Sheldon made a sneaky, easily overlooked lineup decision over the weekend in Montreal.
The Toronto Maple Leafs coach slotted David Kämpf in as the team’s third-line centre, something he’s done only a few times all season.
Kämpf had been the Leafs’ 3C for most of his first two seasons in Toronto, but rarely in this season.
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The instability there is what seemed to make acquiring a legit top-nine centre a priority for Brendan Shanahan and Brad Treliving ahead of the March 8 trade deadline. They opted not to pay a first-round pick for Adam Henrique, though, and couldn’t come up with the assets to land Alex Wennberg.
Which left it up to Keefe to figure something out, something more workable than what the Leafs were doing previously, before the playoffs begin in mid-April.
And where Keefe may have landed is with Kämpf reclaiming a more prominent role.