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GDT: Leafs @ Oilers NHLN, SN at 7:00 Jan 30th

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Burnie97

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Leafs Lineup:
from practice yesterday

Oilers Lineup:
lineup I think from last game

Douche (refs) Lineup:
Marc Joannette (turd)
Graham Skilliter (dickweed)
Scott Cherrey (dingleberry)
Mark Shewchyk (shitbag)

Preview: (Toronto Sun)

An Alberta sweep is on the minds of the Maple Leafs, though they would like to stop getting swept up in their march to the penalty box.
The Leafs on Saturday night will look for their fourth win in four games on their trip to Calgary and Edmonton when they take on Connor McDavid and the Oilers at Rogers Place.

Coming off a one-goal win against the Oilers on Thursday, the Leafs don’t need to be reminded they’ve been shorthanded the second-most in the National Hockey League through the first 2 1/2 weeks of the 56-game season.
The Leafs have been shorthanded 37 times in nine games. The Vancouver Canucks, who have played 10 games, have been shorthanded an NHL-high 48 times.
“The refs are going to call the game however they want and that’s their job, they’ve got a tough job themselves,” Leafs forward Alex Kerfoot said on Saturday via Zoom from Edmonton. “We have to learn from whatever it is that they’re going to be calling on a nightly basis and do a better job to not take penalties.

“I think it’s less about the standard and more about us just being disciplined. It goes both ways and we’ve been taking more penalties than the other team in the majority of games.”
Of the Leafs who have played in all nine games, only defenceman TJ Brodie has not been whistled for a minor. Auston Matthews, who missed one game, also has not taken a penalty.
The Leafs’ minors madness aside, the club has been able to stake itself to a record of 7-2-0 despite not playing its best hockey. Riding a four-game winning streak, the Leafs look win five in a row for the first time since December 2019, when they reeled off six consecutive wins.
Toronto’s 14 points has them two up for the North Division lead on the Montreal Canadiens, who play at home against the Flames on Saturday night.

Lehtonen paid a compliment to Spezza on Saturday regarding his transition to life in North America.
“We have a lot of great guys on the team,” Lehtonen said. “I have talked a lot with Spezza. He has helped me a lot. He is an older guy and knows how the business runs. He has helped me every day. He has been awesome for me. It’s not (always) about hockey. It’s about living in Canada.”
Frederik Andersen, 14-1-1 against the Oilers in his career, will get another start in the Leafs net.
“I feel like he’s settled into the season really well,” Keefe said of Andersen. “He looks like he’s in a nice groove, looks really comfortable and confident in the net. We’ve done a real good job in protecting him at five on five, and reducing the number of odd-man chances and really egregious chances against.
“Yet, when we’ve had breakdowns, he’s been there. On the penalty kill, it’s always tough on a goalie when you’re taking as many penalties as we are and he has been excellent there too.”

Go Leafs Go

Like frank the tank says...

Let's go streaking (for 5 games)
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Last game in the opening 10-in-18 gauntlet that the Leafs have to gut out before getting a well deserved 4 day break en route to a much cushier 12-in-29 February spent mostly at home.

An 8-2 start would give us all sorts of breathing room despite our poor play, and it feels a lot better than 7-3 would. Just like 3-7 would be a whole lot worse for Edmonton than 4-6.

Would love to see a more dominant performance but at the end of this gauntlet I'm just hoping for points. Next month though they better show lot higher level of play or I'll really start worrying.


Lineups with GSVA from theathletic.com:

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Isaac Nootin said:
I'd prefer one of Boyd/Anderson in for Barabanov but otherwise good.
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Me too. Personally feel we’ve seen more from Boyd than Barabanov in similar opportunities

I move that Lehtonen gets another shot. He was extremely impressive last game he played. We may have a diamond there
 
The Best Leafs Ever said:
The Edmonton GDT is hilarious and at the same time a piece of great work and effort. Go check it if you want to see something fun these days.
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I don't mind making gdt ... hence this... but holy shit that would of taken at least 30 minutes to an hour probably. Just scrolled through but it is quite the effort no doubt.
 
Burnie97 said:
I don't mind making gdt ... hence this... but holy shit that would of taken at least 30 minutes to an hour probably. Just scrolled through but it is quite the effort no doubt.
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Yeah, I was quite surprised myself when I went through it all as well. Time is something people have these days but I couldn't help myself appreciate the effort.
 
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Boyd has found a way to contribute despite minimal ice time while Barabanov just hasn't. Looks like he's doing a lot out there but gets nothing accomplished.

Have to think the clock is ticking on Barabanov to show he deserves a spot
 
The Best Leafs Ever said:
The Edmonton GDT is hilarious and at the same time a piece of great work and effort. Go check it if you want to see something fun these days.
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We used to have more elaborate GDTs... but after the Burke/Nonis Era put this organization into a dark place we kinda just gave up and haven’t had the faith to do them again.
 
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Yeah, I would prefer Boyd over Barabanov but I think they're trying to give him more chances to show something. He'll probably go back to Russia if he doesn't think he'll get any games.

The problem for Dermott is that Bogosian has been more solid than anticipated and he can't get into the right side as was somewhat expected.

Man, it would suck to lose before a big break and have to sit on that for awhile. Would feel so much better getting that rest with an 8-2 record.
 
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TheDoldrums said:
Yeah, I would prefer Boyd over Barabanov but I think they're trying to give him more chances to show something. He'll probably go back to Russia if he doesn't think he'll get any games.

The problem for Dermott is that Bogosian has been more solid than anticipated and he can't get into the right side as was somewhat expected.

Man, it sucks to lose before a big break and have to sit on that for awhile. Would feel so much better getting that rest with an 8-2 record.
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Seems all teams got a 4 or 5 day break somewhere in the schedule, assuming it was mandated.
 
TheDoldrums said:
Yeah, I would prefer Boyd over Barabanov but I think they're trying to give him more chances to show something. He'll probably go back to Russia if he doesn't think he'll get any games.
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He will probably ask for a trade first. He had a lot of interest from other teams.

I do think the Leafs want to give him ample opportunities to crack the lineup before Robertson and Thornton come back, and before Engvall's waiver exemption runs out (he has 3 more games after this one). That should give him another month of playing time and at that point, the Leafs will likely shop him for a pick or another depth guy.
 
willmma said:
It was hilarious.

Also I didn't know that the leafs never won more than 2 series in a playoff :eek:
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It makes sense. Because in the original 6 era, you only needed to win 2 series to win it all. Leafs obviously have not been to the cup finals ever since then, and you have to win at least 3 series in a row now to get there. So there you go.
 
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