Post-Game Talk: Leafs Defeat Kraken 3-1

[notDatsyuk]

The only thing about this is that the best shooters/scorers on the team are Matthews, Nylander, McMann and Knies and I'd want Mitch playing with at least one of them.

But this top 9 I'd be okay with, at least to give a try.

Berube has enough talent to ice 3 solid lines that can produce yet for some reason (actually one I just addressed above) he refuses to.

I think JT still slots in there right behind Matty and Willy, and is still our 2C, which Mitch needs more than Willy. Also Patches and JT are slower skaters, which suit Mitch's game more than Willy's.

 

[Evilhomer]

Leafs record in Vancouver is complete dogshit. 26-49-11 all time, and only 2 wins in the post-lockout era. There is a higher chance of them beating the 2002 Red Wings in their prime than there is them winning a game in Vancouver.

Past record is meaningless. This Canucks team without Hughes? Leafs win.

 

[Mr_Fun]

Past record is meaningless. This Canucks team without Hughes? Leafs win.

It’s meaningless, other than the unarguable fact that the Leafs habitually lose to Vancouver (in Vancouver), decade after decade. But I agree it’s still meaningless.

 

[Evilhomer]

It’s meaningless, other than the unarguable fact that the Leafs habitually lose to Vancouver (in Vancouver), decade after decade. But I agree it’s still meaningless.

These are irrelevant stats like the Leafs not beating Arizona at home in X number of years, and then they beat them easily a couple of times in a row at home. Vancouver with Miller and Hughes? It may not be a barn-burner, but I think it will be similar to the Calgary game.

 

[Mr_Fun]

These are irrelevant stats like the Leafs not beating Arizona at home in X number of years, and then they beat them easily a couple of times in a row at home. Vancouver with Miller and Hughes? It may not be a barn-burner, but I think it will be similar to the Calgary game.

Arizona was question of a few years as opposed to decades of futility in Vancouver.

You're probably right here, though about tomorrow. No Miller and no Hughes would give Vancouver a lineup that was looking a little like what we looked like about 4 or 5 games ago.