GDT: Leafs @ Sabres - 7pm

[Frostitute]

I spent a week there one night.

Do you have family here? Your last name is VERY familiar.

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

Just win baby

 

[Malachi Crunch]

Happy Easter Weekend to all those who still believe in the Zombie Jesus.

Buffalo played last night , expecting an easy win. Matthews is still on 60 watch he is really missing Marner it seems.

Whoa! So edgy, man. So edgy.

 

[Frostitute]

Bigtime lurker here but thought I'd post to say I've been voting, as well as sharing to friends and coworkers.

Born and raised in Elliot Lake and while I haven't lived there in over 15 years, I still go up to visit family at least once a year.

Really hoping they win it

Thank-You so much!! I was actually born in Red Deer, Alberta but I have been in Elliot Lake for the past 21 years. I have family in both places. Big time Elliot Lake Vikings supporter! Jeremy Stevenson still comes back to visit and have brews at Dunlop haha

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Like to see Knies get some games off down the stretch here. He's hit a wall and could use a reset prior to the playoffs.

 

[Zybalto]

Numbers for the projected lines so far this season (havnt seen different so let me know if there are changes).

Bertuzzi/Matthews/Domi:
xGF%: 61.88
GF%: 49.90

McMann/Tavares/Nylander:
xGF%: 56.92
GF%: 71.04

Knies/Holmberg/Robertson:
xGF%: 61.16
GF%: 47.18

Dewar/Kampf/Reeves:
xGF%: 59.34
GF%: 100.00

Not a huge amount of TOI for these lines (especially the latter 2) but underlying numbers look pretty good.

 

[egd27]

Leafs losses to teams currently in the bottom third of the stands (L=regulation loss, OTL=OT/SO loss):

Buffalo (2L)
Pittsburgh (1L)
Ottawa (3L)
Columbus (2OTL)
Chicago (1L, 1OTL)

Only 3 points out of a possible 20 there.

Even going .500 there gets them to 98 pts. (1 back of Boston with 2 in hand for the division)

 

[egd27]

I spent a week there one night.

Kramer.....Merv Griffen episode?

 

[hfman]

I'm sure the team from Buffalo will show up, but will the team from Toronto bother to make an appearance?

With a real team, they'd want to avenge that bad loss last game against this non-playoff team from Buffalo. However, is there any team pride at all?

Not a chance.

When do they EVER show up in Buffalo?

This is a decades old curse.

Actually It's not even a curse really. It's just a way of life. The way it is.

Play in Buffalo, and lose. They never win down there. It's one of life's mysteries. No explanation, it's just the way it is. End of story.

The way it has been for 50 years. Never going to change.

Why is it this way?

Maybe someone has the answer

 

[PROUD PAPA]

I'll have to watch this one after my stupid business dinner. It's so inconsiderate to schedule them on a Saturday night.
Sabres played last night so we should push the pace and not let up. And no more injuries FFS!

 

[mjd1001]

I'll have to watch this one after my stupid business dinner. It's so inconsiderate to schedule them on a Saturday night.
Sabres played last night so we should push the pace and not let up. And no more injuries FFS!

Not only played last night, but Dahlin and Power both played over 27 minutes of ice time. The leafs should either see less of them, or what they do see of them you would think would be slightly less effective.

 

[MSZ]

Not a chance.

When do they EVER show up in Buffalo?

This is a decades old curse.

Actually It's not even a curse really. It's just a way of life. The way it is.

Play in Buffalo, and lose. They never win down there. It's one of life's mysteries. No explanation, it's just the way it is. End of story.

The way it has been for 50 years. Never going to change.

Why is it this way?

Maybe someone has the answer

The Leafs actually had a six game winning streak in Buffalo when the Sabres were the expansion team in the first couple of years. Since then the Leafs have won just 28 times in 51 years in Buffalo.

That is a .254 all time winning percentage excluding the 6 game winning streak in 1970 and 71.

 

[PromisedLand]

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Finnish names are so unikke.

 

[robertmac43]

Give me a Sammy shut out for both the Leafs sake and my fantasy teams sake.

 

[MSZ]

Finnish names are so unikke.

Pulu Saaranpaskantamasaari

 

[crump]

Anna Mennä Vittu!!!!!!

 

[Magic Man]

Rifai called up. I get they need extra d right now, but part of me wants Clifford up against the Florida teams to run roughshod over them

Toronto Maple Leafs place Mitch Marner on LTIR, recall Marshall Rifai from Marlies – Sportsnet.ca

That's not a bad idea.

It would give him a couple tune up games in case we run deep on forward. He would be my 16th forward on the depth chart and the first up from the Marlies.

 

[All Mod Cons]

This game has Leafs loss written all over it. Hopefully they surprise us all tonight.

 

[hfman]

The Leafs actually had a six game winning streak in Buffalo when the Sabres were the expansion team in the first couple of years. Since then the Leafs have won just 28 times in 51 years in Buffalo.

That is a .254 all time winning percentage excluding the 6 game winning streak in 1970 and 71.

thats fu**ing unbelievable

Is there a worse win/loss record in all of professional sports


The bigger question is, why is this.. there has to be an answer

 

[93gilmour93]

 

[keonsbitterness]

Pulu Saaranpaskantamasaari

I had that once. Worst cold ever!

 

[hfman]

more of the usual tonight

a loss in Buffalo

 

[RunItBackAgain]

I thought I was late but I guess it's just Saturday. Another 20 minutes?

 

[93gilmour93]

Leafs Nation always strong in numbers playing in Buffalo. All those jerseys in the crowd lol. GLG