sIDEsHOW93
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Leafs in 5. Nylander & Sparks steal a game because the Leafs make the mistake of starting Bernier in game one lol.
Leafs > Marlies in everything.
I gotta go with ... Da Bears.
OP should've posted the rosters for comparison.
Marlies (from game vs MB Moose, 2016-02-06):
Leivo Rupert Hyman
Kapanen Nylander Brown
Leipsic Bailey Frattin
Clune Gauthier Soshnikov
Campbell Valiev
Loov Percy
Brennan Holl
Leafs (from tonight's game vs. Senators):
Holland - Kadri - Komarov
Grabner - Bozak - Parenteau
Matthias - Spaling - Winnik
Lupul - Froese - Boyes
Hunwick - Rielly
Phaneuf - Corrado
Gardiner - Polak
On the blue line, Valiev, Lööv, and Percy are close to being NHLers. Brennan is a fringe guy but being used as a leader/permanent AHLer to stabilize the roster.
Only Corrado has yet to establish himself as a mainstay in the NHL.
Then at forward, you have a bad 1st line, a great 2nd line, a good 3rd line, and a great 4th line for the Marlies.
On the Leafs you have a good first line, mediocre 2nd line, mediocre 3rd line, and great 4th line.
So if Freddy the GOAT and his partners can shut down the Kadri line, there's a chance the Marlies forwards out-match the Leafs forwards. But that's a big if.
But when you come back to the D, it's no contest. Maybe if you add Harrington, the gap closes a bit but I would say Leafs take this easily.
Leafs sweep. But I do think the games are closer than some here think. Without JVR the leafs offence is so average. And the Marlies D has a bunch of fringe NHL D. Marlies probably don't score much. Probably 4-2, 3-1 scores ect.
I love this thread as it explains some posters understanding of the game....