GDT: Leafs @ Sens - 7pm - TSN

[SprDaVE]

Kampf with the straight on post shot

 

[shaner8989]

Like Quillan

 

[bax]

Kampf with the straight on post shot

He had all day too lol

 

[Fogelhund]

Why not Pontus?

Maybe an option.

 

[13pacheco31]

Not impressed with his plays so far.

I think him having a long season must be taking it's tole this year

 

[HockeyVirus]

Cowan with some bad plays on the pp so far

Was just thinking people penciling him in might need to adjust expectations.

 

[weems]

Mattinen has looked decent so far.

 

[francis246]

Like Quillan

I hope they develop him. He can be Kampf’s replacement. Big body who can play 4th line minutes as a center

 

[13pacheco31]

Was just thinking people penciling him in might need to adjust expectations.

I don't expect him to be Marner or anything but I still think he'll eventually be an effective top 6

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Was just thinking people penciling him in might need to adjust expectations.

He would be the perfect ahl player candidate

Cowan - Minten - Grebyenkin would be the most ideal line

Too bad that’s not an option for us

 

[SprDaVE]

Way too many unforced errors in the last bit. Terrible from Holmberg there

 

[francis246]

He would be the perfect ahl player candidate

Cowan - Minten - Grebyenkin would be the most ideal line

Too bad that’s not an option for us

Cowan cannot go to the AHL unless the leafs apply for an exemption. Like Seattle did with Shane Wright

 

[SprDaVE]

Benoit with his 2nd absolutely horrific giveaway

 

[HockeyVirus]

Sens getting their diving reps in

 

[Stephen]

It’s cyclical though, if everyone’s using it as plan A it’s going to get gameplanned against. It was really good when it was new and teams playing conservative PKs weren’t equipped to deal with the gap it created. Now that 4 forward and the drop pass is standard I think you’ll see a lot more high pressure PK systems built to punish it. It’s the same as how middle 6s bounce back and forth between speedy water bugs being cheap and cost effective vs bigger two way gritty guys being undervalued, the first few teams to exploit it profit and the last 10 teams to get on the trend end up getting burned with overpriced contracts while it flips back to the opposite build.

That’s exactly it. When you drop pass on every transition play the opposition can just clog up the blueline entry, all the skaters on your team are standing around too… that’s when you need to mix it up so they can’t just play red rover. A dump in would initiate a long foot race with their D having to turn around very quickly too. But you have to be willing to pay the price to go retrieve the puck.

 

[Fogelhund]

can't say enough of good things about Rifai.

He's been pretty good tonight.

 

[Cleetus]

the Rat Brady at it again

 

[MSZ]

lol Tkachuk what a rat

 

[HockeyVirus]

Can we get a live thread please?

 

[Stephen]

Benoit with his 2nd absolutely horrific giveaway

Not a big deal if he can tackle Tkachuk and cover up for it.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

That should be a penalty on tkachuk

He’s being a p***y for not getting his call

 

[Fogelhund]

Moron Tkachuk is going to moron.

 

[PromisedLand]

lets go Benoit kick his stupid ass

 

[MSZ]

Benoit with an A tonight showing some leadership abilities.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

That's a good trade off for us lol I am down to turn this game into a goon fest though with their main guys out there and our B squad.