Maple Leafs give Joe Thornton vote of confidence with prime lineup spot
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In part three of Sportsnet's Would You Rather, Maple Leafs edition, Steve Dangle and Chris Johnston join Shawn McKenzie to weigh in on whether fans would rather have more production from either Joe Thornton or Wayne Simmonds. TORONTO -- Three days ago, when the Toronto Maple Leafs began their pre-camp line drills at Ford Performance Centre, Mitch Marner didn’t even bother looking at the assignment sheet. Marner spotted ol’ linemate Zach Hyman wearing the same shade of practice sweater and tapped the club’s favourite forechecker to join Auston Matthews. I’m assuming it’s us three,” Marner said.