GDT: Leafs vs Preds - 8PM TSN

[Suntouchable13]

Absolutely have to win this game

 

[18leafsfan18]

Nice so that means he’s pretty much staying right?

They're going to have to make a move when Rielly gets back. But yes I think he's up for good

Who comes out when Rielly comes back ?

Someone needs to play on their off side ?

 

[BlueBaron]

Need to have a statement game here. Lot's of easy points available in our next 5, we cant squander this or we are selling. Also AM34 needs a hat trick to shut up Bruin fans. Freddy with the shut out, time to turn it around.

 

[Burnie97]

Definitely need to go on a 4 or 5 game win streak here or something like 4-1.

Should help out with the pairings quite a bit having muzzin back.

Let's get back at it here Leafs. Time to show up when you really need to.... with a big stretch of winnable games.

 

[LeafGrief]

Welcome back from the injury Muzzin, hope you're ready to play 28 minutes tonight.

Freddy played on Saturday night, so hopefully he's ready to go. Having him in the All-Star game might be a bit of a blessing because he's always terrible after breaks.

I got a bad feeling about tonight, but I think we're still gonna win four or five of the next six.

 

[ACC1224]

Finally hockey is back.
Well rested, they should be flying tonight.

They'll be in tough tonight and Wednesday though.
Any coasting could find them losing both.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Sheldon Keefe on the return of Jake Muzzin: "In many ways, he is the conscience of our team" | Maple Leafs Hotstove

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Need to come out guns ablazin' tonight. Put pressure on the teams that won every game while we were on our break.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Hopefully Leafs play more of a Mamba mentality than a MumboJumbo mentality moving forward.

 

[ToneDog]

Finally hockey is back.
Well rested, they should be flying tonight.

Recall they came out flying last year after the break. Recall Marleau played his best games of the season and then the team went south for most of the rest of the season

Who comes out when Rielly comes back ?

Someone needs to play on their off side ?

Too early to predict since Rielly will be out until mid March. We probably have a new dman in the lineup by then.
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[ShaneFalco]

No more no-show nights boys. This is it

 

[ACC1224]

Recall they came up flying last year after the break. Recall Marleau played his best games of the season and then the team went south for most of the rest of the season


Too early to predict since Rielly will be out until mid March. We probably have a new dman in the lineup by then.
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Seeing how they've already been South this season perhaps it's only upward from here.

 

[Mess]

Leafs really need to put a winning streak together again here, as there is little room for error heading down the stretch and we need some breathing room.

 

[18leafsfan18]

Recall they came out flying last year after the break. Recall Marleau played his best games of the season and then the team went south for most of the rest of the season


Too early to predict since Rielly will be out until mid March. We probably have a new dman in the lineup by then.
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Good Point, didn't really think about that, so far away.

 

[ToneDog]

Seeing how they've already been South this season perhaps it's only upward from here.

I believe Panthers, Jackets, Canes, Flyers won their games while we were on break. Need to return the favour.

 

[Mess]

Well back to reality today..

Our Leafs have lost 5 of their last 6 games and given up 30 goals against a 5.0 GAA during that time and they only game they won they scored 7 goals against NJD, while still giving up 4 in the process.

This has been our worst stretch the entire season as 2020 has gotten off to a real struggle.

Time to flip the script and that begins against Nashville tonight.

 

[IPS]

Sheldon Keefe on the return of Jake Muzzin: "In many ways, he is the conscience of our team" | Maple Leafs Hotstove

The only guy on the team who's won a cup.

He definitely knows what's up when the team starts slacking.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Need to have a statement game here. Lot's of easy points available in our next 5, we cant squander this or we are selling. Also AM34 needs a hat trick to shut up Bruin fans. Freddy with the shut out, time to turn it around.

Definitely need to go on a 4 or 5 game win streak here or something like 4-1.

Should help out with the pairings quite a bit having muzzin back.

Let's get back at it here Leafs. Time to show up when you really need to.... with a big stretch of winnable games.

Playing at home always helps, that's why NSH is a slight betting favourite in this one.

OTT is the only game that should be relatively easy. Our only other home game in the next 5 is FLA which will be a tough one but we'll be at home, we'll be substantial underdogs on the road against DAL and odds in NY will likely be similar to what there are tonight - roughly even chances, neither team should be more than a very slight favourite.

So one game (OTT) where we'll be big favourites, one game (DAL) where we'll be substantial underdogs and 3 games where neither team is a big favourite. Based on that, I'd say that the schedule is far from easy and our projected outcome is 6 points out of a possible 10. We need to start out-performing expectations at this point if we're to make the playoffs and every game is huge. With that in mind, winning tonight would be a good start.

GLG!!

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Not the end of the world if they lose, it’s a road game and Nashville still is a hard team, but I’d think leafs need to win 6 of the next 10 in order to stay alive in playoff hunt.
An exciting, pressure filled stretch of games starts tonight.

 

[SprDaVE]

Getting Muzzin and Moore back with Sandin playing over Marincin... this should be a pretty good boost to the quality of depth.

 

[stewpac]

Marty out Muzzin in! I feel like we just made a huge trade lol. I’m expecting the boys to look significantly better.

 

[mashedpotato]

Strap in - have to go on a strong run from now till end of regular season.

 

[Burnie97]

Playing at home always helps, that's why NSH is a slight betting favourite in this one.

OTT is the only game that should be relatively easy. Our only other home game in the next 5 is FLA which will be a tough one but we'll be at home, we'll be substantial underdogs on the road against DAL and odds in NY will likely be similar to what there are tonight - roughly even chances, neither team should be more than a very slight favourite.

So one game (OTT) where we'll be big favourites, one game (DAL) where we'll be substantial underdogs and 3 games where neither team is a big favourite. Based on that, I'd say that the schedule is far from easy and our projected outcome is 6 points out of a possible 10. We need to start out-performing expectations at this point if we're to make the playoffs and every game is huge. With that in mind, winning tonight would be a good start.

GLG!!

Yeah I'm pretty much agreeing with what you said... but I guess I should of worded it better. They are all winnable games... Dallas will be tough though.

If they want to seriously make a run at the playoffs and a divisional spot they need to go about 4-1 here.

Leafs when they're on... are better then all these teams ... at least I think so

Like always though... until they get 1 or 2 more actually talented d man... or freddy gets back to playing lights out... all they can do is outscore their problems... which I think most of the time we'll have to happen.

 

[ShaneFalco]

 

[SprDaVE]

He has some of the best defensive underlying numbers out there. I think there's some form of perception that "smaller" and "soft" players aren't great of penalty killers.

If anything, I've really liked his 2-way game a lot more than I thought I would. He's been really good there.