Pre-Game Talk: Leafs @ Bolts | The Return Of Freddy | Tuesday Night
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While uncle leo is not effective playing anything higher then the 4th line, hes a good 4th line player... hes heavy on the fore-check, hes pretty good defensively and he 100% helps out our PK..
To much blind hate towards him because the coach plays him to high in the lineup.
To much blind hate towards him because the coach plays him to high in the lineup.
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Hopefully this time against Tampa the Leafs get a few more bounces because in their previous game I remember they hit like 4 or 5 goal posts and got very unlucky when the puck went across the goal line and not past Vasilevskiy. Plus speaking of Vasilevskiy let's hope he's still tired and not up for the game. Finally should they meet in the first round of the playoffs it would be nice to send them a message that the Leafs won't be a pushover for them.
Tims not ready yet. Holl may be but he's not better than carrick is playing right now
Ya we came to that conclusion and we would slot Z in with dermott to see if he can find his game again
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Hmmm maybe a coffee or a snickers?
You quote me I answer you and thats your retort? My answer actually saves you from reading the rest of the thread.
Nonsense.....jump right in with whatever pops into your head..........don't even think it through.
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Uh Zaitsev?
Lets not pretend Holl is a kid. Hes basically the same age as Zaitsev (26) and has 2 NHL games to his name. Despite Z's poor play of late hes proven far more then Holl.
I always find it odd how people seem to think Holl is some young prospect with tons of room left to grow when chances are he is a career AHLer.
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Dermott has been better than even i thought he'd be so if Zaitsev can't look good beside him with weaker competition I'm out of ideas on how we turn him around this season
On that note the Lightning are a speedy team and Dermott getting some time beside Gardiner would be a good idea because I think he'll handle that better than Polak, even if it's just 5-7 extra minutes
My bad and my apologies. ya I didnt catch it.
Too bad I don't drink coffee hahaha
I wasn't suggesting that Zaitsev should be replaced. Just want to see Liljegren and Holl over Polak and Carrick right now.
Assuming Zaitsev returns in game shape, then we can pick one of those 4 to be the 3rd pairing RD. My hope would be that Liljegren or Holl out perform Carrick and Polak and we can go into the playoffs with one of them... because I don't think Carrick and Polak are all that good. I would be fine with them as 7th, 8th, and 9th defenders.
Well we can just play him up and down the line up!
I'm confident Z will turn it around but not sure if it will be this season
I've got some doubts about him turning around this season as well, I'd give him 5-6 games in a row beside Dermott and if he can't work it out by then I'd roll this lineup in the playoffs
I'd be feeding Dermott minutes now to, start preparing him for a big roll in the playoffs if Zaitsev can't get up to speed and we need him 20+ against the quicker teams that Polak and Hainsey might struggle with
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I have noticed his minutes slowly creeping up so I think they are already planing for it
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