Recalled/Assigned: Leafs emergency recall Kaskisuo

[Blanche Blanche]

Interesting how he was available as backup yesterday, but can't go tonight..

Sparks showed his best game, and Dubas and Babs was like, you know what, Play him again, lets get him into real good shape.
Real games matter in April vs Division Teams.

Freddy keeping all his gains 110%

 

[smitty10]

This is Sparks' chance to show that he can carry the load if Freddy gets injured. Let's see what he can do.

 

[Advanced stats]

Sparks showed his best game, and Dubas and Babs was like, you know what, Play him again, lets get him into real good shape.
Real games matter in April vs Division Teams.

Freddy keeping all his gains 110%

So you think Freddy is 100% ok? Definitely not. If he was he'd be starting.

 

[Orfieus]

Sparks played well last night, we need more of that now

 

[zeke]

Sparky's got this.

with no games until Thursday Freddy gets just about 2 full weeks off this Christmas. that is a nice midseason break.

 

[Terrible GM]

This is a pefect mid-season test we need for Sparks. Can't go into yhe playoffs with the uncertainty we have now. Hopefully Sparks does well.

 

[Liminality]

Hoping Sparks does well, he apparently likes playing more often. Hoping the rest of the team shows up in front of him to make his life easier.

 

[Kazparov]

Andersen out day-to-day, and Leafs HF goes into panic mode talking about tracking Scott and Woll and even saying we need to make a trade. Well done......

Not to mention how everyone commenting how well Sparks played last night. All of a sudden we are a lottery team

 

[TheGreatOne11]

I swear to god if we get beat tonight and everybody blames Sparks...

 

[Nooodles]

Andersen out day-to-day, and Leafs HF goes into panic mode talking about tracking Scott and Woll and even saying we need to make a trade. Well done......

I remember when Matthews was day-to-day for like a month.
You never know with our medical staff.

 

[justafan22]

I remember when Matthews was day-to-day for like a month.
You never know with our medical staff.

If he's out for more than 2 weeks, they have to trade for a UFA goalie.

 

[A1LeafNation]

If he's out for more than 2 weeks, they have to trade for a UFA goalie.

Tampa didn't.

 

[justafan22]

Tampa didn't.

Tampa had better options. Do you trust McAdam/Kaskisuo starting a NHL game, I don't

 

[inthe6ix]

Sparks it's time to earn your stripes, bud. Prove all the naysayers wrong.

If TB could keep up the pace with Domingue, you can do it too.

 

[thewave]

I swear to god if we get beat tonight and everybody blames Sparks...

If we get beat, believe me. It's Sparks

 

[cupcrazyman]

If Andersen's out for more than a week (thursday vs wild/saturday canucks at home), they're going to have to make a small trade. McAdam/Kaskisuo are not nhl calibre backups.

what about our other 2 goalies in the A ?.........oh never mind............we gave them away for free..........

 

[A1LeafNation]

Tampa had better options. Do you trust McAdam/Kaskisuo starting a NHL game, I don't

Luis Domingue was terrible last year. They just rode it out...

 

[hoglund]

Babcock wearing out Andersen early in the season. Good job!

All fans complained when he started Sparks.

 

[TheGreatOne11]

If we get beat, believe me. It's Sparks

Well yes, I know, I just mean calling out his form and saying he's terrible, first year backup goalie in the NHL, not used to the lower load and now being thrust into a back to back after your christmas break, that's rough, I just want expectations managed, I think we'll win, but I'm not expecting a flawless performance either, but I feel you. We're on the same page I think.

 

[A1LeafNation]

All fans complained when he started Sparks.

I didnt. It doesn't matter much how we do in the regular season. I want Andersen healthy and fresh for the playoffs.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Sparks showed his best game, and Dubas and Babs was like, you know what, Play him again, lets get him into real good shape.
Real games matter in April vs Division Teams.

Freddy keeping all his gains 110%

Possibly
Maybe giving the Marlie goalie a little holiday bonus in the process.

Think winning against CLB made the option easier.

Hopefully he is just sore, and they figured it wouldn't hurt (minus the crazys , like myself) to just rest it fully

 

[SprDaVE]

This will give Andersen a long long break before his potential next start. The excuse that he wasn't rested enough should die very quickly.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Yikes. They need to be very cautious with a groin injury. The good news is that Sparks has had 2 pretty solid outings in a row. Hopefully he can keep it going until Freddy is 100%.

 

[deletethis]

They were going on and on about how unusual it was that the backup played the first game of a back-to-back. Now we know why it happened. I thought Sparks had his best start of the season. Maybe Columbus didn't test him enough with actual sustained pressure last night but the rebound control concern didn't really play any part in the game.

P.S. A groin injury isn't a nice rest. It's an injury. An annoying one for a goalie. A skill player can maybe float through a week or two mid-season games nursing a tweaked groin avoiding hard turns and acceleration, a goalie doesn't get that luxury. And hopefully this injury isn't serious.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Nooooooo