Kase will miss Friday's game with an undisclosed injury. The feisty winger has dealt with injury issues the past couple of seasons so his absence raises a red flag.
"Any time you have him not playing it stands out a little bit more than anyone else," Keefe acknowledged, "but the fact he's here today and sitting in our meeting and lifting weights in there and working out, it's a little less concerning in that sense. But, obviously, with what he's been through there's going to be a lot more caution."
With Kase out, Wayne Simmonds will move up to the third line alongside David Kampf and Nick Ritchie.
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Projected Leafs lines for tonight's game:
F
Bunting - Matthews - Marner
Kerfoot - Tavares - Nylander
Ritchie - Kampf - Simmonds
Engvall - Semyonov - Spezza
D
Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Sandin - Liljegren
G
Woll starts
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