GDT: Leafs in Motown tonight: 7:00 pm.

[crump]

Get back on the couch and have your dual monitors and remotes warmed up. It’s Leafs at Wings and Canada against Latvia.

Let’s get synchronized with winning ways my brothers and sisters

Notes:

Matthews remains sidelined.



The Maple Leafs have recalled Matt Murray from the American Hockey League (AHL) Toronto Marlies, signaling a likely start for the veteran goaltender this weekend. Murray last played in an NHL game a week ago, stopping 24 shots in a 6-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. That game marked his first NHL action in 628 days.

Wings will be motivated with a new coach. “We bottomed out , we can go lower”

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[Budz]

Taking my 14 year old. First trip to the Joe.

 

[Burnie97]

Should be a great weekend for hockey. I want to see all Ws.

Pretty busy weekend so I hope I can catch some of the games going on. Definitely be checking the scoreboard while I'm out.

Go Leafs Go

 

[TopCheeseShotta]

Classy move from Stevie Y firing the coach over Christmas. Smh.

Question is:
Will they 'new coach bump' us...?

 

[Budz]

I assume no Matthews?
I also assume Murray tonight?

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Let's do this.

Go Leafs Go Go Go!

 

[Aashir Mallik]

No Matthews at morning skate…

This guy is done for a while

 

[Hallonbroder]

Q: Why is it that they take Nylander out of the Tavares - PAC-line and move Marner in there when’s it’s working really well? Can’t Marner lead his own line with Knies or someone?

 

[Stephen]

No Matthews at morning skate…

This guy is done for a while

Based on the efficacy of his November off, Auston can sit out weeks and weeks and this injury won't get better or his performance won't improve. Based on how banged up he was to finish the season and how he wasn't ready to go at first preseason scrimmage months later, I'm not sure we can expect him to be healthy if he came back months from now without surgical intervention on whatever it is.

Why not just stop being a distraction and go on IR or even LTIR?

 

[BallardEra]

Auston Matthews not participating in Toronto Maple Leafs' skate | TSN

Star forward Auston Matthews was not participating as the Toronto Maple Leafs skated Friday morning ahead of their matchup with the Detroit Red Wings, reports David Alter of The Hockey News.

www.tsn.ca

 

[Byron Bitz]

Auston Matthews not participating in Toronto Maple Leafs' skate | TSN

Star forward Auston Matthews was not participating as the Toronto Maple Leafs skated Friday morning ahead of their matchup with the Detroit Red Wings, reports David Alter of The Hockey News.

www.tsn.ca

We should sit him out for the 4 Nations tournament.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Get Minten back up

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

My Timmie's NHL challenge picks for tonight.

Tavares, Pacioretti (suprised he was available as a second pick), McCabe.

Go Leafs Go!

Might tune in and out of the game to watch Canada vs. Latvia.......we'll see.

We should sit him out for the 4 Nations tournament.

I'd love for him to play in that, Americans on this board need to realize how awesome their dude is.

But if he's that injured, absolutely agree with you.

 

[NJG]

We need some more right handed players and right handed depth on this team as well.

 

[BallardEra]

Auston Matthews to miss both games of Toronto Maple Leafs' back-to-back | TSN

Star forward Auston Matthews will miss Toronto's next two games as he continues to battle an upper-body injury, Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube told reporters Friday.

www.tsn.ca

 

[Burnie97]

We clearly need another C that can play 2nd line or minimum 3rd line in a pinch. This shit with Matthews is going to happen all season long. Hopefully the Leafs are ready to battle. It's not going to be as easy this year. Maybe that's a good thing.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Based on the efficacy of his November off, Auston can sit out weeks and weeks and this injury won't get better or his performance won't improve. Based on how banged up he was to finish the season and how he wasn't ready to go at first preseason scrimmage months later, I'm not sure we can expect him to be healthy if he came back months from now without surgical intervention on whatever it is.

Why not just stop being a distraction and go on IR or even LTIR?

Yea agreed, at this point they might as well go through with a surgery if available and hopefully have him available for end of season or playoffs

In the meantime I’m phoning nashville/buffalo… and seeing what pieces we can get from them to carry the load in Matthews’s absence.

A 75% Matthews is useless to us, when he doesn’t score goals, he stops doing much else. His defensive game, physicality, puck carrying, and everything else just seems to be linked with how confident and deadly his goal scoring is and this season it is hard to watch at times.

 

[iago]

Taking my 14 year old. First trip to the Joe.

Don't go to the Joe , or where it used to be - it no longer exists. The WIngs play at Little Cesars Arena, few miles up the road from where the Joe once stood.

 

[Budz]

Don't go to the Joe , or where it used to be - it no longer exists. The WIngs play at Little Cesars Arena, few miles up the road from where the Joe once stood.

I’m aware. Thanks.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Get Minten back up

Agreed. I would much rather have Minten in the top 6 than Holmberg.

 

[DarkKnight]

Wow, Santa hated Knies and Nylander.

 

[1specter]

Red Wings will probably be fired up under a new coach. Will need to weather the storm in the first period, otherwise another bad start could throw the game away.

 

[Stephen]

Red Wings will probably be fired up under a new coach. Will need to weather the storm in the first period, otherwise another bad start could throw the game away.

They could always be the storm, try something new for once.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Got twenty bands on Toronto. fd

 

[Darcy Tucker]

I'm in Saginaw wit my Doberman and Blickee