Pre-Game Talk: Home Opener | Saturday @ 7PM | Bruins @ Leafs

[Cor]

Don't believe their will be lineup changes.

Hunwick was at practice, so it appears he's fine, but we could see Polak/Corrado take his spot.

Would be cool to see Griffith get into the lineup.

Let's hope for a big game from Andersen!

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[Warden of the North]

Yay, another game with Marty "advanced stats" Marincin.

 

[bobermay]

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Need a better game from Andersen but we also need a better game from the depth scores, Kadri Bozak JVR Komarov these guys did NOTHING against Ottawa

The 4 of them combined had 6 shots on goal

And in Kadri's case he did literally nothing

No goals no assist no points no shots no hits no block shots

There is an interview with former raptors coach Sam Mitchell where he talks about players having stat lines of 0 0 0 0 0

There was literally Kadri against Ottawa

At least Bozak Komarov JVR they all had shots.

 

[The_Chosen_One]

Babcock can be a bit of dinosaur as we saw on Detroit with overplaying Clearly. I'm really hoping Hunwick is on the third pairing while we have a top 4D that can move the puck well.

 

[crump]

Kadri line to shutdown Bergeron and Marchand? Could be another long night for Andersen.

If we get on them early, score a bunch we should be good. Looking forward to watching these great young kids again, win or lose its fun to watch Leaf hockey again.

 

[ShaneFalco]

They need to tighten things up for this one
Rebound game for Andersen - see what I did there?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Kadri line to shutdown Bergeron and Marchand? Could be another long night for Andersen.

If we get on them early, score a bunch we should be good. Looking forward to watching these great young kids again, win or lose its fun to watch Leaf hockey again.

Bergeron might be out.

 

[crump]

Bergeron might be out.

Ahh. Looks like Backes will be with Marchand. Wonder if we'll see a Backes/Kadri tilt round 2. Or Throw Martin on that line with Komarov

JVR. Bozak. Marner
Nylander. Matthews. Hyman
Martin. Kadri. Komarov
Michalek. Holland. Brown

 

[SprDaVE]

I'm pretty sure Hunwick will be out since he was not in the top 6 pairings. I guess we will find out today. That's the only lineup change we'll likely see for us.

 

[Darkside Blue]

Need a better game from Andersen but we also need a better game from the depth scores, Kadri Bozak JVR Komarov these guys did NOTHING against Ottawa

The 4 of them combined had 6 shots on goal

And in Kadri's case he did literally nothing

No goals no assist no points no shots no hits no block shots

There is an interview with former raptors coach Sam Mitchell where he talks about players having stat lines of 0 0 0 0 0

There was literally Kadri against Ottawa

At least Bozak Komarov JVR they all had shots.

Nice. Could literally use more hyperbole.

Literally.

 

[Maple Leaf Forever]

Ahh. Looks like Backes will be with Marchand. Wonder if we'll see a Backes/Kadri tilt round 2. Or Throw Martin on that line with Komarov

JVR. Bozak. Marner
Nylander. Matthews. Hyman
Martin. Kadri. Komarov
Michalek. Holland. Brown

Hopefully Griffith is in for Holland ....Holland to me is soft, makes poor decisions and plays with little or no intensity especially for a big man ....no time for him at at all.

 

[ShaneFalco]

John van Riemsdyk is in again tonight

 

[Leafsman]

Need a better game from Andersen but we also need a better game from the depth scores, Kadri Bozak JVR Komarov these guys did NOTHING against Ottawa

The 4 of them combined had 6 shots on goal

And in Kadri's case he did literally nothing

No goals no assist no points no shots no hits no block shots

There is an interview with former raptors coach Sam Mitchell where he talks about players having stat lines of 0 0 0 0 0

There was literally Kadri against Ottawa

At least Bozak Komarov JVR they all had shots.

The vets have to step up! They can't be invisible like they were in game 1. The only standout from the JVR-Bozak line was Marner.

Another few games like Wednesday and we may as well trade off JVR, Bozak, Kadri, Michalek and Komrov and bring up ALL the young guns, seeing as they were the only noticeable ones.

I don't mind the vets being invisible but that goes for the defensive side of the game too. Unfortunately, they stood out with a few defensive blunders.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Nice. Could literally use more hyperbole.

Literally.

Nothing I said was wrong

 

[al secord]

Nothing I said was wrong

Literally nothing.

 

[GhettoHockey]

Hopefully Griffith is in for Holland ....Holland to me is soft, makes poor decisions and plays with little or no intensity especially for a big man ....no time for him at at all.

Have you seen Griffith play? I have watched many of his games... hes not that great

 

[Budsfan]

Don't believe their will be lineup changes.

Hunwick was at practice, so it appears he's fine, but we could see Polak/Corrado take his spot.

Would be cool to see Griffith get into the lineup.

Let's hope for a big game from Andersen!

I would like to see Griffith in the lineup too but I doubt Babcock will change the lines.

 

[Field of Dreams]

Hey guys hot mainboards thread idea:
Austin Matthews Parents appreciation thread

 

[Leafsman]

Have you seen Griffith play? I have watched many of his games... hes not that great

You don't get 77 pts in 57 games playing "not that great." Whether or not that translates is yet to be seen. I think it is fair to say though that he's played some great hockey.

 

[ACC1224]

Need a better game from Andersen but we also need a better game from the depth scores, Kadri Bozak JVR Komarov these guys did NOTHING against Ottawa

The 4 of them combined had 6 shots on goal

And in Kadri's case he did literally nothing

No goals no assist no points no shots no hits no block shots

There is an interview with former raptors coach Sam Mitchell where he talks about players having stat lines of 0 0 0 0 0

There was literally Kadri against Ottawa

At least Bozak Komarov JVR they all had shots.

Why would anyone care about a Basketball Coach's thoughts on hockey?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Why would anyone care about a Basketball Coach's thoughts on hockey?

It applies here, if you read the post you qouted you'd see how.

 

[Budsfan]

Babcock happy with Matthews and other kids, wants Maple Leafs veterans to step up

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/10/1...er-kids-wants-maple-leafs-veterans-to-step-up

TORONTO — Mike Babcock is genuinely thrilled to coach Auston Matthews and the youngest current roster in the NHL, especially when No. 34 launches his career with four goals.

With that comes the mistakes of youth, but the Maple Leafs coach was more concerned his veterans were culpable a few times in Wednesday’s 5-4 overtime in Ottawa. Toronto has its home opener on Saturday against Boston and can’t expect a multi-goal game every night from its teenage centre and wingers Zach Hyman and William Nylander.

“Nice to see how good our kids can be,” Babcock said after a Thursday practice with a large media presence covering Matthews. “We have a lot of veterans who can be a lot better, we have to keep the puck out of our net.

“There were too many mistakes (overall, including a flub or two from goalie Frederik Andersen), but we controlled most of the game and had the puck most of the time.”

 

[Fogelhund]

Have tickets to the game, should be a fun time.

 

[ACC1224]

It applies here, if you read the post you qouted you'd see how.

I did read the post, hence the question...odd reply.