GDT: Leafs vs Ducks | 3.24.16 | 7:30 pm on SNO | The Quack Attack Is Back, Jack.

[Daisy Jane]

Very Bare Bones, Information added throughout the day.

As we are the Sabres to the Duck's Leafs... the chances of us winning is very very high.
Bozak is playing today, Sparks is starting

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[SEER]

Thanks Daisy, for the GDT... and advanced thanks to Budsfan, for the updates..

10 games left in the Leafs season..

Duck Hunt Gone Crazy! : Leafs vs Ducks 6-2 Blow-Out - TML 2014-15



GO LEAFS GO !!

 

[Pyromaniac3]

I really didn't know we had Anaheim's number.

 

[Bullseye]

Rhyming is always cool Daisy - love the title! Pluck the Ducks!

 

[Pyrophorus]

I really didn't know we had Anaheim's number.

Most success against ANY team in the NHL

7-0-1: I thought they hadn't won here in 21 years.
However; they bucked a trend against the Habs, as they always beat them there...and did not this time.

They'll be ornery.

 

[frankthetank91]

Time to get back on the losing track. Was nice to win a few for the kids but now I'm a little worried. Don't mind losing to a team in the West that I don't care about. I mean Perry is a *****, but other than that. Let's get this Tank back on the road.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Ornery is good
GS starting in net is good

 

[ShaneFalco]

It will be interesting to see how Mr Nylander plays on the first line

 

[TLeafsFan]

 

[TLeafsFan]

Thanks for getting the thread going Daisy!

No doubt you tank fans out there are gonna hope the Ducks party like its 1999!

 

[Cor]

Expected Lines Tonight:

Milan Michalek - Nazem Kadri - Michael Grabner
Zach Hyman - William Nylander - P.A. Parenteau
Josh Leivo - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Colin Greening - Brooks Laich - Ben Smith

Martin Marincin - Morgan Rielly
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick
Rinat Valiev - Frank Corrado

Garret Sparks in net

 

[ShaneFalco]

I thought they were going to play Nylander at #1 C?

 

[TLeafsFan]

I thought they were going to play Nylander at #1 C?

Babs gonna give him some top matchups, yeah but not necessarily all of them or 1C ice time yet.

 

[Liminality]

I thought they were going to play Nylander at #1 C?

Babcock will be matching Nylander against one of Anaheim's top lines I think, maybe that's the confusion.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Wasn't the last loss vs the ducks the ron wilson cujo game?

 

[ACC1224]

I thought they were going to play Nylander at #1 C?

I don't think the projected lineup is in any definitive order.

 

[Budsfan]

Maple Leafs-Anaheim Ducks: Thursday game preview

The high-flying Ducks are at the Air Canada Centre to play the Leafs Thursday night.

TV: Sportsnet Ontario

Radio: Sportsnet 590 The Fan

Key matchup:Corey Perry vs. Morgan Rielly.

In a 4-3 loss to Montreal on Tuesday night, Corey Perry reached 30 goals for the sixth time as a Duck. Perry and linemate Ryan Getzlaf will put pressure on the Leafs defence, especially Morgan Rielly, who may have to be a more stay-at-home defenceman in this game.

30-goal mark: Perry tied Paul Kariya for the second-most 30-goal seasons in franchise history, trailing only Teemu Selanne, who had seven seasons of scoring 30 or more with Anaheim. Perry was the 11th NHLer this season to reach the 30-goal plateau. Fifteen players did so in 2014-15 while 47 players had 30 or more in 2005-06.

Uphill climb: It’s been an uphill climb for the Ducks since the opening week of the season, when they lost their first four games and finished October with a 1-7-2 record. Now in second place in the Pacific Division with a 40-23-9 record, the Ducks hold a one-point lead over the San Jose Sharks. But their loss to Montreal was a setback in their bid to overtake the Kings for the Pacific Division lead and clinch a playoff spot.

Streaking: The hottest player on the Ducks is Jakob Silfverberg, who scored two goals against Montreal on Tuesday. In his last five games, he has eight points — six goals and two assists. Silfverberg plays on a shutdown line with Andrew Cogliano and Ryan Kesler.

Specialty units: The Ducks have the best power play in the league at 23.2 per cent and their penalty-kill unit ranks No. 1 as well at an 87.3 per cent efficiency rate.

Hurting: The Ducks are missing left wing David Perron, who has a shoulder injury. Perron had eight goals and 20 points in 28 games with the Ducks after a Jan. 16 trade from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Up next: Saturday vs. Boston Bruins, CBC (7 p.m.)

 

[Budsfan]

 

[I Am The Stig]

Show Nonis what a real team looks like.

 

[Budsfan]

Babcock lines things up with Bozak back

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/23/babcock-lines-things-up-with-bozak-back

It’s not a coincidence that Tyler Bozak will have Connor Brown and Josh Leivo on his wings against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.

Bozak, his stint on the sideline done after almost seven weeks because of a concussion, played with Brown during training camp last fall.

Coach Mike Babcock is going by the same philosophy he used in putting veteran P.A. Parenteau on a line with fresh-faced William Nylander and Zach Hyman.

“That’s the idea, you have one guy looking after two guys and talking to them and supporting them, that’s why we went like that,” Babcock said. “It gives them an opportunity, plus that (Nylander) group has been playing well together.”

BOYES CLOSE

Brad Boyes, bothered by a nagging shoulder injury that has caused him to miss the past seven games and nine of the past 10, is expected to return to the lineup on Saturday when the Boston Bruins visit Toronto to end the Leafs’ season-high six-game home stand.

Boyes was with the main group on Wednesday, spelling off Ben Smith on line rushes with Brooks Laich and Colin Greening.

Injured Leafs Leo Komarov, Nikita Soshnikov, Byron Froese and Viktor Loov skated on an adjacent rink at the MasterCard Centre while their teammates practised.

 

[Suntouchable13]

There is no way a very good West team can lose to this lineup, can there? I think the Ducks will win big.

 

[crump]

Expected Lines Tonight:

Milan Michalek - Nazem Kadri - Michael Grabner
Zach Hyman - William Nylander - P.A. Parenteau
Josh Leivo - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Colin Greening - Brooks Laich - Ben Smith

Martin Marincin - Morgan Rielly
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick
Rinat Valiev - Frank Corrado

Garret Sparks in net

Thats where Bozak should have been since day one...decent third line centre. Imagine the first line with Matthews and Marner on it.

 

[ULF_55]

Thats where Bozak should have been since day one...decent third line centre. Imagine the first line with Matthews and Marner on it.

That's the thing with Bozak, smart enough to play anywhere in the line-up and not a head case or prima donna.

His issue has been health.

 

[Doc300c]

Expected Lines Tonight:

Milan Michalek - Nazem Kadri - Michael Grabner
Zach Hyman - William Nylander - P.A. Parenteau
Josh Leivo - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Colin Greening - Brooks Laich - Ben Smith

Martin Marincin - Morgan Rielly
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick
Rinat Valiev - Frank Corrado

Garret Sparks in net

I'm interested in seeing how this line looks

Could be a good line for us next year

Nikita Soshnikov - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komorov
James Van Riemsdyk - William Nylander - Zach Hyman
Josh Leivo - Tyler Bozak - Connor Brown
Colin Greening - Brooks Laich - Milan Michalek
Joffery Lupul - Dickey Clune

 

[BertCorbeau]

With the was Nylander has been played having Kadri - Bozak - Nylander down the middle is actually not that bad of a centre group .. but we all know what has to happen tonight