Pre-Game Talk: Tampa @ Toronto - Thursday October 10

[Paradoc]

I don’t care about the lost against St.Louis regardless if we played well or not.

We cannot hope to lose much against Tampa Bay, Boston and Buffalo, if we want to maintain home ice advantage in the playoffs which we have never done before.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Mikheyev/Tavares/Marner
Moore/Matthews/Nylander
Johnsson/Kerfoot/Kappy
Tima/Gauthier/Spezza.

Thanks to the rest for coming out but lets start rolling 4 lines that are playing their proper wings and has penalty killers on each line for great coverage if one of them penalty killers are the one in the box. There will always be fresh/rested pk’ers ready. That third line matches any in the league but it might be prudent to get Mikheyev and Moore signed to extension early ha. Kappy and Johnsson need to get going so i move the pressure off them and protect them in the QoC by moving them down.

Moore and Mikheyev are already going so move them up. It makes sense to me but wtfdik

 

[BTP]

get the 2 points in regulation please and thanks

 

[Wafflewhipper]

This will be a great test for the Leafs against one of the best teams in the NHL and strongest among Cup contenders.

This could be seen as cap unfriendly vs cap friendly matchup, where TB has a advantage by a deeper team due to better cap management and contracts.

Lets see how good the cap looks there next year after they sign sergachev and Vas is making $6,000,000 more than this year in their net

Point will be more fun for them in 3 years also. We are set pretty well actually for a longer time so the fluidity of cap space is a wash in many cases.

 

[Stephen]

Less than a week ago, Babcock was chest thumping about how this is their time. It's not your time if you lose to all the other contenders and powerhouses in this league.

Regulation win at home is a must.

 

[DarkKnight]

Less than a week ago, Babcock was chest thumping about how this is their time. It's not your time if you lose to all the other contenders and powerhouses in this league.

Regulation win at home is a must.

Game 5, must win baby! Man

 

[biotk]

So when are we gonna get a team on their 2nd game of a back to back?

The 15th of October.

 

[MLSE]

Mikheyev/Tavares/Marner
Moore/Matthews/Nylander
Johnsson/Kerfoot/Kappy
Tima/Gauthier/Spezza.

Love it.

 

[thewave]

Mikheyev/Tavares/Marner
Moore/Matthews/Nylander
Johnsson/Kerfoot/Kappy
Tima/Gauthier/Spezza.

Thanks to the rest for coming out but lets start rolling 4 lines that are playing their proper wings and has penalty killers on each line for great coverage if one of them penalty killers are the one in the box. There will always be fresh/rested pk’ers ready. That third line matches any in the league but it might be prudent to get Mikheyev and Moore signed to extension early ha. Kappy and Johnsson need to get going so i move the pressure off them and protect them in the QoC by moving them down.

Moore and Mikheyev are already going so move them up. It makes sense to me but wtfdik

Like the lines. Merit based even.

 

[Stephen]

Game 5, must win baby! Man

Would you enjoy losing it?

 

[Teeder Keon]

easy win
Leafs 6-3

 

[MJ65]

 

[Nineteen67]

So when are we gonna get a team on their 2nd game of a back to back?

They Buffalo in a home and home at the end of Nov. and I think Boston in March is he only time the Leafs play an Atlantic opponent on the back end of their B2B. I didn't check Ottawa

 

[OVO16]

When is Brayden Pointe coming back.

I guess follow up question is....whats the Lightning lineup tomm?

 

[ktownhockey]

When is Brayden Pointe coming back.

I guess follow up question is....whats the Lightning lineup tomm?

From what I've read Point seems ready to go but is waiting on the green light tomorrow.

 

[Nineteen67]

Less than a week ago, Babcock was chest thumping about how this is their time. It's not your time if you lose to all the other contenders and powerhouses in this league.

Regulation win at home is a must.

When you looked at the schedule did you mark this game down as a win? I didn’t , but if they do win they can’t give it back against Detroit.

 

[kb]

When you looked at the schedule did you mark this game down as a win? I didn’t , but if they do win they can’t give it back against Detroit.

Look hard at Tampa's roster. It's not all that impressive. I'd take the Leafs. 2 1st line C's, 2 1st line RW's, 3 top-2 calibre Dmen, and a goalie who was 4th in the Vezina 2 seasons ago.

 

[Stephen]

When you looked at the schedule did you mark this game down as a win? I didn’t , but if they do win they can’t give it back against Detroit.

It's more important the Leafs mark this down as a win than whatever you and I think.

 

[CincoHolio]

Not that I'm arguing that a young team can't or won't win the cup, however, how many "young" teams have won the cup...like, ever?? Even the teams making it deep in the playoffs tend to have a healthy mixture of experienced vets sprinkled with youth.

I think people are confused by the fact that because we're quite youthful, we should have energy for days and be able to outlast older experienced teams. That's not always the case and you can't discount the value of experienced and savvy veteran players.

Having said that, looking at the age of the Leafs, they are right there at that point where things should start to click as our core matures a little bit more. The supporting cast, for the most part, are in their primes so if the team remains constructed as is, we should start to see positive results no later than next season, I'd wager.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Game 5, must win baby! Man

With how close the Atlantic will be... yeah, every game against the contenders matter, even if it's the fifth.

 

[d3SIGIRL]

Carolina gives TB 2 shots in the last 44 min, 13 in total.....then turn around and give up 50 shots to Florida.

Don,t be upset if lose this one

 

[kb]

Don,t be upset if lose this one

Tampa loses? I won't be upset....

 

[d3SIGIRL]

but that's my point. it's a fact. younger teams (as we've seen here in Toronto) have a harder time locking down a game. case in point the Leafs last year when they had a more veteran presence esp. on the back end barely had issues when they had a lead, going something insane like 29-0-1. now they have a few new faces, and a lot more rookies etc, so they're going to struggle to have the dominance they had a year ago. it will have to be something we'll have to be patient with them while they regain that back.

yeah they are expected to do extremely well (based on the vets). but i also think we have to be a touch patient with the team as a whole because of those factors.

Well said

 

[IPS]

Mikheyev/Tavares/Marner
Moore/Matthews/Nylander
Johnsson/Kerfoot/Kappy
Tima/Gauthier/Spezza.

Thanks to the rest for coming out but lets start rolling 4 lines that are playing their proper wings and has penalty killers on each line for great coverage if one of them penalty killers are the one in the box. There will always be fresh/rested pk’ers ready. That third line matches any in the league but it might be prudent to get Mikheyev and Moore signed to extension early ha. Kappy and Johnsson need to get going so i move the pressure off them and protect them in the QoC by moving them down.

Moore and Mikheyev are already going so move them up. It makes sense to me but wtfdik

I'm just so over these hypothetical lines at this point, lol.

Our coach will never try them, ever. The forward group is loaded with talent and the coach is so inflexible and unwilling to try anything new that it's just depressing seeing all the combinations that could be tried.

And yes - I would LOVE to see that configuration.

 

[MattySnipes]

I'm just so over these hypothetical lines at this point, lol.

Our coach will never try them, ever. The forward group is loaded with talent and the coach is so inflexible and unwilling to try anything new that it's just depressing seeing all the combinations that could be tried.

And yes - I would LOVE to see that configuration.

Imagine that Dubas is Babs' father.

Dubas works all day to earn a living and will still stop at Toys'R'us and buy all kinds of toys to take home and surprise his infant son. Such a great dad, eh.

Dubas tells the infant he can have them all however Babs already knows what he likes just based off of the shape of the toys.

Once his father leaves the room, Babs then proceeds to put toys he doesn't like in a small bin and places it underneath his crib for it to collect dust