Pre-Game Talk: Leafs @ Predators Thursday

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Bertly83

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Lines for Thursday please....

JVR Bozak Kessel
Lupul Kadri Raymond
Ashton Bolland Leivo
Broll McClement Orr

Gunnarsson Phaneuf
Gardiner Franson
Rielly Brennan
 
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Leafs @ Predators: Thursday, 10th October - Bernier in net?

Leafs about to hit the ice at MCC.

McLaren skated on his own before the practice. Hopefully he is ready by Game 11. Kule was put on LTIR yesterday.
 

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Switch Bolland and Kadri.... Bolland has been great with Lupul.

Rielly will be Franson, Gardiner with Ranger.

Everything else looks fine.

Edit: Also, this isn't thread worthy, could have posed this in the post game.
 

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So Clarkson gone until the 25th, and Kulemin gone until the 29th. Oi
 

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Leafs about to hit the ice at MCC.

McLaren skated on his own before the practice. Hopefully he is ready by Game 11. Kule was put on LTIR yesterday.

I was wondering about that when Franson said in his post game interview that Kuli had a broken ankle.
 

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-Why on earth does Bolland get demoted to the third line?
-Ranger needs to play to get back into NHL form. Not playing does not help this.


he's not being "demoted", thats just how the lines go. although Carlyle seems to like the bolland/raymond pair.

ranger could use a night off.
 

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he's not being "demoted", thats just how the lines go. although Carlyle seems to like the bolland/raymond pair.

ranger could use a night off.

He's outplayed Kadri without a doubt and had great chemistry with Lupul. There's no reason to demote him.

Kadri played crappy and got demoted. He hasn't really blown the doors off anyone and really pushed for his spot back. At the same time; even if he plays better he may have to stick it out until Bolland shows he deserves to be demoted.
 

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He's outplayed Kadri without a doubt and had great chemistry with Lupul. There's no reason to demote him.

Kadri played crappy and got demoted. He hasn't really blown the doors off anyone and really pushed for his spot back. At the same time; even if he plays better he may have to stick it out until Bolland shows he deserves to be demoted.
Then what are you using for the shutdown line? Kadri and Leivo?

It's fine to say that Bolland has played better, but if you are going to give Kadri the Grabo treatment he's not going be nearly as effective out there.
 

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Lines for Thursday please....

JVR Bozak Kessel
Lupul Kadri Raymond
Ashton Bolland Leivo
Broll McClement Orr

Gunnarsson Phaneuf
Gardiner Franson
Rielly Brennan

Wouldn't mind trying:

JVR - Bozo - Kessel
Lupul - Kadri - Bodie
McClement - Bolland - Raymond
Ashton - Smith - Orr

Gunnarsson - Phaneuf
Rielly - Franson
Gardiner - Liles

If this team is going to lack toughness then it might as well ice 3 competitive lines and bring back Liles till Ranger is conditioned or Fraser is healthy. Bodie can fill in on the 2nd line as long as he just keeps it simple, he will need to just skate fast and battles in the corners.
 

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^^ I like these lines.

The only thing I'd adjust, is probably keeping Raymond on the Lupul line. The 2 of them see to be playing well, and Raymond has looked a live-wire every game so far.

I'd also like to see Ashton play more - good combination of speed & grit could really be effective on that third line.
 

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Leafs overdue by 40 minutes for their practice and not on ice yet.

P.S.: This is looking more and more like Ron Wilson hockey lately. Everything except for goaltending (in b4 "perimeter shots").
 

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Joffrey Lupul is not practicing today. Unclear why as of yet. Did miss a week in training camp with back spasms.
 

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JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Raymond-Bolland-Leivo
Ashton-Kadri-Bodie
Broll-McClement-Orr

Yikes.
Not going to score many goals with that lineup (out of control). And when your best center is playing 3rd line as well (not exactly out of control).
 

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Id try

Kessel - Bozak - JVR
Lupul - Kadri - Leivo
Raymond - Bolland - Brodie
Ashton - McClement - Orr

personally
 

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Geeze if the glass cannon is out of the lineup next we are seriously running out of players.

Yep injuries are making our depth non existent at the moment.

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Raymond-Bolland-Leivo
Ashton-Kadri-Bodie
Broll-McClement-Orr

Compared to

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Bolland-Raymond
Kulemin-Kadri-Clarkson
Ashton-McClement-Orr
Bodie, McClaren
 
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