Surprised Blacker got the axe before playing a second game, but we're stacked at the back. He certainly looked better than most of last year in the game Sunday.
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ToMaLe
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I agree...one of the better players in the first pre season game...it was pretty much a given he was going to start with the Marlies but still should of got a longer look in the main camp....hope he gets a call up this season and make it hard for Leaf management to send him back down.
Based off how Spott has used him thus far during camp and rookie tournament, I don't think you'll be seeing him as a top line winger or top PP guy.
Expect him to be on a checking line and seeing lots of PK time. Probably similar to the role Jerry D'Amigo had last year.
Unless Biggs shows some form of offensive touche at the AHL level, he's going to be groomed in a defensive role by the looks of it.
shakes
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Thats good enough for me. The day it changes to "definitely wrong" I will eat crow and shut up. Until then I am calling like i see it. Bozak is not a 1C or better suited than Kadri to center Kessel. And Dion is a defensive liability as his brain farts usually cost a goal not a possession change.
That said RESPECT for Phaneuf for being a good samaritan. Didn't know he pays 300K from his own pockets for sick kids to attend games. That is a class act.
You don't seem to get that Bozak being "better" or "worse" than Kadri has absolutely nothing to do with Bozak playing with Kessel. The idea is to make the Leafs harder to play against, not easier, because both Kadri and Kessel are offensive sparkplugs. Separating them onto their own lines makes us twice as dangerous offensively. Put them together and we'll end up like Anaheim the last few years, where teams target our first line only and sneer at the rest of our lineup.
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He had a pretty brutal game, in my opinion. I guess expected too much out of him though.
Loosie
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Mikeyg
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I dont know if they realize that randy is stacking the cards in their favor or not.... he gave him and colborne prime opportunities, and honestly they kind of blew it tbh. Like feeding JVR the puck really isnt that hard to do... and colborne looked like a legit strugglasorris last night, abbott too, time to go
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I'm still confident Franson will sign. Nonis waited out Kadri, he'll wait out Franson too. Franson has less leverage based on the fact we do have players who can fill his spot.
I suggested Franson, Liles and prospect to Calgary for Wideman (with 25% retained)
play along Burkes idea of buying prospects
Wideman at under 4 would be pretty good for the next 3 years and help out the PP for sure
Would rather keep Franson but at this point not sure its going to happen
Marshall is on a two way deal and has only played 10 NHL games excluding this years pre season. Are you sure about that?
Loosie
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Two way deals have nothing to do with waivers. According to Jonas Siegel via Randy Carlyle he is on waivers, so yes I am sure about that.
According to CapGeek it's due to his age and number of years since his first contract.
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