GDT: Toronto vs Pittsburgh||Oct 26 7:00 PM||CBC|

[Asif16*]

naz listening to me pregame, he gonna have a good game.

https://twitter.com/43_Kadri/status/394195947691200512

HOLY **** thats like my favorite song off the album. KAdri listenin to what i listen too. Yup kadri gonna have a monster game

 

[bax]

Sorry guys haven't gone through the whole thread. Has the starter been confirmed? I'm assuming Lupul is still out.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Sorry guys haven't gone through the whole thread. Has the starter been confirmed? I'm assuming Lupul is still out.

It's hinted that Reimer is starting.

 

[NarcoPolo]

I really want us to win this one.. If we can play a full 60 minutes, there's no reason why we can't. Dion will have a monster game, rielly will pot his first, and Franson will still suck. Book it

 

[Beleafer4]

It's hinted that Reimer is starting.

Yep.

"Reimer likely in net for Maple Leafs"

http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=21928&navid=nhl:topheads

 

[zeke]

My best guess at the lines and pairings.

Since we're past the 1/10th point of the year, I've decided to drop the 3rd year and just go with 2yr stats (including this year) now. I'll be going with just this year soon enough.


Line 1

C T.Bozak (27): 57gms, 15gls, 34pts, 87ht, 32bk, 20:30 (82gms, 22gls, 49pts, 125ht, 46bk)
C S.Crosby (26): 46gms, 23gls, 74pts, 25ht, 23bk, 21:28 (82gms, 41gls, 132pts, 45ht, 41bk)

W P.Kessel (26): 59gms, 26gls, 64pts, 23ht, 27bk, 19:55 (82gms, 36gls, 89pts, 32ht, 38bk)
W C.Kunitz (34): 58gms, 26gls, 63pts, 125ht, 15bk, 18:12 (82gms, 37gls, 89pts, 177ht, 21bk)

W J.VanRiemsdyk (24): 57gms, 23gls, 41pts, 70ht, 19bk, 19:29 (82gms, 33gls, 59pts, 101ht, 27bk)
W P.Dupuis (34): 58gms, 22gls, 47pts, 109ht, 44bk, 17:44 (82gms, 31gls, 67pts, 154ht, 62bk)

Line 2

C N.Kadri (23): 59gms, 21gls, 52pts, 77ht, 26bk, 16:07 (82gms, 29gls, 72pts, 107ht, 36bk)
C E.Malkin (27): 41gms, 12gls, 42pts, 15ht, 16bk, 19:53 (82gms, 24gls, 84pts, 30ht, 32bk)

W M.Raymond (28): 57gms, 14gls, 31pts, 26ht, 10bk, 16:21 (82gms, 20gls, 45pts, 37ht, 14bk)
W J.Jokinen (30): 53gms, 18gls, 29pts, 21ht, 27bk, 15:27 (82gms, 28gls, 45pts, 33ht, 42bk)

W C.Ashton (22): 7gms, 0gls, 1pts, 10ht, 1bk, 6:06 (82gms, 0gls, 12pts, 117ht, 12bk)
W C.Kobasew (31): 47gms, 7gls, 11pts, 47ht, 25bk, 11:42 (82gms, 12gls, 19pts, 82ht, 44bk)

Line 3

C D.Bolland (27): 46gms, 11gls, 22pts, 62ht, 24bk, 16:20 (82gms, 20gls, 39pts, 111ht, 43bk)
C B.Sutter (24): 58gms, 11gls, 23pts, 50ht, 35bk, 16:04 (82gms, 16gls, 33pts, 71ht, 50bk)

W D.Clarkson (29): 49gms, 15gls, 24pts, 85ht, 6bk, 17:36 (82gms, 25gls, 40pts, 142ht, 10bk)
W T.Glass (30): 58gms, 2gls, 5pts, 168ht, 32bk, 10:09 (82gms, 3gls, 7pts, 238ht, 45bk)

W J.McClement (30): 57gms, 8gls, 17pts, 89ht, 43bk, 15:21 (82gms, 12gls, 25pts, 128ht, 62bk)
W J.Megna (23): 1gms, 0gls, 0pts, 2ht, 1bk, 9:26 (82gms, 0gls, 0pts, 164ht, 82bk)

Line 4

C T.Smith (28): 6gms, 1gls, 1pts, 4ht, 2bk, 5:31 (82gms, 14gls, 14pts, 55ht, 27bk)
C J.Vitale (28): 42gms, 2gls, 8pts, 60ht, 21bk, 9:39 (82gms, 4gls, 16pts, 117ht, 41bk)

W C.Orr (31): 55gms, 1gls, 4pts, 100ht, 20bk, 6:24 (82gms, 2gls, 6pts, 152ht, 30bk)
W C.Adams (36): 58gms, 6gls, 13pts, 124ht, 45bk, 11:19 (82gms, 9gls, 18pts, 175ht, 64bk)

W F.McLaren (26): 36gms, 3gls, 5pts, 54ht, 9bk, 5:09 (82gms, 7gls, 11pts, 123ht, 21bk)
W D.Engelland (31): 47gms, 1gls, 7pts, 81ht, 59bk, 13:32 (82gms, 2gls, 12pts, 141ht, 103bk)



Pair 1

D D.Phaneuf (28): 59gms, 11gls, 33pts, 165ht, 111bk, 25:02 (82gms, 15gls, 46pts, 229ht, 154bk)
D K.Letang (26): 36gms, 5gls, 38pts, 45ht, 61bk, 25:38 (82gms, 11gls, 87pts, 103ht, 139bk)

D C.Gunnarsson (27): 49gms, 1gls, 16pts, 97ht, 100bk, 20:48 (82gms, 2gls, 27pts, 162ht, 167bk)
D R.Scuderi (35): 58gms, 1gls, 13pts, 34ht, 84bk, 21:32 (82gms, 1gls, 18pts, 48ht, 119bk)

Pair 2

D J.Gardiner (23): 23gms, 0gls, 6pts, 28ht, 26bk, 20:08 (82gms, 0gls, 21pts, 100ht, 93bk)
D P.Martin (32): 44gms, 7gls, 26pts, 25ht, 75bk, 25:31 (82gms, 13gls, 49pts, 47ht, 140ht)

D P.Ranger (29): 11gms, 0gls, 3pts, 28ht, 11bk, 19:31 (82gms, 0gls, 22pts, 209ht, 82bk)
D B.Orpik (33): 56gms, 1gls, 10pts, 148ht, 142bk, 22:21 (82gms, 2gls, 15pts, 217ht, 208bk)

Pair 3

D C.Franson (26): 56gms, 4gls, 37pts, 156ht, 80bk, 19:22 (82gms, 6gls, 54pts, 228ht, 117bk)
D M.Niskanen (27): 51gms, 5gls, 22pts, 65ht, 59bk, 20:16 (82gms, 8gls, 35pts, 105ht, 95bk)

D M.Rielly (19): 9gms, 0gls, 4pts, 18ht, 16bk, 18:03 (82gms, 0gls, 36pts, 164ht, 146bk)
D O.Maatta (19): 10gms, 1gls, 3pts, 3ht, 18bk, 14:51 (82gms, 8gls, 25pts, 25ht, 148bk)



Starting Goalie

G J.Reimer (25): 37gms, 21-8-5, 2.51gaa, 4so, .923sv%
G M.Fleury (29): 41gms, 30-9-0, 2.26gaa, 2so, .919sv%

Backup Goalie

G J.Bernier (25): 23gms, 14-7-1, 2.06gaa, 2so, .925sv%
G J.Zatkoff (26): 2gms, 0-2-0, 5.04gaa, 0so, .818sv%



Injured / Suspended

W J.Lupul (30): 26gms, 17gls, 28pts, 48ht, 11bk, 16:48 (82gms, 54gls, 88pts, 151ht, 35bk)
W N.Kulemin (27): 50gms, 7gls, 25pts, 126ht, 50bk, 16:42 (82gms, 12gls, 41pts, 207ht, 82bk)
W F.McLaren (26): 36gms, 3gls, 5pts, 53ht, 9bk, 5:12 (82gms, 7gls, 11pts, 121ht, 21bk)
D M.Fraser (27): 47gms, 0gls, 8pts, 160ht, 105bk, 16:44 (82gms, 0gls, 14pts, 279ht, 183bk)

W J.Neal (26): 41gms, 21gls, 36pts, 56ht, 17bk, 17:08 (82gms, 42gls, 72pts, 112ht, 34bk)
W B.Bennett (22): 31gms, 3gls, 16pts, 32ht, 11bk, 12:27 (82gms, 8gls, 42pts, 85ht, 29bk)
G T.Vokoun (27): 20gms, 13-4-0, 2.45gaa, 3so, .919sv%

 

[BiggestLeafsFanEVER*]

just win

 

[realgoodleafs]

You're not assuming that they will regress to the average, you are assuming they will regress toward the average from the extreme highs and lows. So if your shooting percentage starts out unusually high, it's reasonable to assume it will drop over time and vice versa.

You don't think San Jose is going to maintain a 4 goal-per-game average -- a full .5 higher than the next placed team -- for the rest of the season do you? Or that Buffalo, Philly, and the Rangers are going to score 1.5 goals-per-game or less for the rest of the season? Or that nine starting goaltenders will finish the season with a .930 save percentage or better?

Apply the same logic to the leafs' current shooting percentage of 11.95. Do you think goalies are going to average barely over .88 save % against us the entire year?

It's also possible our average number of shots taken go up which would make our shooting percentage go down and goalies save % go up but not necessarily be a bad thing for the Leafs.

 

[TieClark]

You're not assuming that they will regress to the average, you are assuming they will regress toward the average from the extreme highs and lows. So if your shooting percentage starts out unusually high, it's reasonable to assume it will drop over time and vice versa.

You don't think San Jose is going to maintain a 4 goal-per-game average -- a full .5 higher than the next placed team -- for the rest of the season do you? Or that Buffalo, Philly, and the Rangers are going to score 1.5 goals-per-game or less for the rest of the season? Or that nine starting goaltenders will finish the season with a .930 save percentage or better?

Apply the same logic to the leafs' current shooting percentage of 11.95. Do you think goalies are going to average barely over .88 save % against us the entire year?

Well you have to remember that the smaller the sample, the more drastically the numbers change. One high shot, low goals game from us would drastically decrease our SH% for example. Wouldn't change anything during the season but when you have a couple of terrible games like the Chicago one it drastically changes the averages this early in the season.

 

[Revolt]

Lose against Columbus, which means we'll win tonight against Pittsburgh. Book it

 

[Paradoc]

Lose against Columbus, which means we'll win tonight against Pittsburgh. Book it

Yup. We suck against cities/state that start with C.

 

[SteveV*]

Reimer should be highly motivated tonight.

 

[Hurt]

Stay on topic please. Do not flame each other. I don't care what you listen to or watch.

 

[definedMF]

It really seems Bernier is Carlyes liking, I don't understand this because Bernier doesn't have a second save, when he's caught out of position he's yet to make a save( see Edmonton goal off boards and Bickell goal against Chicago), Reimer does that but at least is able to recover with incredible pad saves. Bernier is not impressing so far, its not a hug upgrade on Reimer.

 

[TieClark]

It really seems Bernier is Carlyes liking, I don't understand this because Bernier doesn't have a second save, when he's caught out of position he's yet to make a save( see Edmonton goal off boards and Bickell goal against Chicago), Reimer does that but at least is able to recover with incredible pad saves. Bernier is not impressing so far, its not a hug upgrade on Reimer.

Bernier's first few games were clear upgrades due to the rebound control. He hasn't had that for at least a week though.

 

[Warden of the North]

Missed the last two games, cant wait for tonight!

 

[Paradoc]

It really seems Bernier is Carlyes liking, I don't understand this because Bernier doesn't have a second save, when he's caught out of position he's yet to make a save( see Edmonton goal off boards and Bickell goal against Chicago), Reimer does that but at least is able to recover with incredible pad saves. Bernier is not impressing so far, its not a hug upgrade on Reimer.

Really? I think Bernier is outperforming Reimer so far. Also, the reason he doesn't make those second save is because he rarely gives out any.

MVP so far is tied with Bernier/Kessel/Lupul.

 

[definedMF]

Bernier's first few games were clear upgrades due to the rebound control. He hasn't had that for at least a week though.

He started good, but overall he's not proving to be the one goalie everyone thought him to be, and Reimer hasn't gotten much opportunity so far, once the games played are about even, we can't say Reimer is bad, its a new season, and the most games he's played this season and in the preseason were fairly good.

 

[Community]

Is there somewhere to watch the game later tonight (12pm-ish) or tomorrow online? Hoping to watch it without knowing the score

 

[definedMF]

Is there somewhere to watch the game later tonight (12pm-ish) or tomorrow online? Hoping to watch it without knowing the score

Leafs TV is likely to replay the game later, don't know for certain, maybe someone records it and uploads it besides that but try Leafs TV they do it often.

 

[SteveV*]

Bernier hasn't been as quiet in the net lately, there is no disputing that.

 

[TieClark]

He started good, but overall he's not proving to be the one goalie everyone thought him to be, and Reimer hasn't gotten much opportunity so far, once the games played are about even, we can't say Reimer is bad, its a new season, and the most games he's played this season and in the preseason were fairly good.

Everyone that had a clue knew the season was going to be split close to even. Reimer has had opportunity, he got hurt in his last start and then had the flu. He'll play... especially if he keeps winning

 

[Paradoc]

He started good, but overall he's not proving to be the one goalie everyone thought him to be, and Reimer hasn't gotten much opportunity so far, once the games played are about even, we can't say Reimer is bad, its a new season, and the most games he's played this season and in the preseason were fairly good.

Reimer ****ed up versus Ottawa and suffered a cold during the last week. Add in Bernier performance during first two weeks and that's the reason why he hasn't got any starts.

 

[Snow Dog]

Reimer stands on his head tonite.Bet on it.

 

[go_leafs_go02]

Is there somewhere to watch the game later tonight (12pm-ish) or tomorrow online? Hoping to watch it without knowing the score

CBC does a replay of the game after the "After Hours" segment. Condensed into about an hour, even less.

Probably looking at 1:30 - 2 AM eastern for that air.