GDT: Game #30: New York Rangers @ Toronto Maple Leafs, 7pm ET, MSG

[Leonardo87]

New York Rangers @ Toronto Maple Leafs
7pm ET, MSG

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Rangers Projected Line up

Chris Kreider -- Mika Zibanejad -- Blake Wheeler
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle -- Nick Bonino -- Jonny Brodzinski
Jimmy Vesey -- Barclay Goodrow -- Tyler Pitlick

Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Erik Gustafsson -- Braden Schneider

Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick

Scratched: Zac Jones
Injured: Kaapo Kakko (lower body), Filip Chytil (upper body)


Maple Leafs Projected Line up

Matthew Knies -- Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Tyler Bertuzzi -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Nicholas Robertson -- Max Domi -- Calle Jarnkrok
Bobby McMann -- David Kampf -- Noah Gregor

Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake McCabe -- Timothy Liljegren
William Lagesson -- Connor Timmins

Martin Jones
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Max Lajoie, Pontus Holmberg, Simon Benoit
Injured: John Klingberg (hip), Mark Giordano (broken finger), Joseph Woll (lower body), Ryan Reaves (lower body)

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[Harbour Dog]

Just don't play as soft as Toronto wants to play.

 

[will1066]

Phone battery at 93%. It's a sign.

 

[klingsor]

I need Lafreniere to put up points tonight.

 

[Machinehead]

Another cave ass arena with 3 lights. Gonna have trouble staying awake.

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

Let’s light up Marty Jones and that D corps.

 

[80shockeywasbuns]

Another cave ass arena with 3 lights. Gonna have trouble staying awake.

Is it me or do nationally televised games always look brighter than the MSG broadcast. TNT and NBC especially

 

[Larrybiv]

Gonna be that back and forth, up and down the ice kind of pond hockey game? Fun to watch, fun for the offensive players, but NOT what Lavy wants, surely.
We had been slipping a bit defensively, maybe we're starti g to right the ship. Winning out before Christmas would be the greatest gift, I'd even bypass that sweet Corvette I've been looking at.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

Not sleepwalking in the 1st would be a start. Need a much better effort than last week.

 

[Larrybiv]

Not sleepwalking in the 1st would be a start. Need a much better effort than last week.

What's it been? 7 of 8 opponents scoring 1st? Me thinks.

 

[tomobson]

Must win.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

revenge game. get them back for last Week.

 

[hardnosed]

Gonna be that back and forth, up and down the ice kind of pond hockey game? Fun to watch, fun for the offensive players, but NOT what Lavy wants, surely.
We had been slipping a bit defensively, maybe we're starti g to right the ship. Winning out before Christmas would be the greatest gift, I'd even bypass that sweet Corvette I've been looking at.

Last time we played the Bruins and won in an offensive game, we sucked defensively for a month. This Bruin game we won 2-1 in OT. So maybe we play great defense for a month.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

This team embarrassed us in the last one, and the Bay Street finance f***wits who came to New York for better money were chanting "go, Leafs, go" in our building. I'd be playing that video on a loop in the room before this one.

 

[will1066]

Last time we played the Bruins and won in an offensive game, we sucked defensively for a month. This Bruin game we won 2-1 in OT. So maybe we play great defense for a month.

Great defense leads to great offense. --Rick Nash

 

[MyLoveIsBlue]

 

[Leonardo87]

Don't like Wheeler on the top line, but then again, don't have many options.

 

[Leonardo87]

Phone battery at 93%. It's a sign.

Yay you charged your phone! lol.

 

[will1066]

Yay you charged your phone! lol.

Leaving it at 13% didn't make Laf play any better.

 

[NYRKing]

We love you Vinny Cutlets!

 

[Machinehead]

Don't like Wheeler on the top line, but then again, don't have many options.

I liked Brodzinski on that line and they gave up on that after two seconds because reasons.

 

[Leonardo87]

Hope no one is offended by the Italian stuff. I am 100% Italian myself, and have no issues being poked at. It's just we live in crazy times now, and I don't want to insult someone.

I'm just so pumped with how well he's been playing.

 

[Leonardo87]

I liked Brodzinski on that line and they gave up on that after two seconds because reasons.

I think that seat is just being kept warm till Kakko gets back. Then again Kakko has not exactly been that great this season before injury. I don't want Vesey up there because I think Vesey's success is tied into the bottom 6 role.

I feel we may need to add another Top 6 RW, especially if Chytil is still questionable.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Hope no one is offended by the Italian stuff. I am 100% Italian myself, and have no issues being poked at. It's just we live in crazy times now, and I don't want to insult someone.

I'm just so pumped with how well he's been playing.

I'm also mostly Italian, but I'm insulted because someone needs to think of the children.

 

[Machinehead]

I think that seat is just being kept warm till Kakko gets back. Then again Kakko has not exactly been that great this season before injury. I don't want Vesey up there because I think Vesey's success is tied into the bottom 6 role.

I feel we may need to add another Top 6 RW, especially if Chytil is still questionable.

I really wanna give Kreider-Trocheck-Vesey another look. They would play like a bottom six line with top six talent.

They were unstoppable in the short time they were together and then we had to give Gallant Patrick Kane which was like giving a drunk teenager a car with the brakes cut out.