Every chance to smash the make-be-leafs down matters.As long as we make the playoffs none of this really matters. Not like we get matched up against different teams through a wildcard or #1 finish. Just keep getting better throughout the season.
Though 3 straight 5-0 wins would be nice
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Doesn't have anything to do with the game but very appropriate today.
Doesn't have anything to do with the game but very appropriate today.
Lately that’s every day of the week, not just Monday...
We turned off Saturday's game halfway through the second and binge watched The Muppet Show, it seemed like an appropriate alternative.
Should be a better effort tomorrow night by the Jets. Both teams will be pretty crusty, I figure.
Should be a better effort tomorrow night by the Jets. Both teams will be pretty crusty, I figure.
kanadalainen
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This is sarcasm on an elite level.Notwithstanding the extensive media attention ("OMG will Nylander use his "Willy Styles" stick?" "What's the best nickname for the third line?"), this game has the potential to become a battle of biblical proportions. A couple of wounded bears having at it. GJG
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kanadalainen
A pint of dark matter, please.
I'm starting to get burnt out with this division every night I'm like kill them ..... no rest games like ohhh Florida is here who cares.
Scheifele will be interviewed later today on the first episode of Tim and Friends (Sportsnet 590 or on TV).
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Zhamnov5GoalGame
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Well our own doom and gloom is mightily dwarfed by the consternation on the Leafs PGT after their 2nd Vancouver loss. You'd swear that they lost 7 - 1 and not us. According to them, Matthews is still very injured and needs a few games off, Marner was terrible, Rielly is the bad version of Gardiner that they thought they avoided and Thorton should be rested for the playoffs. Oh and Andersen is a sieve.
Matthews may need more time off and the rest sounds like wild over exaggerations... not unlike our own self loathing here from time to time. Maybe we have more in common then we think.
Matthews may need more time off and the rest sounds like wild over exaggerations... not unlike our own self loathing here from time to time. Maybe we have more in common then we think.
Zhamnov5GoalGame
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Bringing this over from the PGT.
Barring enough injuries I doubt we see both Heinola and Samberg.
Could it be to avoid ELC hassles that they are waiting until later in the season.
Then they could bring Heinola up when there are fewer games left then what he needs to trigger his first contract? I believe Playoff games don't count towards that.
Is it 9 games that he can play without it kicking in?
He's played 1 so far so maybe when there's 7 games left he gets inserted?
Total speculation on my part but a potential theory.
Seems like Chevy would need a gun put to his head to not slide that ELC.
kanadalainen
A pint of dark matter, please.
My thoughts vs Toronto, with the assumption that the same D corps will be iced (no real adjustments):
Some clear D support for our forwards with the first pass in the neutral would be great... when that is reduced, it becomes the Jets' achilles heel, and if Toronto successfully clogs the neutral, it will be a long night.
The Jets live and die by their D's mobility and helping the forwards through the neutral zone with speed. Chopping it up the wall or dumping it up after hitting centre will not work vs the Leaves methinks.
Similarly, extended puck chases in our defensive zone will end in tears. Please God, no freezing, and no Edler-like swim moves to stop a pass.
Some clear D support for our forwards with the first pass in the neutral would be great... when that is reduced, it becomes the Jets' achilles heel, and if Toronto successfully clogs the neutral, it will be a long night.
The Jets live and die by their D's mobility and helping the forwards through the neutral zone with speed. Chopping it up the wall or dumping it up after hitting centre will not work vs the Leaves methinks.
Similarly, extended puck chases in our defensive zone will end in tears. Please God, no freezing, and no Edler-like swim moves to stop a pass.
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Tasteless Beaver
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Still waiting for the announcement that the team has recalled a serviceable defenseman to replace Beaulieu. Any minute now...
FFHockey
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Tasteless Beaver
PLANE TEAM GOOD
My level of confidence for tomorrow's game has dropped from "cautiously optimistic" to "aw shit here we go again".
Brain Little
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I think a lot of what Toronto does well (generate close-in scoring chances) will create an unfortunate synergy with what the Jets do poorly (prevent close-in scoring chances).
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Just a very quick rant about Beaulieu... WHY?
As illustrated in the shot heat maps below, with Beaulieu on the ice the Jets yield 24% more expected goals than NHL average (5v5). When Beaulieu is not on the ice, the Jets are at around NHL average.
As illustrated in the shot heat maps below, with Beaulieu on the ice the Jets yield 24% more expected goals than NHL average (5v5). When Beaulieu is not on the ice, the Jets are at around NHL average.
Zhamnov5GoalGame
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I'm confident in one thing this series.
Our GDT's will kick their @$$
The Toronto GDT consists of pasting one or two tweets about the team / game and then saying "discuss".
Given the number of posters they have and by relation the potential list of contributors I'd say that is some lazy fandom right there.
Our GDT's will kick their @$$
The Toronto GDT consists of pasting one or two tweets about the team / game and then saying "discuss".
Given the number of posters they have and by relation the potential list of contributors I'd say that is some lazy fandom right there.
ICdave
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Thanks for this -- Beaulieu is the poster boy for analytics matching eyetest. Even his intangibles are tangible.
He should be sitting/resting, but instead we're likely to see PoMo in full-on doubledown mode, playing Beaulieu across all situations and at the worst possible time given the stretch of games we're diving into.
You don't get a Beaulieu "going" by playing him more. He's already going as he means to go on.
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HoistTheCup
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kanadalainen
A pint of dark matter, please.
My level of confidence for tomorrow's game has dropped from "cautiously optimistic" to "aw shit here we go again".
Somebody call Mo.
Plead with him.
maybe he'll adjust the healthy scratch list...?
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