Sheldon Keefe reveals his new lines with O'Reilly and Acciari.
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Sheldon Keefe reveals his new lines with O'Reilly and Acciari.

A big change up front.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have added two quality forwards to their roster following a big trade on Friday night and with both Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari expected to play for the Leafs tonight against the Montreal Canadiens, you knew there would be some lineup changes coming from head coach Sheldon Keefe.

We are now only moments away from the start of that game and we have gotten our first look at what the Leafs may look like moving forward, with a brand new set of 4 lines from Sheldon Keefe. Here's how the new lines break down:

Bunting -- Matthews -- Nylander
Tavares -- O'Reilly -- Marner
Engvall -- Kampf -- Jarnkrok
Aston-Reese -- Acciari -- Kerfoot

The most interesting change here and no doubt the most discussed will be the decision to move Toronto Maple Leafs captain and star forward John Tavares off of the center position. Tavares will instead move over to the wing, giving up his spot at center to the new arrival in O'Reilly and they will be joined by Mitch Marner on the wing.

Acciari on the other hand will center the Leafs' fourth line this evening alongside Zachary Aston-Reese and Alex Kerfoot.

Keep in mind that this is only the first iteration of what is likely to be many moving forward.

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