Pre-Game Talk: Caps @ Leafs - Last game before the break

[supermann_98]

This should last about 1 period......

Unfortunately you are probably right, unless they make some nice plays and score in that 1 period it won’t last.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Unfortunately you are probably right, unless they make some nice plays and score in that 1 period it won’t last.

Even if they do......

 

[supermann_98]

They were usually used as drivers of there own lines, it made sense to not uses them together, no?

You’ve been drinking the Babcock Gatorade.

What do other teams do who have NO guys who can drive a line? They work together as a unit instead of watching one guy handle the puck and just go to the front of the net hoping for a tip-in.

 

[supermann_98]

Even if they do......

If they do and then we can’t score anymore and we lose? Babs should face some tough questions at that point, no more of this Paul Hendricks shill softball questions.

 

[zeke]

There was no need to play them together, they were developing players, Mitch did well playing with veterans like JVR and Bozak. Babs has handled Mitch's development very well.

yep, the one rule of coaching must be to never play your best players together, ever.

no need for it.

 

[ShaneFalco]

yep, the one rule of coaching must be to never play your best players together, ever.

no need for it.

It doesn't follow the MB blueprint

 

[supermann_98]

Babcock putting together Matthews and Marner confirms we are in big trouble.

Has it ever happened before?

It doesn’t really confirm we are in trouble. More than anything it confirms to me he’s not actually as daft as the past 2.5 years have shown.

 

[Coachcorner]

Leafs are going to make some treal add trades during the deadline y'all bes believe dat derehunter!!! Big tyme money y'all heard me! Invest some. But not on nylander.

We finna get some treal ass busas, like some forecheckas and twerkers big tyme money! We are going to get rid of some of the softer players and get some real dirters on the playoffs. It's a totally different game there, and we can't even win during regular season some tough games already neither What's y'all gon thank happens in the playoffs? If a dubas ain't gon make the lou trade, then he a loser. And stay that.

 

[WickedPegJets]

Wouldn't mind seeing Marner and Kadri reunited from last season either.

Nazem Kadri isn't playing with an edge. I wonder if he's not 100% healthy.

 

[supermann_98]

yep, the one rule of coaching must be to never play your best players together, ever.

no need for it.

Lol, according to Babs philosophy Gretzky and Kurri should have never played together.

Hull and Oates? Forget it.

Why play Lafontaine and Mogilny together when you could separate them and have 2 balanced lines instead? My head hurts thinking about this

 

[robertmac43]

Another big 2 points to take. Washington will be coming off of a back to back so hopefully we can get are legs moving faster than them and have a good showing

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Tampa is going to seriously regress when playing Point with Kucherov catches up to them

 

[Mr Hockey]

yep, the one rule of coaching must be to never play your best players together, ever.

no need for it.

There was really no need for it, we were a rebuilding team developing our kids, we weren't a cup threat. Now that we signed Tavares and we are a threat, it makes sense to shuffle things around to kick start some players.

 

[ACC1224]

yep, the one rule of coaching must be to never play your best players together, ever.

no need for it.

Could be I'm not remembering but hasn't Matthews played with Nylander for most of his career? Isn't Nylander considered one of the best players?

 

[WickedPegJets]

Another big 2 points to take. Washington will be coming off of a back to back so hopefully we can get are legs moving faster than them and have a good showing

It's imperative that the Leafs beat the Caps just before the Leafs go on their break.

 

[Vaive50]

OV and Wilson are going to eat our D for dinner... and of course, we have no answer. Caps have lost 5 straight and were embarrassed yesterday.

This one could get ugly for the Leafs.

I wouldn't count on that, against the Bruins, they held Marchand and Bergeron off the scoreboard and against the Bolts, they limited Stamkos and Kucherov to one point each so it goes to show that they can do the right thing if we want to. What they have to learn again is how to friggin score goals. They should all go to Gary Roberts training as a team during their 8 days off.

It could get ugly for any of the teams, Washington is playing worst than the Leafs these days. Yeah, it sucked to lose to the Yotes but hey, they just recently beat the Sharks and pushed the Pens to OT.

 

[Al14]

Is this real life? Matthews and Marner on the same line?

Let's hope Tavares didn't request a trade at the end of practice! He was promised Marner before signing afterall!

 

[Al14]

Caps play against the sharks right before us, tuesday, so this game gon be ouers to take like big tyme twerk baby! We got it in th ebag already. Interesting to see whom plays against the sharks though, I'm thanking Holtby mayne. So we get Copley, who's better at the moment. Holtby got pulled yesterday like a real mother.

My bet is they rest up against the Sharks knowing they play us the next night.

 

[Coachcorner]

My bet is they rest up against the Sharks knowing they play us the next night.

So they gon like pop that pill and chillax on that there.? Now that some treal dirt right thurr. I'm thanking they gon play with the holt and still lose to the sharks. Then they gon lose to us, like big tyme as we score like some treal mothers on that thang.

 

[Ciao]

Ovechkin can choose which game to sit? Thought it would have been the 1st game after the break?

Odd that the punishment precedes the crime.

He hasn't missed anything yet.

 

[zeke]

There was really no need for it, we were a rebuilding team developing our kids, we weren't a cup threat. Now that we signed Tavares and we are a threat, it makes sense to shuffle things around to kick start some players.

isn't having a "rebuilding team developing our kids" exactly the best time to try everyone mixed and matched with each other and see what happens?

 

[ACC1224]

Odd that the punishment precedes the crime.

He hasn't missed anything yet.

That's what I thought.

 

[Mr Hockey]

isn't having a "rebuilding team developing our kids" exactly the best time to try everyone mixed and matched with each other and see what happens?

Not really, our goal was to help Marner develop by playing him with a couple of veterans and not experimenting with the lineup. No need to put a developing 19-year old under pressure/stress and bounce him all over the lineup on a noncontending team.

 

[zeke]

Not really, our goal was to help Marner develop by playing him with a couple of veterans and not experimenting with the lineup. No need to put a developing 19-year old under pressure/stress and bounce him all over the lineup on a noncontending team.

I would think that having a young noncontending team of all new young players is exactly when you should be experimenting and learning about your lineup.

Now we're here 3yrs later and we still don't have any idea what our 2 best forwards look like together, and they've had no opportunity to create any type of chemistry.

 

[Mr Hockey]

I would think that having a young noncontending team of all new young players is exactly when you should be experimenting and learning about your lineup.

Now we're here 3yrs later and we still don't have any idea what our 2 best forwards look like together, and they've had no opportunity to create any type of chemistry.

You want to make sure the kids become NHL players first ... They have been on the ice together in the past also