As the Maple Leafs run it back with their core four for one more season, head coach Sheldon Keefe is showing fresh creativity, including playing Mitch Marner on defence, as he seeks to finally make his team playoff proof.
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- Mitch Marner on defense kind of makes a lot of sense. Huh, that rhymed. But that's something that Sheldon Keefe brought up, the idea of, in situations where the Leafs are down a goal and need some more scoring, to put Marner on defense, I guess, assuming on the right-hand side. So you have another offensive threat, I guess, on top of, what, maybe Bunting, Matthews, and Nylander?