Report: Babcock makes major change to the lineup

The Toronto Maple Leafs visit the Carolina Hurricanes Friday evening, and for one player, it'll be their first time out of the lineup since signing with the team.

Martin expects to be a healthy scratch tomorrow for first time with the Leafs; Matt: "It's never easy. You want to play. It's difficult, but you work hard & wait for your next opportunity."
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 23, 2017

Matt Martin will indeed be a healthy scratch for the first time as a Maple Leaf. There was speculation that he was injured after being banged up Wednesday night against the Florida Panthers.

It was confirmed that he is fine - but Mike Babcock has elected to sit him out of the team's next game.

Here were the lines at practice today.

Lines at Leafs practice

Hyman-Matthews-Marner
Soshnikov-Kadri-Komarov
JvR-Bozak-Nylander
Leivo-Marleau-Brown
Martin, Moore
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 23, 2017

The Patrick Marleau experiment at center continues, with him taking the 4th line center role between Josh Leivo and Connor Brown. Talk about lethal, balanced offense.

Report: Babcock makes major change to the lineup

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