Pre-Game Talk: Home Opener - Rangers @ Leafs | Saturday Night

[Cor]

Rangers? Hasn't the home openers usually been against the habs the past few years?

Usually I think.

Rangers-Leaf games are always good though

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I except to win and I don't except it to be close, maybe not 7-2 but something in the area of 5-2? Absolutely, I look at our forwards and I look at the Rangers forwards and there are 2 spots spot where the Rangers have an advantage TWO spots and that is Kreider over Hyman and Vesey overy Martin that's it, but you compare the rest of the forwards and it's not close.

Marleau and Kadri are not 3rd line players but they are on this team and when you have that combo on the 3rd line you have incredible depth.

 

[Mess]

Our lineup expected to be the same.

Henrik Lundqvist is starting tonight for the Rangers, sooooo it's possible we get Ondrej Pavelec tomorrow night

Leafs shuffle lineup for home opener

Toronto head coach Mike Babcock announces Calle Rosen and Dominic Moore are in against the Rangers, while Andreas Borgman and Eric Fehr will sit.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Lol why? This isn’t pre season, let them have a couple in a row(5 like Babcocks segments) give the other five and reassess unless one of them really shots the bed

 

[CanadasTeam]

Leafs shuffle lineup for home opener

Toronto head coach Mike Babcock announces Calle Rosen and Dominic Moore are in against the Rangers, while Andreas Borgman and Eric Fehr will sit.

Almost had it. Except Marincin, my prediction from the preseason was:

My best guest would be 3 forward lines remain intact for the time being but the 4th line IMO will be:

Martin - *Fehr - Brown
extra: Leivo, *Moore

The 3rd pairing D will be *Borgman - Carrick
extra: *Marincin

(* interchange during course of 1st 10 or so games then solidifies)

 

[Ori]

It`ll be a good game and a great challenge for AV, and since I`m Zucc and Rangers fan, good luck.

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Very weird moves by Babcock coming off a win, Fehr was excellent on the PK and now hits the press box. Borgman had a decent game and has Rosen take his place. Not sure how smart that is in terms of defensive cohesiveness.

 

[bobermay]

Very weird moves by Babcock coming off a win, Fehr was excellent on the PK and now hits the press box. Borgman had a decent game and has Rosen take his place. Not sure how smart that is in terms of defensive cohesiveness.

It sounds to me like Babcock thinks Moore + Fehr and Borgman + Rosen are still competiing for those last roster spots... I doubt this will be a common trend we'll see all season.

 

[Kurtz]

Rangers are a smaller+faster team than Winnipeg, so we're putting in two smaller + faster guys to match up with them. Makes sense.

 

[PuckMagi]

I'm fine with Moore and Rosen rotating in. I like that Babcock is doing that.

I agree that Fehr has been great in a 4th line C role. And Borgman was marginally better than Rosen in camp. But our team is still amazing. We're still going to make the playoffs even if we don't ice the best team every night. I would also like Leivo to be rotated in as well.

 

[RantanenRavin]

I except to win and I don't except it to be close, maybe not 7-2 but something in the area of 5-2? Absolutely, I look at our forwards and I look at the Rangers forwards and there are 2 spots spot where the Rangers have an advantage TWO spots and that is Kreider over Hyman and Vesey overy Martin that's it, but you compare the rest of the forwards and it's not close.

Marleau and Kadri are not 3rd line players but they are on this team and when you have that combo on the 3rd line you have incredible depth.

you don't except it to be close expect it may be a closer game than you think. Anyone see what I did there? I'm being a jerk, in case you didn't catch it

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Looks good !

 

[Drew311]

Marleau - Matthews - Marner
JVR - Kadri - Nylander
Leivo - Bozak - Brown
Komarov - Moore - Hyman

I want to see it.

 

[MJ65]

This is going to be a good matchup - hopefully we are going to pull it off

 

[SniperOnTheWing]

Marleau - Matthews - Marner
JVR - Kadri - Nylander
Leivo - Bozak - Brown
Komarov - Moore - Hyman

I want to see it.

No reason to swap Nylander for Marner on the top line, his chemistry with Matthews and more advanced development should make them inseparable. I totally agree with Marleau moving up to the 1st line though and I hope Babs gives those three more and more time together.

Besides JVR-Kadri-Marner could be a top line on some other squads so having those two lines as a one-two punch would drive teams crazy.

Crazy to think even with your proposed lineup (slightly tweaked) we'd still have guys like Kapanen and Sosh waiting in the AHL. Damn we're deep.

 

[ChurchOfMatthews]

Like every game the Leafs play I'm excited!

Go Leafs Go!

 

[WilliamNylander]

This will be a real game.

We will see how we match up against a contender tonight.

 

[Mess]

GDT is up.

/Closed