He might be getting close to getting to in-game action.
I hope Leivo replaced Komarov on the PP. hes awful this year. Leivo is a big enough body and he has a scoring touch
Pretty much this. I laugh everytime I read certain people on here banging the drum about the latest 5th line guy we have trying to crack the lineup. There are certain people on here who I'm convinced never watch games.
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Leivo has become the new Jeremy Williams. Remember that guy? Career AHLer but every time he got called up he'd score and then get sent down again.
I wouldn't doubt the Leafs are trying not to play Leivo or Corrado until it is impossible to hit the games played limit for the expansion draft. Would prevent them from needing to protect said players.
I'll give Leivo a shot with Matthews. Matthews could use a big winger along the boards.
Brown looks good one game and kind of not good for 3 games. Hyman is Hyman. I have come to terms that Hyman will be tied to Matthews hip for the rest of his life. If Hyman gets injured, Matthews will probabaly be benched
Leivo has good shot and knack for scoring goals and can be good along the boards
Has Leivo been in the line-up since the Hollond trade?
If we lose someone that is worse than either of them, we've gamed the lottery system pretty well. That'll be LV worst pick in the draft.
I think he is in for brown next game, brown has tailed off lately and a watching a game will do him some good I think. Komarov would be the ideal candidate to sit but I think/hope they are trying to pump his vaule
You could say the same about Marner, he can sit a game too, if you want to play that game.
ok? what is more likely though Marner or Brown sit? Marner was on the 4th line for 1 and a half games then put back.
edit: in any case I said that about 3 games ago, so I was wrong. But Marner was showing no signs of being demoted then
Did I miss a complete game. I thought Marner played the 1st period against the AVs and then was moved back up with JVR and Bozak. That would be 1/3 of a game or 1 period.
Did I miss a game?
oh I thought he was on the 4th against Boston? I cant remember now but if that is the case that furthers my point on if they sat someone for Leivo brown seems the likely candidate
Nice bit of condescension there.
When Smith is on the ice the other team is more likely to control the puck: he's not good defensively.
It comes down to the logic of is it worth wasting a roster spot in a guy who only holds minor value in PK situations (and even here most people just cite his face off win % when claiming he's good at that role) when you could have a player also be able to play well in 5v5 situations AND the PK.
Well, no, he wasn't on the 4th line against Boston. There was a huge to-do and commotion over the fact he was played for 1 period on the 4th line against the Avs. I'm surprised you would think he could of been on the 4th line for an entire game against Boston, - the media would have gone nuts over that i would imagine - specially since we won that game 4 to 1.
I think we've only lost one game due to injury up front (not counting Lupul, Horton). No way management could have planned for that. Leivo would probably be in the lineup if someone was hurt right now (depending who of course, probably doesn't replace a pker.)