Toronto Maple Leafs training camp started this past friday, officially kicking off the countdown to opening faceoff. The first task for Coach Ron Wilson was to group his 64 skaters into three sets of teams named after Leafs greats Darryl Stittler, George Armstrong, and Ted Kennedy.
Wilson states that he has changed his strategy for this training camp. He plans on establishing lines early, and allowing chemistry to flow. Tyler Bozak, Nikolai Kulemin, and Phil Kessel—all of team Sittler— hope to pick up where they left off.
Meanwhile, defencemen Tomas Kaberle and Mike Komisarek will be working together as part of team Kennedy.
Keeping chemistry in mind—based on the three rosters and their lines—the Leafs should look like this come opening night:
Forwards
Kulemin—Bozak—Kessel
Versteeg—Kadri—Armstrong
Sjostrom—Grabovski—MacArthur
Brown—Hanson/Mitchell*—Orr
Defense
Phaneuf—Beauchemin
Kaberle—Komisarek
Schenn—Gunnarsson&nb ...
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Article written by Cale Loney
Toronto Maple Leafs: Training Camp Offers Insight into Starting Lines
September 19th, 2010 by Cale Loney Leave a reply »
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