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https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...th-a-shot.html

For a guy who identifies the peak of his on-ice career as a stint as the sixth-worst player on his Montreal high school hockey team, Jack Han has put together an impressive enough NHL resumé.

Now age 31, he’s already worked for both of Canada’s heritage NHL franchises, most recently wrapping up a three-season stint working for the Maple Leafs as an assistant coach for the AHL Marlies.

Given his recent experience behind the curtain in Leafland, it’s been intriguing to get his take on what we’ll see from the blue and white whenever the NHL next convenes. Among Han’s most compelling predictions is the notion that head coach Sheldon Keefe might, at some point, deploy an on-ice configuration that plays against convention.

In a recent edition of his Hockey Tactics Newsletter, Han discussed the potential merits of icing two forwards in front of three defencemen, as opposed to the typical allotment of three and two. Han is of the belief that Keefe, with whom Han worked on the Marlies, may be inclined to try such a strategy in the coming season.

“I haven’t talked to Sheldon (since writing about the concept) but I would say the likelihood is pretty high. I think you’ll see some of that,” he said.