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GDT: Leafs @ Nashville 7pm ET March 19th 2022

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If you don't know about him, keep your head up around Tanner, now Jeannot.
 
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zeke said:
Nashville is largely a poor team being carried by two unbelievable seasons from Josi and Saros.

we should beat them but they can be annoying.
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From what I've seen they look like a heavy hitting team which is the kind of team that tends to beat the leafs, especially when they have a great goalie.
 
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We can assume the new goalie starts? Haven’t seen him play yet, looking forward to it.
 
ACC1224 said:
We can assume the new goalie starts? Haven’t seen him play yet, looking forward to it.
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He looked pretty good. Nothing too spectacular. Just fairly steady and positional sound.

Let's see if that continues.

The Leafs don't need a Vezina finalist, but just someone who stops the pucks he's supposed to stop and doesn't beat himself-- or beat himself up afterwards either. Fewer softies and surprises.
 
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The 6ix said:
He looked pretty good. Nothing too spectacular. Just fairly steady and positional sound.

Let's see if that continues.

The Leafs don't need a Vezina finalist, but just someone who stops the pucks he's supposed to stop and doesn't beat himself-- or beat himself up afterwards either. Fewer softies and surprises.
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Amen to that.
 
People are forgetting Marner and Matthews want to play together and he is keeping his two biggest stars and leaders happy and bought in. It's not as easy as switching names around. Together is where they give their best efforts.
 
Seath The Scaleless said:
And the score flattered the Preds because the Leafs absolutely dominated that game. Arguably their most complete performance of the year.
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They were also missing Forsberg and this was at the height of Campbell's season too.

Leafs can win, but it's not going to be as easy as it was in November.
 
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People are forgetting Marner and Matthews want to play together and he is keeping his two biggest stars and leaders happy and bought in. It's not as easy as switching names around. Together is where they give their best efforts.
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Which is fine...unless the team really starts to become too much of a one trick pony offensively. There's a good amount of cap invested in Tavares and Nylander, and the team possibly can't afford to only offer the one look in the event other things clearly aren't working out well enough.
 
Josi has been on f***ing fire this year, really looking forward to see how Matthews plays against him. Just hoping we get a PP or two.
 
Doublerum1975 said:
Why is everyone worried about the lines our scoring wasn't the problem it was the goaltending
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I think it's because Tavares looked absolutely dominant playing with Marner. Matthews/Marner are both capable of carrying their own lines, Tavares/Nylander haven't shown that consistently enough. I do love have a stacked top line, but having two extremely lethal lines would be something else. It's all about getting the most team output based on certain combinations.

As individuals, no doubt Matthews/Marner benefit the most by playing with each other, but for team success it may be better to split them up and have 2 extremely dominant lines. To get the most out of Tavares he needs a good playmaking winger, Nylander is a good player but he's not Marner.
 
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I think it's because Tavares looked absolutely dominant playing with Marner. Matthews/Marner are both capable of carrying their own lines, Tavares/Nylander haven't shown that consistently enough. I do love have a stacked top line, but having two extremely lethal lines would be something else. It's all about getting the most team output based on certain combinations.

As individuals, no doubt Matthews/Marner benefit the most by playing with each other, but for team success it may be better to split them up and have 2 extremely dominant lines. To get the most out of Tavares he needs a good playmaking winger, Nylander is a good player but he's not Marner.
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Good post, though I also think JT has thrived with a big body grinding finisher in the past (like Lee). He seems to be able to play the role of provider or scorer but needs his lineup to be one of those things predominantly. Nylander is a both kind of player too so it doesn't work great it seems. Also the speed difference isn't helping as Nylander gets a lot of rush chances.
 
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Any official lineup? I figure it will be something like...

Bunting. Matthews. Marner
Nylander. Tavares. Kase
Mikheyev Kampf. Engvall.
Kerfoot. Spezza. Simmonds (back on roster)

Rielly. Lyubushkin
Brodie. Holl
Sandin. Dermott
 
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