Why Maple Leafs are making multiple lineup changes for Game 3

2 years ago  /  Sportsnet

TAMPA – Hours after Wednesday’s optional Game 2 morning skate, when the rest of the players were tucking into lunch and settling into their pre-game naps, Jason Spezza and head coach Sheldon Keefe were still inside Scotiabank Arena. They were engaged in a quiet one-on-one conversation, presumably one of those “not easy” chats the coach says he has when healthy-scratching respected veterans. “I don’t think words can describe how hard it is to watch a game when you’re a player,” Spezza said Friday morning, finally being called to enter his 13th post-season. Keefe said he’d be wanting to get Spezza, his hungry PP2 quarterback and seasoned faceoff winner, involved against the Jon Cooper on the surprisingly high number of whistles in the series: “I think it’s on the players to curb their enthusiasm.”...

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