GDT: Maple Leafs - Flyers

[Coachcorner]

Campbell, Jack is the projected starter tonight. That surprises my rear end, hard.

Philly is an easy team to beat. They shall allow a lot of gezoals. On THEIR net. Not ours. THEIRS!

 

[Fogelhund]

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[TheBeastCoast]

Matthews missing out on 60 goals due to an injury really sucks...but him being ready for the playoffs is more important.

 

[Stephen]

Maple Leafs smart to think ‘bigger picture’ with Auston Matthews injury

The Toronto Maple Leafs have their priorities straight. If there was any inkling that the club or its best player might prioritize individual record-breaking over breaking through the first playoff round, that theory has been tossed out faster than an empty Cadbury Mini Eggs wrapper with the...

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Papi might actually be hurt beyond load management. Worrying sign.

 

[Stephen]

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Leafs have downplayed Matthews injuries in the past.

 

[zeke]

well tonight would be a game to miss.

if he misses the florida games then maybe you start to have a hint of concern.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Not worried about Matthews. Why rush him back for these games unless he is feeling like he is ready?

 

[MapleLeafs77]

Anddddd no interest in watching tonight. No Matthews makes this game pointless in my eyes

 

[tmlms13]

Lets win 9-0 to help get some revenge for the Raptors

 

[tom leafers]

Not worried about Matthews. Why rush him back for these games unless he is feeling like he is ready?

exactly.

i think the fans care more about getting 60 goals then he does.

Keep him out of every remaining game for all i care. as long as hes 100% for the playoffs im happy

 

[Leaf Rocket]

team showed up last night no issues heres hoping they do the same today n stay in form

 

[Ciao]

I don't really care too much about the Rocket or the Hart. They're both incidental mileposts.

I want Matthews to win the Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup.

 

[Apex Predator]

I’d rather rest Matthews then let him play through some injury. Team success is more important than individual success. Let’s get Matthews and everyone as healthy as they can for the playoffs.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Also I enjoyed this immensely...



Bunting: f***ing right
Soupy: Oh, thank you

 

[Michael j]

NHL.com saying he’s out tonight

 

[stickty111]

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Fine by me. Getting healthy is more important

 

[zeke]

This is actually pretty interesting because moving Kerfoot to C would pretty much have to mean Kampf moving down a line. It may also mean that they think Kase is coming back......or maybe that Blackwell deserves a shot on a scoring line.

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Kase/Blackwell
Engvall-Kerfoot-Nylander
XXXXX-Kampf-XXXXX

with XXXX = Kase/Blackwell/Spezza/Simmonds/Clifford/Robertson/Abbruzzese/Steeves/Anderson

if it's mainly the Kerf-Willy combo he wants to reunite then he could also end up moving Engvall to that Tavares line, and having a Kerfoot-Kampf-Nylander or a Nylander-Kerfoot-Kase/Blackwell 3rd line.

IMO i like the idea of moving Kampf down a line - i think he'd be an ultra good 4th line C and give that line usefulness no matter who is on the wings, and there's no doubt that he's the least offensively talented of all our forwards, so while he's not a liability on the 3rd line it's hard for that line to ever be a true strength.

but man if we can get that Kerfoot-Willy magic going again from the playoffs, but have that be our 3rd line this time instead of our 2nd line, then we are looking pretty stacked.

 

[zeke]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Kase
Engvall-Kerfoot-Nylander
Blackwell-Kampf-(Spezza/Simmonds/Clifford/Abbruzzese/Robertson/Steeves/Anderson)

that's looks pretty.

 

[al secord]

Campbell, Jack is the projected starter tonight. That surprises my rear end, hard.

Philly is an easy team to beat. They shall allow a lot of gezoals. On THEIR net. Not ours. THEIRS!

Sir Score A Lot is out. Time for Engvall, Pierre to step up again sire.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Anddddd no interest in watching tonight. No Matthews makes this game pointless in my eyes

Home ice, my friend. It'll be a great advantage in our series against TB. We need to win so that if we were to lose against TB on Thursday, we still have a buffer. Our schedule is a bit more difficult than TB's.

 

[Coachcorner]

Sir Score A Lot is out. Time for Engvall, Pierre to step up again sire.

Now that's on the real! He (Pierre has plezazyed good lately), really envolved in it. Lets see what our other fools do tonight milord. I'm thanking: We score over 4 goals again tonight. That other organization is that poor.

 

[crump]

Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Kase
Engvall-Kerfoot-Nylander
Blackwell-Kampf-(Spezza/Simmonds/Clifford/Abbruzzese/Robertson/Steeves/Anderson)

that's looks pretty.

I like the idea of the 4th line strong defensive centre like that. Kampf will get extra time on PK and you could always roll to Engvall Kampf Mikheyev in a pinch to shut things down if you need to. Man, if Kase was healthy enough to come back, what a boost that would be.

 

[kevsh]

Why is the game so important?

Yeah, I got mixed up, thought TB was tonight.

I know, "Flyers" is right there in the thread title. What can I say, sleepy head today.

 

[KingsHockey24]

We need to twerk, tbh.

I volunteer but only if Clifford is in the line-up tonight.