Pre-Game Talk: Habs @ Leafs Oct 5 7:00 p.m.

[Nylander88]

My Notes:
- Hope Hutch has a strong game and starts building confidence both for himself and the teams confidence in him
- Holl should be going over Marincin. Anyone else notice Holl last night? Me neither. Perfect game.
- Spezza should be a go over Shore. Not sure why this is even a thing to be honest..but I suspect this rotation won't last long
- Glad Timashov is back, as i think he deserves the spot over Petan. Timashov has fully embraced the 4th line role. He's throwing his body, and he's getting on the PK. Petan doesn't PK, isn't being used on our second powerplay, isn't playing the grinder role of a 4th liner and throwing hits, and for those reasons it should be Timashov's job. Petan has played fine, but he's caught between not being good enough to be a top 6 forward and not grinding enough to be a bottom 6. Look at Moore and Timashov, 2 guys 5'10" and under that have figured out how to stick...grind. Petan doesn't have a fit with us

 

[DarkKnight]

My Notes:
- Hope Hutch has a strong game and starts building confidence both for himself and the teams confidence in him
- Holl should be going over Marincin. Anyone else notice Holl last night? Me neither. Perfect game.
- Spezza should be a go over Shore. Not sure why this is even a thing to be honest..but I suspect this rotation won't last long
- Glad Timashov is back, as i think he deserves the spot over Petan. Timashov has fully embraced the 4th line role. He's throwing his body, and he's getting on the PK. Petan doesn't PK, isn't being used on our second powerplay, isn't playing the grinder role of a 4th liner and throwing hits, and for those reasons it should be Timashov's job. Petan has played fine, but he's caught between not being good enough to be a top 6 forward and not grinding enough to be a bottom 6. Look at Moore and Timashov, 2 guys 5'10" and under that have figured out how to stick...grind. Petan doesn't have a fit with us

Part of the reason you didn’t notice Holl was because he was on the bench, hardly played at all, 9 minutes.

 

[Suntouchable13]

My Notes:
- Hope Hutch has a strong game and starts building confidence both for himself and the teams confidence in him
- Holl should be going over Marincin. Anyone else notice Holl last night? Me neither. Perfect game.
- Spezza should be a go over Shore. Not sure why this is even a thing to be honest..but I suspect this rotation won't last long
- Glad Timashov is back, as i think he deserves the spot over Petan. Timashov has fully embraced the 4th line role. He's throwing his body, and he's getting on the PK. Petan doesn't PK, isn't being used on our second powerplay, isn't playing the grinder role of a 4th liner and throwing hits, and for those reasons it should be Timashov's job. Petan has played fine, but he's caught between not being good enough to be a top 6 forward and not grinding enough to be a bottom 6. Look at Moore and Timashov, 2 guys 5'10" and under that have figured out how to stick...grind. Petan doesn't have a fit with us

Not sure about Shore. Why is he even here? I actually did not mind Spezza last night. He should be playing.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Has Spezza done anything but play really well to deserve being benched?? He's a vastly superior option to Shore as I'm sure most of you would agree.
Babcock being an idiot again.

You guys enjoy being miserable or what is it...

There should be a rule that if we’re on a winning streak, posts like these are banned from this board.

 

[Nylander88]

Part of the reason you didn’t notice Holl was because he was on the bench, hardly played at all, 9 minutes.

Not like Marincin was minute munching at 13 minutes. Id rather 9 quiet minutes than 13 minutes with turnovers. Marincin is a roller coaster for me unfortunately. He played well enough for a spot in preseason, I can't take that away from him. But he makes me nervous everytime he has the puck. Just a personal preference for me, Holl over Marincin. I'm sure many don't agree, I'm sure many do. It's my least bone of contention though as it all means nothing when Dermott gets back hopefully by early November

 

[DarkKnight]

Not like Marincin was minute munching at 13 minutes. Id rather 9 quiet minutes than 13 minutes with turnovers. Marincin is a roller coaster for me unfortunately. He played well enough for a spot in preseason, I can't take that away from him. But he makes me nervous everytime he has the puck. Just a personal preference for me, Holl over Marincin. I'm sure many don't agree, I'm sure many do. It's my least bone of contention though as it all means nothing when Dermott gets back hopefully by early November

I don’t love Marincin at all, I’m just enamoured with Holl either.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

It sucks that it's a back to back game but luckily it's so early on that it shouldn't matter. Leafs should take this one

 

[OVO16]

Not sure why Shore was chosen over Agostino.

Timashov - Gauthier - Agostino

Thats a pretty gritty line.

 

[OVO16]

Huthinson gonna lose us this game

 

[crump]

Huthinson gonna lose us this game

No way man.

 

[NoName]

Second night of the back-to-back, third game in four nights, the back-up in the net. Against a more grinding style low-scoring team like Montreal this will undoubtedly be a challenge.

 

[Nylander88]

Not sure why Shore was chosen over Agostino.

Timashov - Gauthier - Agostino

Thats a pretty gritty line.

Not sure why Shore is a thing at all.

 

[garce]

Listening to Montreal radio lately the media and fan base are raving about theHabs team speed would love to see them try to turn it into a track meet. Hutch just needs to be adequate, getPrice moving side to side and he can be beat.

 

[Nineteen67]

Barrie will score it OT tonight. 4-3

 

[LeafChief]

I can't say I followed Shore enough in the first game to have an opinion.

Would people say he was better or worse than Spezza?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I can't say I followed Shore enough in the first game to have an opinion.

Would people say he was better or worse than Spezza?

Worse

 

[ShaneFalco]

I can't say I followed Shore enough in the first game to have an opinion.

Would people say he was better or worse than Spezza?

He didn't do anything to strand out at all. But nice depth piece

 

[ShaneFalco]

Not sure why Shore was chosen over Agostino.

Timashov - Gauthier - Agostino

Thats a pretty gritty line.

I have a feeling we'll see Agostino up before long