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Craig Berube Seemingly Leaks the Toronto Maple Leafs' Regular Season Starting Lineup
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube has been working hard to evaluate the team's talent this season, and the starting lineup for this season is taking form.
After losing Mitch Marner in the offseason, it was always going to be difficult for Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube to get his team together and figure out a proper starting lineup.
Thankfully, the team brought in forwards like Nicolas Roy, Dakota Joshua, and Matias Maccelli as a way of replacing Marner in the aggregate.
Overall, all of these players have had solid training camps, and with the lineup beginning to take shape, it seems like the Leafs have a truly deep roster.
Craig Berube sets the starting lineup
In fact, at the team's latest practice, Berube seemingly leaked what the team's starting lineup is going to be this season.
The first line is Max Domi, Auston Matthews, and Matthew Knies. Meanwhile, the second line features Bobby McMann next to John Tavares and William Nylander.
Dakota Joshua, Nicolas Roy, and Matias Maccelli make up the third line, with Steven Lorentz, Scott Laughton, and Easton Cowan bringing firepower to the fourth line.
Knies - Matthews - Domi
McMann - Tavares - W. Nylander
Joshua - Roy - Maccellli
Lorentz-Laughton-Cowan
Robertson-Kampf-Jarnkrok
Extra: Pezzetta
Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
OEL-Myers
Benoit (🛑) - Thrun
Stolarz
Hildeby
McMann - Tavares - W. Nylander
Joshua - Roy - Maccellli
Lorentz-Laughton-Cowan
Robertson-Kampf-Jarnkrok
Extra: Pezzetta
Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
OEL-Myers
Benoit (🛑) - Thrun
Stolarz
Hildeby
As for the defensive pairings, it is exactly what you would expect following last season. Anthony Stolarz and Dennis Hildeby are your goaltenders to start.
Only time will tell whether or not this truly is the lineup the Leafs go with once the season begins.
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