srnd9399
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Agreed, only change I would make is swap Johnsson for Leivo. Based on their play so far. Hopefully Johnsson finds his game again soon.
Line Combos: Kapanen with Matthews
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johnny_rudeboy
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Matthews has no weaknesses and all his strengths are elite. He sure has areas he can improve in but he is not bad at one thing. Pretty amazing and a privelige he is a Leaf.
srnd9399
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Why you get so bent out of shape about this? Matthews is arguably the Leafs best player, one of the best in the league in fact. No need to nitpick when most who disagreed on OPs assessment of Matthews would have simply kept reading.
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moon111
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Russ Courtnall wasn't brought in as a fourth line checker. He went straight to 'point producing winger'. Later on, he was traded to Montreal for John Kordic. And although Montreal
obviously won that trade, they couldn't believe how much he didn't have a clue about defensive assignments, etc. You don't win on offense alone. The `80's Leafs were bad because
they didn't bring up forwards like Babcock is bringing up guys like Kapanen. Your namesake Doug Gilmour hit 127 points. But you're looking at a time you had guys like Lemieux, LaFontaine, Oates, Yzerman, Selanne, Pierre Turgeon, Mogilny, Robitaille, during that time. I would dare say even among these scoring elite, it was mostly those who had a defensive game that drove their clubs to success. Sure some of them latched on like Kessel has done in Pittsburgh, but it's mostly the players with two-way play that were real winners.
moon111
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Babcock has given Johnsson the 8th most power-play ice-time. But his overall ice-time is under 22 minutes and in that time he has been credited with two takeaways.
I wouldn't be surprised if they've asked him to slowly roll out his game from the defensive end of it out. There was a lot of running around on Johnsson's part last year,
and it wasn't always right, despite the fans loving his high spirited game. They'll get him to earn his defensive stripes before letting him open up his game.
Zizzzzy
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Can't say I agree that Leivo has done anything so far to warrant a promotion to the Tavares-Marner line... and over Hyman at that?
I do think Marleau works well with Kadri to be the speed on that line as I like the idea of Kap-Matthews-Nylander
BAM
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If Kapanen can continue his production/chemistry with Matthews I would love to see these lines once Nylander is signed:
Kapanen-Matthews-Nylander (good luck NHL)
Hyman-Tavares-Marner (again good luck NHL)
Marleau-Kadri-Johnsson (really liked this line in the playoffs, Marleau and Kadri work well together)
Brown-Lindholm-Leivo (meh sorry Leivo)
Kapanen-Matthews-Nylander (good luck NHL)
Hyman-Tavares-Marner (again good luck NHL)
Marleau-Kadri-Johnsson (really liked this line in the playoffs, Marleau and Kadri work well together)
Brown-Lindholm-Leivo (meh sorry Leivo)
mapleleafs34
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Comparing Ennis to Kapanen is laughable though
socko
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Well, this is just dumb. Kapanen is far better than Ennis, at this point. Speed to burn, great shot (though he doesn't show it often), good hands, not afraid of boardplay, responsible defensively. People sleep on Kapanen a bit imo because he's spent most of his time as a Leaf playing 4th line minutes. Kapanen has very legitimate top 6 capability.
Polaris1010
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Kapanen is a real player.
But he's winger, so he floats a bit.
Most wingers tend to do that. Not have much of a game. Go missing at times ... then he strikes.
Last two playoffs season. Guys scoring big goals. That's Kapanen.
But he's winger, so he floats a bit.
Most wingers tend to do that. Not have much of a game. Go missing at times ... then he strikes.
Last two playoffs season. Guys scoring big goals. That's Kapanen.
Polaris1010
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Kapanen is a real player.
But he's winger, so he floats a bit.
Most wingers tend to do that. Not have much of a game. Go missing at times ... then he strikes.
Last two playoffs season. Guys scoring big goals. That's Kapanen.
But he's winger, so he floats a bit.
Most wingers tend to do that. Not have much of a game. Go missing at times ... then he strikes.
Last two playoffs season. Guys scoring big goals. That's Kapanen.
Boutette
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That's the sort of thing that happens when you play with linemates who can actually score.
7even
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Canadian Finn
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not going to say I told ya so, but, I told ya so
(yes, I'm super happy he has been added to AM34 line, but it truly was inevitable).
Kappy is the real deal!
(yes, I'm super happy he has been added to AM34 line, but it truly was inevitable).
Kappy is the real deal!
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Kappy is a good player and he deserves to be playing with AM34, one of the best players on the planet.
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