Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe put his best foot forward when talking about the possibility of playing in front of only 1,000 fans the next time his team plays at home.
“We’re just grateful we get to come to work every day, no matter what the circumstances are,” the Leafs coach said after practice Thursday. “It’s on us to make the best of it.”
The Leafs and Raptors — and every other sports team in Ontario — saw their capacity slashed as the provincial government said the new restrictions were necessary to battle the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus and “to reduce opportunities for close contact.