Daisy Jane
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Pre-Game Talk: Buffalo Sabres @ Toronto Maple Leafs | TUESDAY @ 730pm | SNO | Jack vs Auston
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I'm working tomorrow night.
I'm liking getting the Sabres off an awkward back to back. I personally believe that playing a 1pm game then a 7pm game the next day is worse than a traditional back to back. Athlete's tend to be creatures of habit designing their routines on being at peak performance around 7pm usually. Having to adapt their schedule can throw them off a bit even if it gives them extra rest in theory.
Looking forward to the game ,should be a fun fast game,i remember Bogo being mad at one of the leafs last meeting...
Hoping for them 2 points at ACC
I read the first 3 pages ,imagine if the leafs ever won anything
Hoping for them 2 points at ACC
I read the first 3 pages ,imagine if the leafs ever won anything
except of course Buffalo is a divisional rival who we will play 4 or 5 times a year compared to 2
Damisoph
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It's tough to have a legit rivalry with a team you only face twice a year and the only chance of playing them in the playoffs is the SCF.
Maybe on a message board.
Realistically, are big rival will always be Montreal, and we have the most recent history with Montreal. The others will tend to be division opponents who we are good at the same time as. Maybe if we become serious contenders we will build a rivalry with a team in the Metro through a conference final or two like the Blackhawks did with the Kings. But we haven't seen a repeat in the cup final since Detroit vs Pitt.
Glenn Isildur Healy
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Rivalries are created on the ice and not off. It's fun to speculate potential rivalries like with Buffalo but it's not a given that Buffalo will even be a good team in the future or that there would even be any animosity even if we did meet in the playoffs.
I don't see why we couldn't develop a rivalry with Pittsburgh for example yet nobody would mention them. Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Murray are all 30 and under. I don't foresee a sudden decline in their key players.
Main thing is, as our team gets better, rivalries will be developed naturally. Ex. In baseball, nobody could foresee a rivalry between Texas and Toronto. Yet it happened.
Alerion
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This is the kind of game we absolutely need to win for the rest of the season as its one of our few games with multiple days of rest and the opponent is playing the second half of a back to back. With how compressed the schedule is, the Leafs must take advantage of games like this one.
we should smash them. Buffalo had our number for years but they no longer have Ryan Miller and we no longer have a ****** ass team
HellasLEAF
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FlareKnight
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Team just has to bring their best effort. Just get in there and score some early goals. While they have games at hand need to actually win using them.
Hopefully another big game by the rookies.
Hopefully another big game by the rookies.
Macallan18
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very true!!! hate the people who say to tone down the enthusiasm. We've been waiting for more than a decade to have something to be enthusiastic about!!!!
Mitchy
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Didn't stop you from taunting the Hurricanes for having "only 5 fans" or something like that. Canes fans sure weren't happy about that.
They should win this one, we need to keep banking as many points as possible. To be honest though, I haven't liked their game in 2017 even if we are getting points in them. Hope we see more of what we saw in December. Only thing that's been great so far this year is special teams.
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So do the Sens.
I have a bad feeling about this game but let's hope Auston shows that he is the best young American center in hockey.
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Game day: Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs
The future of American hockey — Jack Eichel and Auston Matthews — meet at the Air Canada Centre.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2017/01/16/game-day-buffalo-sabres-at-toronto-maple-leafs.html
By Mark ZwolinskiSports reporter
Mon., Jan. 16, 2017
AIR CANADA CENTRE
PUCK DROP: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
TV: Sportsnet
RADIO: TSN 1050
KEY PLAYERS
Jack Eichel, Sabres, and Auston Matthews, Leafs. Two of the best American-born players in the game. Eichel, who scored twice Monday in a win over Dallas, has nine points in his last 10 games. Matthews might be the top rookie in the NHL at the moment. The two represent the future of U.S. hockey, and it will be interesting to see if the respective coaching staffs manage their changes so that the two can go head to head on the ice.
NEED TO KNOW
Tyler Ennis needed just 19 seconds to score Monday in his return from a two-month layoff. The five-foot-nine Ennis played just 12 games this season before undergoing groin surgery in November. He missed all but 23 games last season with various injuries, including a concussion . . . Goalie Robin Lehner also returned against the Stars, after missing three games due to illness . . . The Sabres have a losing record (17-17-9) and have been in and out of last place in the Atlantic Division, but they are just five points behind the third-place Leafs . . . Sabres centre Ryan O’Reilly might be a bit of an unsung talent, but not to Leafs coach Mike Babcock. The two have been part of gold-medal and World Cup-winning Canadian teams in international play . . . Defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen has been hot for Buffalo, with three goals and 15 assists in his last 21 games before Monday.
UP NEXT
Thursday, vs, New York Rangers, 7:30 p.m.
Game Day: Sabres at Maple Leafs
By Lance Hornby, Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/01/16/game-day-sabres-at-maple-leafs
BUFFALO SABRES at TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Air Canada Centre,
TV: Sportsnet; Radio: 1050 AM
THE BIG MATCHUP
Jack Eichel vs. Auston Matthews
First NHL meeting of the American stars and Team North America mates from the autumn World Cup in this building, where it was the opinion of many that Matthews had the better tournament. But after an injury in the first test between these teams in early November, Eichel has 17 points in 22 games, including two goals Monday in Buffalo’s win over Dallas.
SPECIAL TEAMS
LEAFS -- PP 23.8% (2nd), PK 84.4% (8th)
SABRES -- PP 21.3% (10th), PK 74.2% (30th)
SICK BAY
LEAFS -- D Martin Marincin (lower body); C Ben Smith (hand)
SABRES -- D Josh Gorges (hip); D Dmitry Kulikov (back); F Johan Larsson (wrist/elbow)
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Buffalo should recall Alex Nylander for this game.
A little brotherly love would add some additional interest to this matchup.
A little brotherly love would add some additional interest to this matchup.
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