GDT: Habs @ Leafs - Special Teams Practice

[crump]

With half the Habs “out for season” and leafs cemented in 2nd with home ice, there is nothing to play for except settling your lines and getting your special teams a bump against a bottom 6 team in the league in those areas.

Simmonds has been called up, Woll is back on the Marlies.

It will be interesting to see what happens today with Murray.
- Is he ok to play?
- Is this just cap and emergency call up management?
- Does Murray get put on IR today and Woll called back up?

Keefe, get your top lines in order
Does he rest guys?
Rest for Tavares? Or do you keep him in to work on the PP
Expect to see Gustafsson and Timmins back in or have another look at your expected starting D?

Maybe Simmonds last game as a Leaf.

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[dangomon]

Regardless of whether he plays or not moving forward, giving Simmonds the last home game of the year is a nice touch.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Was hoping Woll would get the start. Just no injuries please.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

It is the last game of Josh Andersons Stanley Cup.

 

[crump]

It is the last game of Josh Andersons Stanley Cup.

He’s injured..out for the season. He’ll have to sip champagne from the players box.

 

[Nineteen67]

Get a point and take a week off.

 

[mcleex]

Did we clinch home ice against Tampa? How pointless is this game?

 

[saltming]

Did we clinch home ice against Tampa? How pointless is this game?

Is it ever pointless to beat the Habs? Even better is we do it with a skeleton crew

 

[Hellcat]

Did we clinch home ice against Tampa? How pointless is this game?

Yep we did and it is useless, unless we are playing for home ice in the 3rd round, there is an off chance if Boston get eliminated we could, in the Eastern conference championship have home ice advantage, if we win all our remaining games and NJ, NTR and Car do us a favor and lose.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Dress ROR, Acciari and scrubs.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Jarnkrok-Matthews-Marner
Bunting-ROR-Nylander
Zar-Kampf-Accari
Simmonds-Lafferty-Kerfoot

McCabe-Holl
Brodie-Liljgren
Gustafsson-Timmins

Lean on ROR line more than AM, with a steady dose of the bottom 6 too,
RHD auditions.

 

[PromisedLand]

this may not be a popular opinon; but am cheering for the leafs to lose and habs to get screwed on their draft position tonight

 

[LeafSteel]

I would rather ice a team comprised entirely of Marlies and Growlers, followed closely by simply forfeiting the game rather than play this.

Watching the injuries on Tampa leaves no appetite to play these remaining games. I don't care if we win or lose, I just want to get out of it with no injuries.

I'm looking forward to the Minnesota NCAA final game today more than I am this one.

 

[Enniskillen]

Why would anyone want to play this miserable habs team? Four lines of cloned Simmonds would be great and put Kallgren in the net. Their mindless energy easter bunnies like pezzetta and jackey arby will run round like headless chickens trying to injure the Leafs. Cause that’s the only win they hoping for.

 

[Nineteen67]

They may not have the cap space to sit everyone but it’d be nice if Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Brodie, Gio, McCabe and Samsonov could sit the remainder of the schedule after tonight. ROR also sits against Tampa. Woll plays 1, Murray plays the others.

 

[ACC1224]

Will Nylander be back tonight?

 

[LeafalCrusader]

They may not have the cap space to sit everyone but it’d be nice if Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Brodie, Gio, McCabe and Samsonov could sit the remainder of the schedule after tonight. ROR also sits against Tampa. Woll plays 1, Murray plays the others.

Have to stay under the cap. We'll have 3 extra dmen and one extra forward to throw in. I'd give McCabe and Brodie the night off after a heavy workload against Boston.

 

[francis246]

I would rather ice a team comprised entirely of Marlies and Growlers, followed closely by simply forfeiting the game rather than play this.

Watching the injuries on Tampa leaves no appetite to play these remaining games. I don't care if we win or lose, I just want to get out of it with no injuries.

I'm looking forward to the Minnesota NCAA final game today more than I am this one.

Cap issues won’t let that happen. Keefe also just needs to reduce the stars minutes. Play Abruzzezse, ROR lots. I agree with you we can’t afford injuries.

 

[Nineteen67]

I would rather ice a team comprised entirely of Marlies and Growlers, followed closely by simply forfeiting the game rather than play this.

Watching the injuries on Tampa leaves no appetite to play these remaining games. I don't care if we win or lose, I just want to get out of it with no injuries.

I'm looking forward to the Minnesota NCAA final game today more than I am this one.

Is Michigan in it?

 

[Nineteen67]

Will Nylander be back tonight?

I saw his stick trying to defend Carlo on the game tying goal at Boston, but I’m not sure if he was using it, or someone borrowed it.

 

[LeafSteel]

Is Michigan in it?

No, they lost to Quinnipiac in the Semi's.

The Final today is Minnesota vs Quinnipiac.

 

[BTP]

What? Woll got sent down? Who's backing up? Whos playing? What an odd decision.

 

[saltming]

Will Nylander be back tonight?

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Will Nylander be back tonight?

Nylander atm

 

[Suntouchable13]

If Marner and Matthews see more than 20 minutes of ice tonight, so help me God I am going all the way down to Socitabank place and slapping the hell out of Keefe, Will Smith style.