Toronto Maple Leafs Current Lineup as of (Jan 8, 2020 vs WPG)
The Toronto Maple Leafs have seen themselves use different lineups countless times during this season, especially with some key players that have missed time (Marner, Tavares, Hyman etc)
Their current lines as of January 8, 2020 against the Winnipeg Jets with injuries to Jake Muzzin, Trevor Moore, Andreas Johnsson, and Ilya Mikheyev. (Injuries from thescore.com)
Forwards
Hyman – Matthews – Marner
Kerfoot – Tavares – Nylander
Engvall – Spezza – Kapanen
Timashov – Brooks – Gauthier
Defense
Rielly – Barrie
Dermott – Holl
Marincin – Ceci
Goalie
Hutchinson
Per. Paul Hendrick via Twitter…
Potential Lines When Injured Players Return
With four players currently out for the Toronto Maple Leafs (Muzzin, Johnsson, Moore and Mikheyev) the team is forced to juggle lines to figure out what lines are the best for the team going forward. As of right now Sheldon Keefe and I’m pretty sure everyone else thinks that the Hyman-Matthews-Marner line is generating at a high rate and going very well, and it shouldn’t be touched at all.
As well with the Kerfoot-Tavares-Nylander line, it isn’t always a perfect line but they do have good games most nights, especially when Tavares and Nylander were both on their hit point streak.
These are the lines that I believe should be used when all four injured players return to the lineup, (with no trades involved or anything) as well with Ilya Mikheyev missing most of the season and is expected to be reevaluated in 90 days as reported on the day of his injury. His reevaluation would be with about three or four games left to go in the season. So the lines I’m about to discuss are with Mikheyev in the lineup as well and could potentially be used in the playoffs too (again if no trades happen)
Forwards
Mikheyev/Hyman – Matthews – Marner
Hyman/Mikheyev – Tavares – Nylander
Johnsson – Kerfoot – Kapanen
Engvall – Spezza – Moore
Defense
Rielly – Barrie
Muzzin – Holl
Dermott – Ceci
Goalies
Andersen
Hutchinson