Injury Report: Jake Gardiner, back spasms, day-to-day

HamiltonNHL

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I hope the morons that boo him are happy with how awful our defence is without him.
I dont think there would be boos tonight if he played.
He is a key part of our D for this year's run.

His lack of coach-ability must grind Babcock. For that reason alone, I think he's not going to be resigned. He's a Left D on a team with lots of Left D. Some team will want him, but I dont think we can keep him.
 

SprDaVE

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Apparently it's been bugging him since around Christmas. I hope he heals up because things are not going to get much better if he's out long-term.
 

zeke

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finally get a chance to see what exactly Dermott is at the moment. (we didn't have to wait until an injury, of course, but that's how our coach rolls).

fingers crossed Dermott plays well enough to force Babcock to keep him in the top four, like kappy did.
 

SprDaVE

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I hope the morons that boo him are happy with how awful our defence is without him.

Some of you deserve the defence you're going to see tonight.

Leafs could dominate this game 10-0 and people would correlate that to Gardiner being out of the lineup. "We don't need him, see!" I guarantee you that.
 
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BAM

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Leafs could dominate this game 10-0 and people would correlate that to Gardiner being out of the lineup. "We don't need him, see!" I guarantee you that.
Dermott can replace Gardiner right now.
 

Mr Hockey

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finally get a chance to see what exactly Dermott is at the moment. (we didn't have to wait until an injury, of course, but that's how our coach rolls).

fingers crossed Dermott plays well enough to force Babcock to keep him in the top four, like kappy did.

That's pretty much how all coaches roll Zeke :) Im looking forward to seeing Zaitsev play with someone else and see how that goes
 

Mats13

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Leafs could dominate this game 10-0 and people would correlate that to Gardiner being out of the lineup. "We don't need him, see!" I guarantee you that.

Oh for sure, its arizona. We're going to win today and the Gardiner haters will think it means we can beat Tampa without him.
 

zeke

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That's pretty much how all coaches roll Zeke :) Im looking forward to seeing Zaitsev play with someone else and see how it goes

it really isn't. other teams are far less hesitant to try their kids higher in the lineup. tbay has Cernak on their top pair and didn't wait for injury. and that's common all over the league.

kappy would still be on the 4th line if Willy had 't held out.
 

The Examiner

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They pay good money for those tickets and have the right to boo.

J.G. has also deserved the boo's.

You pay me $4M/yr and you can boo me all day long.

I’m not against booing but I pay good money at the gas station so does that mean I can boo the attendant when they make a mistake?
 
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ORRFForever

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I’m not against booing but I pay good money at the gas station so does that mean I can boo the attendant when they make a mistake?
LOL ! I'm sure you could.

Plus, I'm not sure it's the same thing and the gas attendant isn't make $4M/yr. ;)
 

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