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Sheldon Keefe: “[Kyle Dubas and I] probably look at toughness in a different manner than others do”

It seems the players have embraced the way you have approached practice. We’ve heard stories of having two different rinks going, five or six coaches at the same time, the music playing — that is unconventional in today’s NHL. When along the way did you figure that was the way you wanted to run some of the off-day stuff? What are you hoping to accomplish by doing it?

Keefe: I think my time with the Marlies was a good time for me to really experiment with different things with the number of resources we had there in terms of coaches and skill coaches with very specific expertise, and also just the availability of the performance center with multiple sheets of ice to do different things and utilize different space with the development program.