Pre-Game Talk: Maple Leafs vs Blue Jackets

[senor martinez]

Well hello all of y'all! I was amazed there wasn't already a pre game talk thread, since the game is tomorrow already baby. We are now challenging Torttorella's squad and Mcelhenney's former team. Now does y'all think Babcock might go with MceEllnney against the Jackets? Or does we'all play with Andersen tomorrow and after that go with McElehnney against the Devils. This is it y'all!

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[saltming]

Play your starter against the better team

 

[Suntouchable13]

Play Andersen until we clinch.

 

[SprDaVE]

There are 2 ways of looking at it. You either play your top goaltender against the better team and the backup against the weaker one, or you play your goaltender against the weaker opponent to give yourself an even bigger advantage against a weaker team.

It's a tough decision.

Considering McBackup knows Columbus and their players well, I would start him tomorrow and Andersen against the Devils. It's going to be a tough one against Columbus regardless of who we start, but I think we lose our advantage against the Devils if we play McBackup.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

this is going to be a tough game. if we bring the same effort as we did versus the hawks, we could win the game.

and play andersen. give mcbackup the easy game vs. the devils.

 

[MapleLeafs9]

Well hello all of y'all! I was amazed there wasn't already a pre game talk thread, since the game is tomorrow already baby. We are now challenging Torttorella's squad and Mcelhenney's former team. Now does y'all think Babcock might go with MceEllnney against the Jackets? Or does we'all play with Andersen tomorrow and after that go with McElehnney against the Devils. This is it y'all!

You spelled McElhinney different every single time

 

[member 262271]

Gonna be a really tough game, play the full 60 minutes hard and we have a chance in this one. GLG

 

[Its not your fault]

Play Andersen until we clinch.

All that matters is Mcwhatever doesnt need development minutes, so you ride your starter hard and out him away wet.

 

[TheMadNavigator]

You can't call them the Blow Jackets anymore....

 

[Club]

Took me a while to read OP

I think we go freddy against CBJ and McBackup against the Devils

 

[MR4]

There are 2 ways of looking at it. You either play your top goaltender against the better team and the backup against the weaker one, or you play your goaltender against the weaker opponent to give yourself an even bigger advantage against a weaker team.

It's a tough decision.

Considering McBackup knows Columbus and their players well, I would start him tomorrow and Andersen against the Devils. It's going to be a tough one against Columbus regardless of who we start, but I think we lose our advantage against the Devils if we play McBackup.

Considering Columbus knows McBackup's weaknesses, Babcock likely starts Andy tmr

 

[HellasLEAF]

Has to be Andy no??

 

[Leafidelity]

Only top seeds have the luxury of resting players. Run Andersen till his legs fall off and don't think about anything beyond the last game of the season till you get there.

 

[Stevie28]

Andy got a day off to rest... With Boston and Tampa losing tonight, I think we have go with our #1 against the better team and attempt to gain more ground.

 

[FlareKnight]

Not much tactical guessing to make here. Andersen will play against Columbus, McElhinney against NJ. That has been the system for Babcock for nearly the entire season. Starter takes on the first team and the backup takes their crack at the second team. That would be the plan even if the games were reversed.

Hopefully we can bring our best game against Columbus. We'll need it to get a win. Can't count on any game being easy, just degrees of difficult. Will need another big night from the whole team.

 

[Pi]

You spelled McElhinney different every single time

And not once correctly señor martinez is awesome.

Andersen starts, no doubt, he's been great for the last 10 or so games, his SV for March has to be up there with the best of them.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Play like they did last night and they'll be fine.

Hope this team keeps the legs going.

 

[wingman75]

You can't call them the Blow Jackets anymore....

Well, you can... but it is much less accurate

I say play Andersen vs CBJ and Curtis vs NJD.

With the results of tonight, a loss in this game is hardly crushing. I still think we need 4 points out of these next 3 games, so however that comes together...

 

[Pi]

Umm, Bobrovsky is 7-0-0 with .963 SV and <1.5 GAA. The guy is on fire right now. If he is playing, I'll gladly call it a great day if we get a point.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Umm, Bobrovsky is 7-0-0 with .963 SV and <1.5 GAA. The guy is on fire right now. If he is playing, I'll gladly call it a great day if we get a point.

CBJ right now is 47-18-6

 

[6ix]

Start Freddy and try to at least get a point. Mcbackup should be solid for us agaisnt a limited offence devil team.

 

[A1LeafNation]

We only need Andersen in for 6 more games(wins) this season. Rest him up for the playoffs.

 

[Optimist]

What's with all this talk about who will start? Of course it will be Freddy. 100% guaranteed. Next topic....

 

[ponder]

+1 for "start Freddy." Columbus are a very strong team, we need our best goalie to give us a solid shot to win.

A win here would be huge too. If we can win while NYI lose, we'll be a point up on Boston (with a game in hand) for the last divisional spot, and 5 points up on the Isles for the wild card spot. Definitely not a lock, but it would put us in a VERY good position. If it goes the other way (regulation loss for us, and a win for the Isles), things get much sketchier.

 

[Torontonian]

CBJ is only 2 points from being tied for the presidents trophey, they gonna wanna win just as bad as us, hopefully we get off to a stronger start then our last couple of games