Calle Jarnkrok – David Kampf – Ryan Reaves
The Toronto Maple Leafs need a good fourth line to complement the top nine.
The Toronto Maple Leafs don’t need this extravagant fourth line. They just need a trio that can play about ten minutes a game and play the game the right way. Their top nine is so loaded that they are going to carry the play on most nights.
However, the Leafs needed some toughness in their group for a long time. They always seemed easy to play against in terms of physicality. Well, the goal was clearly for that to change starting this season.
Domi and Bertuzzi will help. Those guys, as mentioned before, are great because they can score a lot as well. Now, the fourth line is also there to be the punishing group of the Maple Leafs team. Nobody will want to take their liberties against the Leafs’ stars with this group.
Ryan Reaves is a new addition to the team and he is known as one of the best tough guys in the NHL. Playing with David Kampf and Calle Jarnkrok is going to be the way to do things for this Leafs team to start the season. It will be a very good fourth line.
This forward top-12 should be very fun to watch on most nights. They just need to get through the regular season healthy and they will thrive. There is a lot of skill, physicality, and tenacity in these lines. Expect the Leafs to run the Atlantic Division led by their forwards.