylander will also be joining the first line, which should be interesting.
Nick Robertson is moving up to the second line with John Tavares and Bobby McMann, while Max Domi is going to the third line with Dakota Joshua and Nicolas Roy.
Perhaps the biggest change comes on the fourth line, where Easton Cowan has been demoted alongside Scott Laughton and Steven Lorentz.
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Cowan, Laughton, and Lorentz had good chemistry during the preseason, and it will be interesting to see if they can recreate that success.
The Leafs are desperate for anything to work at this point, and these line combinations seem fairly reasonable given everything we have seen this season.
Only time will tell whether or not Berube ends up looking like a genius here.
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