Craig Berube Realizes the Error of his Ways and Make Major Line Changes at Maple Leafs Practice
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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube has made some mistakes this season and one of them has had to do with his treatment of Scott Laughton.
When Scott Laughton was brought in by general manager Brad Treliving, the ide was that he was going to be the team's third line center, replacing Max Domi.
However, after a few games without a single point, Laughton was demoted quite quickly. He was put on the fourth line on the wing, and not many fans were happy with this decision.
Some felt like it was completely premature and that it was actually very disrespectful to the forward, who is much better than a fourth line player.
Craig Berube rights his wrongs with Scott Laughton
On the fourth line, Laughton has not faired much better and there has been a ton of debate surrounding whether or not he should put back on the third line.
It seems as though Craig Berube has heard the noise because at practice on Monday, Laughton was, indeed, on the third line albeit as a left-winger.
Pontus Holmberg was demoted down to the fourth line, while Calle Jarnkrok was brought up. David Kampf was the odd man out in this scenario.
#Leafs lines at practice Mar. 24/25
Knies-Matthews-Marner
McMann-Tavares-Nylander
Laughton-Domi-Robertson
Lorentz-Homberg-Jarnkrok
Kampf
Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-OEL
Myers
Woll, Stolarz
Knies-Matthews-Marner
McMann-Tavares-Nylander
Laughton-Domi-Robertson
Lorentz-Homberg-Jarnkrok
Kampf
Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-OEL
Myers
Woll, Stolarz
This lineup could work, but fans still want to see Laughton get some time at center, with Domi on the right wing.
At this point, the Maple Leafs lines are still a work in progress, which is not encouraging when you consider how this team is about to embark on the playoffs.
Hopefully, Laughton can find his footing and Berube finds some sort of normalcy with his lineups.
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