GDT: Leafs vs. Habs (7:30 ET on RDS, TSN 2 & 4) Lines on Post #1
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Daily reminder that we used an expansion protection slot on Jordie Benn lololol.
hockey is a team game......you can't just compare one player to one player
do you follow the sport at all??
why didn't washington finish ahead of the leafs last regular season then?....going by your logic here, they should have, but didnt
Yeah I follow the sport. Since you do too:
Why didn’t Toronto go further than Washington in the playoffs?
Toronto hasn’t won a round with this team...pump the breaks. They’ll be better but not good enough yet.
As for Washington, you do realize they’re in harder division? You do realize they haven’t gotten every summer off like the leafs?
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Honestly if it worked with Drouin-Kotkanimei-Scherbak it would be huge. Scherbak is not at a point where he can lead his own line. But, he played well with Galchneyuk last year - finishing plays after Galchenyuk created some offense.
Also, this would free up Domi to help the 3rd line.
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No Armia, no Peca, no Ouellet.
I'm thinking it's Agostino's and Chaput's last game before they get cut, put on waivers, hopefully clear and head to Laval.
I'm also hoping Després just gets released.
As for Benn, Schlemko, and Alzner, I could be wrong, but I'm thinking Habs may want to see how they do to see if they belong or if the organization decides to move one or two of them.
I'm thinking it's Agostino's and Chaput's last game before they get cut, put on waivers, hopefully clear and head to Laval.
I'm also hoping Després just gets released.
As for Benn, Schlemko, and Alzner, I could be wrong, but I'm thinking Habs may want to see how they do to see if they belong or if the organization decides to move one or two of them.
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This might help. The Toronto d-man spells his name Rielly.
Oh was it? What would have happened if we didn't use the protection slot on Jordie Benn? Would we have lost Jordie Benn?
Schlemko has been pretty good this camp - even drew unprompted praise from CJ his last game.
Benn is the one in trouble.
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It will be nice to see some of the young guys against an NHL lineup..and a good one at that. At this point i don't care about winning, as we probably won't be winning very often this year- But I do want to see the young guys progress. This is pretty much all i'm looking forward to this year. I don't care if we lose games as long as our young players make it exciting and give us something to look forward to.
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you do realize toronto just signed the biggest FA of the modern era this summer in years right?
you can sit there and say "so what, he only replaces JVRs goals" all you want but JT does more then that, he makes his entire line better, he makes the entire team better, Marner will be better playing with him, JT is good defensively, etc etc.....there is more to it then what you see on a damn piece of paper,
odds makers are not a bunch of beer drinking drunks sitting at a bar, they are highly educated professionals,
they don't just randomly put toronto at the top of the odds list for little or no reason,
toronto came within one game of beating washington two years ago.....toronto have improved since then
2018-19 Stanley Cup odds: Tavares to Toronto changes everything
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Take your pick. Both D are average at best.
Weber < Reilly. I would agree based on age but the production you get from Weber on the PP with his goal scoring threat and physcial and smart play in his own end should not be overlooked. Reilly was -4 last year. 2nd worse on the team. He is not as good defensibly as most realize. The better overall defenseman is clearly Weber but when you factor in age, it changes the value by a lot. Weber is around for 4 or 5 more years and I don't see his game changing much. The value is close for these two different type players but edge to Reilly for the age gap.
Petry > Zaitsev. It's close but Petry is more consistent. Hard to predict what version of Zaitsev they will get this year. If he continues to struggle, that contract will be a problem! At least he was a +8 in 26 games last year. I suspect injuries affected his play and he rebounds this year.
Hainsey = Alzner. I know how unpopular Alzner is but he looks worse cause of how much the puck is in our own end. There is a major difference is puck possession and time in the offensive end between the Habs and Leafs. That needs to be considered. Hainsey on our roster last year would look very similar to Alzner.
Dermott = Mete. It's close. Maybe Dermott gets the edge cause he is older and has a bit of more development time in a better system.
Juulsen = Lilegren. Another close debate. Edge to Juulsen cause he is closer to NHL ready. Lilegren had 17 pts in 44 AHL games last year. 2 pts in 7 world junior games.
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I'd be shocked if all three are moved or lose a spot. Between the three, I'd keep Schlemko because he can at least skate. But for all three to lose a spot, I don't see it.
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