Pre-Game Talk: Oilers vs Leafs-The Return of Eakins

[Liferleafer]

Is there a reason an Ottawa Senators fan is scheduled to make our GDT today?

Is there a reason why it's 3pm and still not up?

I believe you first question...Sens fan..... answers your second question.

 

[Loosie]

Is there a reason an Ottawa Senators fan is scheduled to make our GDT today?

Is there a reason why it's 3pm and still not up?

I think the answer to that is in your first question.

 

[TmlHockeyFan]

Can someone else make the GDT then?

 

[The Podium]

Ok...sugarmomma can stay, but if she screws up again..........

Shes on a short leash (doghouse pun intended)

 

[Liferleafer]

Can someone else make the GDT then?

If stickman drawings and 3rd grade artwork works...i'm in. I'm about as useless as a poopy flavoured popsicle when it comes to computers.

 

[NarcoPolo]

Why would you let a sens fan make your own gdts in the first place?

 

[I am Canadian]

What can he [realistically] do?

Add some horns that go off three times so fans can chant Go Leafs Go. Similar to what they have in Chicago.
It's really hard to get a chant going in that stadium.

 

[Liferleafer]

Why would you let a sens fan make your own gdts in the first place?

Why does Bell Canada have their calls answered by a calling center in India? Life's little mysteries I guess....

 

[Garbs]

Why would you let a sens fan make your own gdts in the first place?

Seriously. If someone you don't recognize, with less than 300 posts, signs up to do a GDT, you should probably click on their name and check to see if they spend all of their time on Ottawa's board.

 

[zeke]

My best guess at the lines and pairings, with their 3yr stats (including this year as the 3rd year):


Line 1

C T.Bozak (27): 124gms, 32gls, 78pts, 184ht, 63bk, 19:46 (82gms, 21gls, 51pts, 123ht, 42bk)
C R.N-Hopkins (20): 104gms, 23gls, 78pts, 68ht, 62bk, 18:16 (82gms, 18gls, 62pts, 54ht, 49bk)

W P.Kessel (26): 135gms, 59gls, 140pts, 30ht, 45bk, 20:00 (82gms, 36gls, 85pts, 18ht, 27bk)
W T.Hall (22): 110gms, 44gls, 106pts, 70ht, 57bk, 18:34 (82gms, 33gls, 79pts, 52ht, 43bk)

W J.VanRiemsdyk (24): 96gms, 32gls, 60pts, 102ht, 36bk, 17:31 (82gms, 27gls, 51pts, 87ht, 31bk)
W J.Eberle (23): 130gms, 50gls, 115pts, 81ht, 41bk, 19:16 (82gms, 32gls, 73pts, 51ht, 26bk)

Line 2

C N.Kadri (23): 74gms, 24gls, 55pts, 95ht, 29bk, 15:27 (82gms, 27gls, 61pts, 105ht, 32bk)
C M.Arcobello (25): 5gms, 0gls, 2pts, 12ht, 4bk, 15:21 (82gms, 0gls, 33pts, 197ht, 66bk)

W J.Lupul (30): 87gms, 39gls, 91pts, 148ht, 35bk, 18:04 (82gms, 37gls, 86pts, 140ht, 33bk)
W D.Perron (25): 109gms, 32gls, 70pts, 87ht, 25bk, 18:19 (82gms, 24gls, 53pts, 66ht, 19bk)

W D.Broll (20): 1gms, 0gls, 0pts, 1ht, 1bk, 9:19 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 82ht, 82bk)
W A.Hemsky (30): 111gms, 20gls, 60pts, 38ht, 33bk, 16:57 (82gms, 15gls, 44pts, 28ht, 24bk)

Line 3

C D.Bolland (27): 116gms, 28gls, 54pts, 113ht, 60bk, 16:26 (82gms, 20gls, 38pts, 80ht, 42bk)
C B.Gordon (30): 127gms, 14gls, 40pts, 72ht, 140bk, 15:35 (82gms, 9gls, 26pts, 47ht, 90bk)

W M.Raymond (28): 106gms, 22gls, 46pts, 51ht, 22bk, 15:44 (82gms, 17gls, 36pts, 40ht, 17bk)
W N.Yakupov (20): 52gms, 17gls, 31pts, 46ht, 16bk, 14:37 (82gms, 27gls, 49pts, 73ht, 25bk)

W J.Leivo (20): 1gms, 0gls, 0pts, 0ht, 0bk, 9:02 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 0ht, 0bk)
W R.Smyth (37): 132gms, 22gls, 61pts, 97ht, 56bk, 17:36 (82gms, 14gls, 38pts, 60ht, 35bk)

Line 4

C J.McClement (30): 132gms, 18gls, 34pts, 156ht, 96bk, 14:20 (82gms, 11gls, 21pts, 97ht, 60bk)
C W.Acton (26): 4gms, 0gls, 1pts, 6ht, 3bk, 8:16 (82gms, 0gls, 21pts, 123ht, 62bk)

W C.Ashton (22): 19gms, 0gls, 1pts, 39ht, 3bk, 9:38 (82gms, 0gls, 4pts, 168ht, 13bk)
W M.Brown (26): 93gms, 3gls, 6pts, 223ht, 8bk, 8:23 (82gms, 3gls, 5pts, 197ht, 7bk)

W C.Orr (31): 54gms, 2gls, 5pts, 98ht, 17bk, 6:22 (82gms, 3gls, 8pts, 149ht, 26bk)
W L.Gazdic (24): 4gms, 1gls, 1pts, 8ht, 1bk, 5:07 (82gms, 21gls, 21pts, 164ht, 55bk)



Pair 1

D D.Phaneuf (28): 135gms, 22gls, 74pts, 356ht, 226bk, 25:15 (82gms, 13gls, 45pts, 216ht, 137bk)
D J.Schultz (23): 52gms, 8gls, 29pts, 17ht, 39bk, 21:41 (82gms, 13gls, 46pts, 27ht, 62bk)

D C.Gunnarsson (27): 118gms, 5gls, 35pts, 198ht, 236bk, 21:31 (82gms, 4gls, 24pts, 138ht, 164bk)
D A.Ference (34): 124gms, 11gls, 38pts, 163ht, 145bk, 19:10 (82gms, 7gls, 25pts, 108ht, 96bk)

Pair 2

D C.Franson (26): 107gms, 9gls, 52pts, 241ht, 124bk, 17:36 (82gms, 7gls, 40pts, 185ht, 95bk)
D J.Petry (27): 125gms, 6gls, 38pts, 246ht, 220bk, 21:49 (82gms, 4gls, 25pts, 161ht, 144bk)

D M.Rielly (19): 3gms, 0gls, 1pts, 4ht, 3bk, 17:45 (82gms, 0gls, 27pts, 109ht, 82bk)
D A.Belov (27): 4gms, 0gls, 0pts, 4ht, 2bk, 18:36 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 82ht, 41bk)

Pair 3

D J.Gardiner (23): 92gms, 7gls, 35pts, 71ht, 108bk, 21:16 (82gms, 6gls, 31pts, 63ht, 96bk)
D L.Smid (27): 130gms, 6gls, 20pts, 337ht, 303bk, 20:34 (82gms, 4gls, 13pts, 213ht, 191bk)

D P.Ranger (29): 5gms, 0gls, 0pts, 10ht, 7bk, 19:36 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 164ht, 115bk)
D N.Schultz (31): 134gms, 2gls, 16pts, 136ht, 280bk, 19:09 (82gms, 1gls, 10pts, 83ht, 171bk)



Starting Goalie

G J.Bernier (25): 34gms, 17-10-3, 1.99gaa, 3so, .923sv%
G D.Dubnyk (27): 88gms, 34-39-9, 2.71gaa, 4so, .915sv%

Backup Goalie

G J.Reimer (25): 69gms, 34-22-9, 2.82gaa, 7so, .911sv%
G J.Labarbera (33): 36gms, 8-15-5, 2.59gaa, 0so, .916sv%



Injured / Suspended

W D.Clarkson (29): 128gms, 45gls, 70pts, 253ht, 25bk, 16:50 (82gms, 29gls, 45pts, 162ht, 16bk)
W N.Kulemin (27): 120gms, 14gls, 53pts, 223ht, 93bk, 15:50 (82gms, 10gls, 36pts, 152ht, 64bk)
W F.McLaren (26): 43gms, 3gls, 5pts, 59ht, 11bk, 5:09 (82gms, 6gls, 10pts, 113ht, 21bk)
D M.Fraser (27): 51gms, 0gls, 8pts, 166ht, 108bk, 16:33 (82gms, 0gls, 13pts, 267ht, 174bk)

C S.Gagner (24): 123gms, 32gls, 85pts, 56ht, 45bk, 18:03 (82gms, 21gls, 57pts, 37ht, 30bk)

 

[Garbs]

Someone copy and paste ^ that, and let's get it started.

 

[Liferleafer]

My best guess at the lines and pairings, with their 3yr stats (including this year as the 3rd year):


Line 1

C T.Bozak (27): 124gms, 32gls, 78pts, 184ht, 63bk, 19:46 (82gms, 21gls, 51pts, 123ht, 42bk)
C R.N-Hopkins (20): 104gms, 23gls, 78pts, 68ht, 62bk, 18:16 (82gms, 18gls, 62pts, 54ht, 49bk)

W P.Kessel (26): 135gms, 59gls, 140pts, 30ht, 45bk, 20:00 (82gms, 36gls, 85pts, 18ht, 27bk)
W T.Hall (22): 110gms, 44gls, 106pts, 70ht, 57bk, 18:34 (82gms, 33gls, 79pts, 52ht, 43bk)

W J.VanRiemsdyk (24): 96gms, 32gls, 60pts, 102ht, 36bk, 17:31 (82gms, 27gls, 51pts, 87ht, 31bk)
W J.Eberle (23): 130gms, 50gls, 115pts, 81ht, 41bk, 19:16 (82gms, 32gls, 73pts, 51ht, 26bk)

Line 2

C N.Kadri (23): 74gms, 24gls, 55pts, 95ht, 29bk, 15:27 (82gms, 27gls, 61pts, 105ht, 32bk)
C M.Arcobello (25): 5gms, 0gls, 2pts, 12ht, 4bk, 15:21 (82gms, 0gls, 33pts, 197ht, 66bk)

W J.Lupul (30): 87gms, 39gls, 91pts, 148ht, 35bk, 18:04 (82gms, 37gls, 86pts, 140ht, 33bk)
W D.Perron (25): 109gms, 32gls, 70pts, 87ht, 25bk, 18:19 (82gms, 24gls, 53pts, 66ht, 19bk)

W D.Broll (20): 1gms, 0gls, 0pts, 1ht, 1bk, 9:19 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 82ht, 82bk)
W A.Hemsky (30): 111gms, 20gls, 60pts, 38ht, 33bk, 16:57 (82gms, 15gls, 44pts, 28ht, 24bk)

Line 3

C D.Bolland (27): 116gms, 28gls, 54pts, 113ht, 60bk, 16:26 (82gms, 20gls, 38pts, 80ht, 42bk)
C B.Gordon (30): 127gms, 14gls, 40pts, 72ht, 140bk, 15:35 (82gms, 9gls, 26pts, 47ht, 90bk)

W M.Raymond (28): 106gms, 22gls, 46pts, 51ht, 22bk, 15:44 (82gms, 17gls, 36pts, 40ht, 17bk)
W N.Yakupov (20): 52gms, 17gls, 31pts, 46ht, 16bk, 14:37 (82gms, 27gls, 49pts, 73ht, 25bk)

W J.Leivo (20): 1gms, 0gls, 0pts, 0ht, 0bk, 9:02 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 0ht, 0bk)
W R.Smyth (37): 132gms, 22gls, 61pts, 97ht, 56bk, 17:36 (82gms, 14gls, 38pts, 60ht, 35bk)

Line 4

C J.McClement (30): 132gms, 18gls, 34pts, 156ht, 96bk, 14:20 (82gms, 11gls, 21pts, 97ht, 60bk)
C W.Acton (26): 4gms, 0gls, 1pts, 6ht, 3bk, 8:16 (82gms, 0gls, 21pts, 123ht, 62bk)

W C.Ashton (22): 19gms, 0gls, 1pts, 39ht, 3bk, 9:38 (82gms, 0gls, 4pts, 168ht, 13bk)
W M.Brown (26): 93gms, 3gls, 6pts, 223ht, 8bk, 8:23 (82gms, 3gls, 5pts, 197ht, 7bk)

W C.Orr (31): 54gms, 2gls, 5pts, 98ht, 17bk, 6:22 (82gms, 3gls, 8pts, 149ht, 26bk)
W L.Gazdic (24): 4gms, 1gls, 1pts, 8ht, 1bk, 5:07 (82gms, 21gls, 21pts, 164ht, 55bk)



Pair 1

D D.Phaneuf (28): 135gms, 22gls, 74pts, 356ht, 226bk, 25:15 (82gms, 13gls, 45pts, 216ht, 137bk)
D J.Schultz (23): 52gms, 8gls, 29pts, 17ht, 39bk, 21:41 (82gms, 13gls, 46pts, 27ht, 62bk)

D C.Gunnarsson (27): 118gms, 5gls, 35pts, 198ht, 236bk, 21:31 (82gms, 4gls, 24pts, 138ht, 164bk)
D A.Ference (34): 124gms, 11gls, 38pts, 163ht, 145bk, 19:10 (82gms, 7gls, 25pts, 108ht, 96bk)

Pair 2

D C.Franson (26): 107gms, 9gls, 52pts, 241ht, 124bk, 17:36 (82gms, 7gls, 40pts, 185ht, 95bk)
D J.Petry (27): 125gms, 6gls, 38pts, 246ht, 220bk, 21:49 (82gms, 4gls, 25pts, 161ht, 144bk)

D M.Rielly (19): 3gms, 0gls, 1pts, 4ht, 3bk, 17:45 (82gms, 0gls, 27pts, 109ht, 82bk)
D A.Belov (27): 4gms, 0gls, 0pts, 4ht, 2bk, 18:36 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 82ht, 41bk)

Pair 3

D J.Gardiner (23): 92gms, 7gls, 35pts, 71ht, 108bk, 21:16 (82gms, 6gls, 31pts, 63ht, 96bk)
D L.Smid (27): 130gms, 6gls, 20pts, 337ht, 303bk, 20:34 (82gms, 4gls, 13pts, 213ht, 191bk)

D P.Ranger (29): 5gms, 0gls, 0pts, 10ht, 7bk, 19:36 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 164ht, 115bk)
D N.Schultz (31): 134gms, 2gls, 16pts, 136ht, 280bk, 19:09 (82gms, 1gls, 10pts, 83ht, 171bk)



Starting Goalie

G J.Bernier (25): 34gms, 17-10-3, 1.99gaa, 3so, .923sv%
G D.Dubnyk (27): 88gms, 34-39-9, 2.71gaa, 4so, .915sv%

Backup Goalie

G J.Reimer (25): 69gms, 34-22-9, 2.82gaa, 7so, .911sv%
G J.Labarbera (33): 36gms, 8-15-5, 2.59gaa, 0so, .916sv%



Injured / Suspended

W D.Clarkson (29): 128gms, 45gls, 70pts, 253ht, 25bk, 16:50 (82gms, 29gls, 45pts, 162ht, 16bk)
W N.Kulemin (27): 120gms, 14gls, 53pts, 223ht, 93bk, 15:50 (82gms, 10gls, 36pts, 152ht, 64bk)
W F.McLaren (26): 43gms, 3gls, 5pts, 59ht, 11bk, 5:09 (82gms, 6gls, 10pts, 113ht, 21bk)
D M.Fraser (27): 51gms, 0gls, 8pts, 166ht, 108bk, 16:33 (82gms, 0gls, 13pts, 267ht, 174bk)

C S.Gagner (24): 123gms, 32gls, 85pts, 56ht, 45bk, 18:03 (82gms, 21gls, 57pts, 37ht, 30bk)

Jesus, if Yak has 48 points in 52 games, what the hell is he doing on their 3rd line?

 

[Duffman955]

Jesus, if Yak has 48 points in 52 games, what the hell is he doing on their 3rd line?

Its 31 points, still pretty good though

 

[Paradoc]

Ya. Why the **** is a sens fan making our GDT?!

 

[Loosie]

Jesus, if Yak has 48 points in 52 games, what the hell is he doing on their 3rd line?

He's got 0 points this year.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Why does Bell Canada have their calls answered by a calling center in India? Life's little mysteries I guess....

We're outsourcing our GDTs to hockey's equivalent of a third world country? Haha, what a world!

 

[zeke]

Jesus, if Yak has 48 points in 52 games, what the hell is he doing on their 3rd line?

31pts in 52gms.

49pt pace over 82gms.

 

[threeGo]

31pts in 52gms.

49pt pace over 82gms.

Bozak territory!

 

[BayStreetBullies*]

Shes on a short leash (doghouse pun intended)

Is it her shape up or ship out year?

 

[Tyler Biggs*]

Bernier's shutout is going to be one of many this year. He kept the Leafs sloppy defencemen in the game until the forwards took control.
...
If you're an opposing team, who do you cover with your checking line?

The Lupul - Kadri line was giving the Predators fits.

That gave Kessel-Van Riemsdyk more room. Van Riemsdyk had magic hands.

...
Imagine, Clarkson is not even on the team.
...
The Leafs could be a top five team this year.

Franson was arguably the best defensive player and Rielly improved significantly as the game progressed.

If Bernier wasn't warming the bench in LA chances are the Leafs wouldn't get him. Sutter said there was very little difference between Quick and Bernier. I think I'd take Bernier at this point. Goaltending is arguably the most important position and yet goalies don't seem to get the respect they truly deserve.

 

[Hurt]

There's a GDT up.