Leafs HC furious with team for response to Marchand hurting Liljegren

The incident occurred late within the first interval of their sport on Thursday evening. Liljegren and Marchand raced towards a unfastened puck within the Maple Leafs’ zone, with Marchand getting twisted up with the defender, inflicting Liljegren’s left skate to crash into the boards.

None of Toronto’s gamers went after Marchand, resulting in followers and pundits questioning the staff’s lack of pushback to bodily squads just like the Bruins or the Tampa Bay Lightning, one thing new normal supervisor Brad Treliving hoped to eradicate this offseason with the acquisition of Ryan Reaves, Tyler Bertuzzi and Max Domi.

However Keefe doesn’t suppose that has an impact on the competitors.

“Brad Marchand doesn’t care about Ryan Reaves or anybody else, that’s been established,” he said.

Keefe also confirmed that Liljegren suffered a high-ankle sprain, with the team announcing he can be positioned on long-term injured reserve.

Reaves, who has two fights to this point this season, stated the staff addressed the shortage of bodily response after the sport.

“We talked about it. We addressed it within the room…it’ll be modified going ahead,” he said.

Marchand was seen speaking to Ryan Reaves on the bench whereas Liljegren was being helped off the ice.

“It’s simply fortunate I wasn’t on the ice with him,” Reaves said. “Sadly they’d final change so I didn’t get any shifts in opposition to them. That’s hockey.”

The Bruins gained’t have to attend too lengthy to see what the Maple Leafs’ response will probably be, as the 2 groups face off once more on Dec. 2 in Toronto.