Old impressions die hard: Gauthier isn't playing soft at all any longer. He uses his body a few times every shift. There are no bone-jarring hits but there aren't courtesy bumps either. It's his other skills with the puck that make him a limited player.
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Gauthier may not be soft, but he's very far from a difference maker and he doesn't really do anything except eat up 5-10 mins a game and that's about it. Would much rather have Moore take his spot and contribute something when he's on the ice.
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The level of physicality we need from him is more along the lines of a Lowry or at least Boyle. No one cares if he's on the ice, he's not ever a threat.
From your 4th line C you just ask for a good faceoff guy and good in his own end. It's the wingers where you look for more than just a warm body. They need to bring energy or speed or be a physical force or play on the PK. Ennis brings some speed and skill while Lindholm and Brown bring the same thing by PK'ing. It's one of those guys that needs to be replaced. Ennis is the placeholder for Moore.
Goat is a wasted spot on the roster right now. Nothing he does is significant enough to be worth it to keep him. Trade him for whatever pick you can get for him and end this experiment with him. That's why I want him and Brown moved, then you can bring Moore up and my preference would be to try him out with Kadri and Nylander and see if he can have a Kapanen type of breakout where given better linemates and more minutes if he couldn't produce more.
But I doubt Marleau will be placed on the 4th line so I'd settle for Moore to simply be on the Leafs playing with Ennis and Lindholm which sounds much better than Goat there.
Engvall is playing so well, I really think he has spot playing on the Leafs
Bracco - Engvall - Moore 4th line next year
Bracco - Engvall - Moore 4th line next year
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Borgman needs waivers next year along with those two. I'd say he's ready as well.
Borgman contract ends this year and I expect him to be back in Sweden next year
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I saw a Kevin Papetti tweet a week or so ago about Engvall pulling off a nice play end-to-end goal while playing center, does anyone know if he actually is able to play center? would be nice to have that safety net
Edit: nvm, scrolled back a few pages and found what I was looking for
Edit: nvm, scrolled back a few pages and found what I was looking for
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DarkKnight
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Sandin is going to be an NHL player a lot earlier than anyone imagined.
Yea, he is doing well, I can see him on the Leafs as a 20 year-old.
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hopefully he decides to come over this summer and sign his elc. have had high hopes for him but until he wants to come to north America all is on hold
Interesting how Borgman has sort of fallen out of favour among fans, but I feel like Dubas always mentions him among future young D anytime he starts to spout off names. He's had injury troubles which have taken a shine off him. It'll be interesting to see if he is moved over the summer. He's going to be 24 and waiver eligible.
I don't mind him at all. I just wonder where he fits going forward on the Leafs.
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Hard to say. Maybe the 4th line, if he decides to sign which isn’t a guarantee. Also hard to gage how Dubas views him
DarkKnight
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Would rather use the spot for young prospects to get their feet wet in the big leagues.
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Goat starts nearly 72% of his shifts in the Dzone, and yet has the second lowest GA/60 on the team... think about that for a minute.
He's our second best faceoff man, and is top 50 in the league at 53.6%.
His goal and assist tonight were great... beauty of a pass from him there, love to see more of it.
Teams rarely score when he's on the ice... and that's the key for this team. He's a fourth line C, and he's cheap, and will remain so... I think he's doing a pretty good job at it too... for his first full season in the league. I think he can slowly get better too... I mean, he'll only be a 4C, but some people just seem to dislike him, because he hasn't lived up to being a first round pick.
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I bet if he was a second round pick, or something like that, people would love him.
He has shown to have offensive skill. Even consistent offensive skill. He's a smart two-way player, but just needs more familiarity and confidence in the NHL. He's never going to light up a score sheet, but 12 points in 53 games with 8-10 purely defensive minutes a night is nothing to sneeze at as a 23 year old. I even saw him taking some of Lindholm's PK minutes away, and he did not look too bad at that either. If he can develop into a top unit PKer, or even just a good second unit PKer, once Brown has to move on, then he's going to be worth that 1st round pick to us.
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