GDT: GAME #12: LEAFS vs FLAMES | Scoatiabank Arena @ 7PM ET | Sportsnet

[Kamiccolo]

I took a peek too, they do seem quite salty already. I liked the post about how our defense is terrible and that's why we allow so many goals, meanwhile that stud D in Calgary has allowed 5 more than us

I just don't get it. Has the D looked bad this year? The first like two games were rough but people act like we have no depth and an AHL D.

Leafs aren't even in the bottom 10 for GA despite having more games played than many ahead of them and those two outlier games at the start of the year to inflate the stats.

At this point it just makes fans look uninformed.

 

[Leafsfan13]

Expecting Marner to be the best player on the ice tonight.

 

[Not My Tempo]

The Flames fan that said Oz has looked bad in every game he's watched just tells me he only watched the second game against Ottawa. He's been at worse an average bottom pairing guy in every game. Hell his underlying numbers are better than the Flames bottom pair.

 

[Not My Tempo]

Of players with over 50 5v5 Mins, adjusted for zone starts.

Player	xGF%
Dermott	60.54
Ozhiganov	55.05
Hainsey	53.29
Valimaki	52.69
Rielly	52.66
Hanifin	48.92
Gardiner	46.62
Giordano	45.41
Stone	45.35
Zaitsev	44.13
Brodie	43.54
Andersson	43.16

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Kinda sad that our defense, which every other fanbase says is atrocious, outperforms the all-star one of the Flames

 

[BertCorbeau]

I just don't get it. Has the D looked bad this year? The first like two games were rough but people act like we have no depth and an AHL D.

Leafs aren't even in the bottom 10 for GA despite having more games played than many ahead of them and those two outlier games at the start of the year to inflate the stats.

At this point it just makes fans look uninformed.

Competent goaltending and solid coaching will do that. Not entirely sold on the defensive efforts from their forwards either

 

[81Leafs50]

What SLOW start?

Frederik Andersen putting the October jitters behind him. Tonight is the last game in October for him.
Oct 2 (MTL) 34SH 36SV .944SAV%
Oct 13 (WSH) 25SH 27SV .926SAV%
Oct 18 (PIT) 36SH 37SV .973SAV%
Oct 24 (WPG) 38SH 40SV .950SAV%
Oct 27 (WPG) 24SH 22SV .917 SAV%

Those are some good teams, other than MTL lol, but even better numbers.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Dermott is a monster. I know there's a lot of attention on Matthews and Nylander being out, but the team really is a lot better with Dermott in the lineup

 

[56 Years No Cup]

What SLOW start?

Frederik Andersen putting the October jitters behind him. Tonight is the last game in October for him.
Oct 2 (MTL) 34SH 36SV .944SAV%
Oct 13 (WSH) 25SH 27SV .926SAV%
Oct 18 (PIT) 36SH 37SV .973SAV%
Oct 24 (WPG) 38SH 40SV .950SAV%
Oct 27 (WPG) 24SH 22SV .917 SAV%

Those are some good teams, other than MTL lol, but even better numbers.

Leaving out 3 starts seems a bit ingenuous.

EDIT: 4 STARTS , SV % .826, .882, .897, .875.

 

[MJ65]

Babs this morning

 

[MJ65]

Auston Matthews

 

[MJ65]

Johnny T

 

[MJ65]

Nasty K

 

[hamzarocks]

Auston Matthews

Would you look at that. From some comments on here I thought Matthews would have one shoulder and never smile again

 

[member 262271]

Would you look at that. From some comments on here I thought Matthews would have one shoulder and never smile again

Don't even joke about Matthews losing his smile.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Don't even joke about Matthews losing his smile.

Smilies all around..

 

[Paradoc]

We got this.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Dermott is a monster. I know there's a lot of attention on Matthews and Nylander being out, but the team really is a lot better with Dermott in the lineup

He could be doing a bit better though. I think he has been a little bit shaky defensively and with his decision making ability, but it bodes well to see that he is still excel regardless (in a sheltered role but still more than Borgman could say).

Once he picks things up consistency wise, hopefully he can transfer his sheltered role quality to unsheltered role quality and show us he can be a legitimate replacement for Gardiner.

However it looks like he is sick today so back to Marincin we go. Marty has done well in spot duty and the 3rd pairing is rarely used anyways so I do not feel bad. Maybe since it's Calgary instead of one of the other top teams we've been playing, the Marincin-Ozhiganov pairing will get over 16 minutes today?

 

[member 262271]

As long as they don't take the Flames lightly I see this being a win. GLG.

 

[Pi]

A 9-3 October after tonight! Not bad for a team that didn't have Nylander for any of those games.

 

[BertCorbeau]

A 9-3 October after tonight! Not bad for a team that didn't have Nylander for any of those games.

... Assuming a win here is bad karma.

 

[Gary Nylund]

A 9-3 October after tonight! Not bad for a team that didn't have Nylander for any of those games.

Don't.

... Assuming a win here is bad karma.

Yes. I'm not the superstitious type but that's just bad form

 

[Big Cactus]

You know you’re a pretty deep team when you’re missing 2/3rds of the 1st line, (arguably) your 3rd best defenceman and you still expect to win. I’m really happy the Mar-Kad-Mar line is back. Calgary has looked shaky so far this year. Hopefully we take advantage before they get going.

 

[PromisedLand]

This game sets the tone for AM34's absence. We cannot show up like the lame duck team that played the Blues.

If anything, I hope we get more pucks at the net. Without Matthews and Willie the secondary group if guys are in a great spot to show they are ready to contribute.

time for Johnsson, Leivo and Brown to get their head out of their ass and start performing like they can

 

[PromisedLand]

Lines looks pretty good without Matthews and Nylander. The top two lines still look good.

The third line is the big question mark. Can Lindholm play #3 center and not look out of place? Can Johnsson play like he did at the end of last year? If that third line can't cut it, I think it might end up being our 4th line ... since our current Ennis - GOAT - Leivo line has looked solid for a while now. I'm cautiously optimistic about that 3rd line. Hope it works out.

Here is my guess:

Babcock uses

Kadri line against their 1st line
Tavares line against their 2nd line
Lindholm line against their 3rd line
Goat line against their 4th line

it will get challenging when we go on the road I think lines will change

XXX-Tavares-Kappy
XXX-Kadri-Marner
Lindholm-Marleau-Brown/Hyman
Goat line

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Dermott is a monster. I know there's a lot of attention on Matthews and Nylander being out, but the team really is a lot better with Dermott in the lineup

The fact that he's been a healthy scratch this year is ridiculous. I get it for tonight if he was sick and lost a bunch of weight, but when healthy he should be playing the right side with Rielly. Hainsey and Zaitsev should be the third pair until they show otherwise.