Pre-Game Talk: Ottawa @Leafs

[saffronleaf]

I wonder if this is a blessing in disguise
If those top 2 lines click.

How deadly is a bottom 6 of:
Thornton - Nylander - Robertson
Simmonds - Spezza - Engvall/Kerfoot

If we add a top 6 winger, like Hall... we could roll with 3 great lines

 

[egd27]

If Galchenyuk plays the same way he did with JT, he could a a Hyman with passing and shooting and that Matthews line goes to another level.

Funny, I was thinking if Hyman plays the same way he did with everyone, he could just be a himself and that Tavares line goes to another level.

 

[OB34KNH]

Thornton last 11 games.. 5 shots and zero points. Time to waive him to the taxi squad while we try winning last change advantage throughout the playoffs

It's the old guys on this site who love Thornton.

He does nothing on the ice for the team.

He needs to retire.

 

[Subway Schenn]

I guess we will wreck the Sens tonight, Jack is starting

 

[Bluelines]

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[Bluelines]

It's the old guys on this site who love Thornton.

He does nothing on the ice for the team.

He needs to retire.

Every old guy this forum likes this guy? Dubas is he an old guy? Keefe is he an old guy?

 

[Damisoph]

Gally hat trick incoming tonight

 

[crump]

Highlights of tonight’s game:

• Connor Brown tries to break a Sens record by scoring in 7 straight games
• Soupy tries to stand alone in record 11 wins to start a season
• Galchenyuk plays on top line against another team that gave up on him
• Pierre Dorian gets to chuck another glass of Orange Juice

 

[Shanwhatplan]

Thornton last 11 games.. 5 shots and zero points. Time to waive him to the taxi squad while we try winning last change advantage throughout the playoffs

I believe they have to keep playing Thornton, rather than have him go to taxi squad, due to what it would do to the cap. I could be wrong, though.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

I believe they have to keep playing Thornton, rather than have him go to taxi squad, due to what it would do to the cap. I could be wrong, though.

Oh ok. I don’t even try following cap crap anymore. I check cap friendly and thats it. They have a trade tool where you can move players in and out and it calculates cap.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Would put Willy on his own line to dominate the other teams 3rd lines.

Galchenyuk Matthews Marner
Mikheyev Tavares Hyman
Kerfoot Engvall Nylander
Thornton Spezza Simmonds

Upgrade Kerfoot and Engvall with better defensive support players for Willy and watch him soar.

Thornton, Spezza, Simmonds, yikes.

The geriatric unit.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Thornton last 11 games.. 5 shots and zero points. Time to waive him to the taxi squad while we try winning last change advantage throughout the playoffs

Not that it matters because I doubt they thought it would've lasted, and the Leafs roster has quite a lot of flexibility, but I'd love to know the thought process behind Thornton, Matthews, Marner.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Not that it matters because I doubt they thought it would've lasted, and the Leafs roster has quite a lot of flexibility, but I'd love to know the thought process behind Thornton, Matthews, Marner.

Two passers for Matthews,Thornton was strong low,made plays from behind the net,big body when he goes to the net front,maybe set up marner for some shots. All means nothing the way he’s played after busting his rib.

 

[Hockey Crazy]

That second unit should not be making it out on the ice...

 

[Leaf Fans]

People are still trying to convince each other that Kerfoot has value.

No need for convincing. It is an established fact. It is just that some people deluded themsels to thinking he doesn't. They all talk in circles agreeing with each other.

 

[Shanwhatplan]

Oh ok. I don’t even try following cap crap anymore. I check cap friendly and thats it. They have a trade tool where you can move players in and out and it calculates cap.

CapFriendly is amazing.
I believe after the trade deadline they will be able to rest him, hopefully, because he definitely needs to sit out some.

 

[Marshy]

That second unit should not be making it out on the ice...

You know when you're just burying a team 7-0 and you get a late PP but you don't want to show up the other team? That 2nd unit hops over the boards.

 

[Golden_Jet]

He must of failed a test, otherwise it would of been 4 days if 2 negative tests.

 

[crump]

He must of failed a test, otherwise it would of been 4 days if 2 negative tests.

Time flies when you're having fun.

I read he's tested negative since. If all goes well, he'll be back against the Jets.

Leafs deal for some playoff grit and potential cap space in injured Riley Nash | Toronto Sun

 

[Cotton]

Highlights of tonight’s game: -Snip-

• Galchenyuk plays on top line against another team that gave up on him
• Pierre Dorian gets to chuck another glass of Orange Juice

It was mixed with vodka and tears. They call that the Melnyk Screwdriver in O-Town.

 

[CanadasTeam]

Every old guy this forum likes this guy? Dubas is he an old guy? Keefe is he an old guy?

To a 15 yr. old they are dinosaurs.

 

[crump]

No doubt Thornton is old. I don't think there was anybody not surprised by his use on the first line to start the season. I am surprised he hasn't been rested more. Spezza is a perfect example of how a vet can thrive with lower ice time, albeit he is obviously younger and faster than Thornton. I do think Thornton has a place with low minutes and some 2nd unit PP time. It's not just that he's slow, he hasn't been sharp with accepting passes or corralling loose pucks lately. He will be valuable as depth in the playoffs, injuries will happen, we just can't burn him out before we get there. (this is an insane schedule for any player, let alone a 41 year old)

 

[egd27]

Sure would like to see a good old fashion rout from the "best team in Canada" over the worst.

Something like 7-2 would be nice.

 

[Burnie97]

That second unit should not be making it out on the ice...

Not to sure about Thornton being there

 

[3blizzard4]

After losing two straight to LOilers, Ottawa will come out like gang busters and pretend it's game 1 of the SCF.