Pre-Game Talk: Maple Leafs @ Canadiens - HNiC - February 14 - No Gionta, so we'll win this one

[Gary Batman]

I smell a Bernier shutout.

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[Al14]

I smell a decaying Leafs carcass being run over by a Habs team motoring towards the playoffs!

Please, please, please, don't let the Habs beat us!!!

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

All bottom five teams beat Montreal

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

All bottom five teams beat Montreal

But we are currently 6th from the bottom.

 

[AcerComputer]

Just gotta win out now!

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

But we are currently 6th from the bottom.

beaut

 

[Gary Batman]

All bottom five teams beat Montreal

Actually, Leafs ARE a bottom 5 team right now. If a player is put on waivers, Leafs would have priority over Columbus; and rule of thumb is: Worse team gets better preference in waivers.


(Leafs points % is bottom 5. Hence the above scenario).

 

[Pookie]

Tank or no tank.

Losing to les Canadiens just isn't right.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

I suspect nothing different in their compete even against the habs.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Tank or no tank.

Losing to les Canadiens just isn't right.

No but we lose with one goal in a 12-11 game and manage to score all our goals 5v5 with Subban on the ice, they score all their goals on the PP. So not only do we ruin Price´s confidence, scoring 11 goals on 20 shots, we make Subban a -11 for the night. Why do they end up on the PP so many times? Well, we are hacking and slashing like if we where trying to break free from a horde of zombies.

 

[Canada4Gold]

did we lose yet?

 

[LeafsNation75]

If Bernier is starting tomorrow it should be noted that in his NHL career he has never won a game in Montreal.

 

[King Mapes]

If Bernier is starting tomorrow it should be noted that in his NHL career he has never won a game in Montreal.

It's worth noting Reimers numbers are actually decent against them. Bernier's arent.

 

[LeafsNation75]

It's worth noting Reimers numbers are actually decent against them. Bernier's arent.

Isn't that why Reimer had started the season opener against them during the 2013-2014 season when it was played in Montreal.

 

[Pyrophorus]

I hate the Habs

Start Reimer.

JR is great against the Canadian teams in the ATL, a reason to consider keeping him.
Especially since JB can't win in MTL

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Gonna' get ugly for the Leafs

Price has only allowed 7 goals in his previous 6 starts

 

[King Mapes]

I'm kind of hoping Kessel scores a couple and we lose (up his value) but then I think "nah that might get him going"

 

[senor martinez]

I suspect nothing different in their compete even against the habs.

Good post and I agree with you.

This lineup is so soft and mellow I don't expect anything ether. They do nothing SPECIAL for us and I've never seen this type of lacking character in the nhl before. Shame toronto, shame.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I'm kind of hoping Kessel scores a couple and we lose (up his value) but then I think "nah that mightvgetbhin going"

Why would one game up or reduce his value? I don't get it. He is what he is at this point.

 

[King Mapes]

Why would one game up or reduce his value? I don't get it. He is what he is at this point.

It will still make him look better. Kessel has looked lazy this season. Moreso than usual.

 

[SeenSchenn2]

The Habs get out shot pretty badly consistently as well. As always, this should be interesting.

 

[hockeywiz542]

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Peter Horachek said Jonathan Bernier will start in goal on Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...-trade-talk-to-focus-on-habs/article22992737/

A Saturday night game against the rival Montreal Canadiens could be what the Toronto Maple Leafs need to set aside their anxieties in the midst of a losing run and speculation about trades.

The Leafs (23-29-4) go into the game against the Eastern Conference-leading Canadiens amid talk that management is ready to tear the team down and rebuild for the future.

Horachek confirmed that Franson has been playing through a hip injury but said the defenceman “is going to have to face up to that and deal with it.

“Those are two [mistakes] you don’t see out of Cody very often. He’s usually one of our more consistent guys, especially moving the puck.”

He said Jonathan Bernier will start in goal.

 

[senor martinez]

It will still make him look better. Kessel has looked lazy this season. Moreso than usual.

I know.. not caring at all etc. Like not wanting to be in toronto at all. Like really selfish and arrogant. Not all coaches like that.

Horachek is always going to be a loser.

 

[officialmark*]

Wait, people still want to win? wtf

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I have a feeling Leafs will play a spirited game tomorrow night. Predicting this is treacherous to looking foolish given they have been even more awful since the coaching change. But my gut tells me they will get up for the Habs and play well.