Pre-Game Talk: Leafs vs Flames Wed Dec 6 @ 7:30 pm EST

[ShaneFalco]

wish we could have a real meritocracy. There are at least 3 wingers who should be on the 4th line ahead of nylander but no earning your minutes only applies to Nylander, marner and brown it appears

Yup, vets are exempt. Or "safe" players

Bozak back - wonderful....

 

[ShaneFalco]

I'm not sure why that would be a point?. Daryl Sutter has two Stanley Cups in the past 7 years. He's currently unemployed. If you had given a team full of Price, Crosby, Getzlaf, Doughty. He would have gotten you few medals

This game out adapts you very quickly. Your old ways doesn't always work

Steve Dangle put it very nicely. The present doesn't care about the past

This is exactly it. Burke won a cup, Carlyle won a cup , Ron Wilson inducted into US HHOF - didn't mean a thing when they were here

 

[zeke]

lol.

bozak back at practice.

willy back on the 4th line.

 

[ULF_55]

lol.

bozak back at practice.

willy back on the 4th line.

So Leafs going with 4 scoring lines.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

So Leafs going with 4 scoring lines.

Nothing wrong with that, who knows Bozak could get the goal that wins the game

 

[SniperOnTheWing]

It would have been too risky to play Willy at C right when he's starting to round back into form. If the line had a disastrous start and got burned for a couple goals then the confidence is out the window again and the slump continues.

To be back on the fourth line though, I guess one more game wouldn't hurt. It did work out great for him on the road trip so hopefully he can have another great game and get back on the top line once and for all so he (and we) can move on.

 

[Budsfan]

In a away I'm glad he's back but I would have liked to see what Nylander can do as the centerman going forward, so I guess the Jury is out until he gets sometime at center.

 

[1specter]

What a f***ing joke these lines are.

100 bucks he looks awful tomorrow.

 

[Brobust]

What a ****ing joke these lines are.


100 bucks he looks awful tomorrow.

As if he's been better than awful so far this season.

 

[zeke]

ok this is better:

Jonas Siegel @jonassiegel
26s
Mike Babcock says he told William Nylander to be ready to play centre in the event that Bozak can't play vs. Calgary. Added: "Over time we'll just keep working in practice, Willy down low and stuff like that so when it's time he can just jump in and play centre."

 

[Budsfan]

ok this is better:

Jonas Siegel @jonassiegel
26s
Mike Babcock says he told William Nylander to be ready to play centre in the event that Bozak can't play vs. Calgary. Added: "Over time we'll just keep working in practice, Willy down low and stuff like that so when it's time he can just jump in and play centre."

This is good news, Maybe we will see Nylander at center.

 

[taurine330]

ok this is better:

Jonas Siegel @jonassiegel
26s
Mike Babcock says he told William Nylander to be ready to play centre in the event that Bozak can't play vs. Calgary. Added: "Over time we'll just keep working in practice, Willy down low and stuff like that so when it's time he can just jump in and play centre."

Music to my ears.

 

[Trapper]

ok this is better:

Jonas Siegel @jonassiegel
26s
Mike Babcock says he told William Nylander to be ready to play centre in the event that Bozak can't play vs. Calgary. Added: "Over time we'll just keep working in practice, Willy down low and stuff like that so when it's time he can just jump in and play centre."

This is awesome news.
There is also no reason that Bozak can't drop to 4th line (based on play this year) and have Willy set up at C.
At home at the very least where Babcock has the preferred matchup. For an organization busting with wingers and little to no centers, this also makes sense.

 

[PromisedLand]

Such vitriole over Babcocks lines. He's only human, like me or you, he puts his pants on one leg at a time. Except once his pants are on, he wins Stanley Cups and Olympic Gold medals.

should have used a singular noun

 

[taurine330]

should have used a singular noun

I think it's plural because it's counted with the gold medals.

 

[PromisedLand]

Didn't like how Nylander played at center last time this was tried.

Marleau is the safer choice for a temp centerman.

between bozak and willy at center; who do you pick?

 

[PromisedLand]

Hey Bozak;

Just take time off man; you need to recover fully. Here try some food I got from this joint in the hood; that would make you feel good

 

[ACC1224]

ok this is better:

Jonas Siegel @jonassiegel
26s
Mike Babcock says he told William Nylander to be ready to play centre in the event that Bozak can't play vs. Calgary. Added: "Over time we'll just keep working in practice, Willy down low and stuff like that so when it's time he can just jump in and play centre."

Makes sense. It's always good to have guys that can move into a position in a pinch, like Marleau.

 

[Mr Hockey]

 

[ACC1224]

wish we could have a real meritocracy. There are at least 3 wingers who should be on the 4th line ahead of nylander but no earning your minutes only applies to Nylander, marner and brown it appears

No Team is a "meritocracy"', Teams are Dictatorships.

 

[zeke]

I don't think Marleau can really handle C. I think the first game he moved there he was fine but the last couple his line has really struggled.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Hey Bozak;

Just take time off man; you need to recover fully. Here try some food I got from this joint in the hood; that would make you feel good

The crappiest looking places in the hood usually have the best and most authentic food

 

[PromisedLand]

The crappiest looking places in the hood usually have the best and most authentic food

that's precisely the point! Entice Bozak into eating the best food where someone may or may not have coughed or sneezed on it. Oh and the food is definitely not past its expiration date

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

I love Babcock sometimes.

 

[PromisedLand]

Hey babs may be nature is trying to tell you something