LeafChief
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I'll take it. No problem with me.
Crawford is also French Canadian and Q likely wants to give him the start tomorrow night in his hometown.
GDT: GAME #3: BLACKHAWKS @ LEAFS | MON 9-OCT @ 7PM | TSN4
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Crawford is also French Canadian and Q likely wants to give him the start tomorrow night in his hometown.
ShaneFalco
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Yeah not digging that either. Won't let Rosen or the Borg sit, or Moore/Fehr, but it's no problem letting Leivo rot. Despite how Martin plays
CanadasTeam
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I don't know what the plan is with Leivo.
We're keeping him around but don't play him so his value isn't much at all if we trade him. What's the point? Leivo is an NHL player more so than Martin.
People are going to say that we just scored 15 goals, we don't need Leivo in the lineup. To that I say, Martin hasn't done anything in the 2 games he's played so the # of goals we have scored is irrelevant.
You can never have too many talented players.
It’s impressed with the way the hawks have remained competitive year after year having to jettison players due to cap crunch.
The current lineup doesn’t look that impressive at all on paper. But they win. It shows the importance of locking up your core and then not falling in love with mid tier players. Leafs should follow this model.
Of course they have to slow down eventually. I wonder if this will be the year. Despite the hot start.
The current lineup doesn’t look that impressive at all on paper. But they win. It shows the importance of locking up your core and then not falling in love with mid tier players. Leafs should follow this model.
Of course they have to slow down eventually. I wonder if this will be the year. Despite the hot start.
Mess
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I thought Leafs would see less backup goalies this year, but it appears that Hawks are saving their best for Montreal.
Does that reflect on the Leafs that they still believe that Montreal is the better team, or are they actually protecting their #1G for a game they believe they might lose and better get the 2 points against Montreal.
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ViewsFromThe6ix
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No fair enough, I'd rather have Forsberg there too. MTL just can't score though and I'd think that 15 goals through 2 games would scare the hawks more than it does.
Suntouchable13
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I am pretty sure nobody thinks that Montreal is still the better team at this point. Carey Price can't score goals.
ULF_55
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Maybe they think this will be a game of trading chances and they like the odds, and against Montreal it will be tighter and goals harder to come by.
Anthrax442
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Connor Carrick is back on the ice this morning, but it looks like the Leafs will go with an all-Swedish third pair of Borgman and Rosen.
Connor Carrick is back on the ice this morning, but it looks like the Leafs will go with an all-Swedish third pair of Borgman and Rosen.
AppsSyl
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The key is that you recycle your mid-tier players (like JVR, Bozak, Komarov ) when approach 30 and get expensive for picks/prospects to continue to supplement the core with quality young guys on entry level/1st contracts. It is when you let those guys go for free or give them big money and term you get yourself into trouble.
ULF_55
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I wonder if the Leafs are tying to figure out if they need go out for a defender, or if one of the two Swedes makes the thought irrelevant.
Agreed. I personally think we should try to trade jvr bozak and Leo for what we can get. (Maybe not all 3). But i understand that we kind of came pre-loaded so if we want a cup run we won’t have to get rentals at forward.
We have such a log jam, have to either recycle prospects (leivo etc) for future picks
(2020) to stockpile assets instead of lose
Them for nothing. Or get rid of jvr etc and let kids take their place.
Rare Jewel
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Hopefully it works. Rosen needs to be better to keep Carrick out for Wednesday game vs. NJ.
AppsSyl
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Some might think it seems silly to trade them (JVR, Bozak, Komarov) for futures when you are trying to contend, but if you are doing things right you should be to reload with young talent (like Kapanen, Leivo, Grunstrom, Johnsson, etc) without missing much of a beat. Then give Hunter some more bullets with the return for those guys and rinse, repeat.
It is all about sustainability and expecting to win every year, and not handcuffing yourself going all in any one year. The parity in the league doesn't allow for sure things in any one given year.
ViewsFromThe6ix
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I don't understand why Leivo can't get a look in this game with Martin on the bench. There's literally nobody on Chicago that is even remotely threatening.
Mess
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Agreed with Price and Weber the Hawks might think its going to be an old fashion original 6 game 2-1 game and against the Leafs its going to be a last goal wins.
Hawks might not care if Forsberg gives up 5, as long as they get 6 themselves.
Savvy
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Either way Carrick won’t be out. It’s a rotation that will continue to rotate until around the 10 game mark for full evaluation.
RealRockNRolla
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While I understand that people want Leivo inserted into the bottom 6, I always go with the mantra, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. Due to the depth we have, we can't play everyone who's a fan favourite, as unfortunate as that is. It's going to be interesting seeing how Chicago's top two lines cope with ours, genuinely cannot predict how this one will go, but think Leafs will win.
Trapper
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Chicago can play whoever they like.
It's not like we haven't seen 4 opposition goalies in 2 games anyway.
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