Pre-Game Talk: Maple Leafs - Senators (saturday) The Leafs are back!

[freshwind]

I expect the Leafs to come out guns a blazing tonight. I’m even predict a Marner PP goal tonight…….

so, you're saying the 2nd pp unit will pop one tonight? oops, did i say that out loud?

 

[McSnypsky]

My cable is down. Has anyone watched leafs on reddit?

Watching Habs Flordia game now, it should be fine when the Game starts some feeds will be off of course.
Is this game gonna be on CBC still? I'll do the antenna if it is!

 

[SprDaVE]

That's certainly one opinion.
IMO, Mikhayev and Engvall are redundant and neither has the presence Ritchie does.

What presence is that? Do we not want an above average defensive and penalty killer, or do we want the guy throws a body check and doesn't do much else?

 

[mcleex]

This no fans nonsense is complete BS

Look how these teams playing in the States are operating and then there's us

 

[keonsbitterness]

This no fans nonsense is complete BS

Look how these teams playing in the States are operating and then there's us

Don't care. Just give me games.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Watching Habs Flordia game now, it should be fine when the Game starts some feeds will be off of course.
Is this game gonna be on CBC still? I'll do the antenna if it is!

Going off the Score app Toronto and Vancouver are on CBC tonight. I will also be switching to the HD antennae

 

[francis246]

What are the lines for tonight?

 

[Golden_Jet]

Going off the Score app Toronto and Vancouver are on CBC tonight. I will also be switching to the HD antennae

Nice, should be in 4K tonight.

 

[ACC1224]

What are the lines for tonight?

Doesn’t matter, they’ll be rolling four lines of awesomeness

 

[Buds17]

What are the lines for tonight?

Per David Alter's twitter/THN article:

Projected lineup:
Michael Bunting - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev - David Kampf - Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall - Jason Spezza - Wayne Simmonds
Defense:
Morgan Rielly - TJ Brodie
Rasmus Sadin - Justin Holl
Travis Dermott - Alex Biega
Goalies
Jack Campbell (starter)
Petr Mrazek

 

[PromisedLand]

Sandin is in

This is weird. Why are Rielly, Muzz and Willy not in? partied hard last night? they didnt seem to have any injuries and based on recent tweets they were all out of covid protocol - especially given that both NHL/Ontario have said 5 days stay in and then get back to it.

 

[ACC1224]

Per David Alter's twitter/THN article:

Projected lineup:
Michael Bunting - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev - David Kampf - Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall - Jason Spezza - Wayne Simmonds
Defense:
Morgan Rielly - TJ Brodie
Rasmus Sadin - Justin Holl
Travis Dermott - Alex Biega
Goalies
Jack Campbell (starter)
Petr Mrazek

Yikes. Campbell better be sharp.

 

[PromisedLand]

btw Happy New Year guys!!!

and ...

Happy HNIC
Happy Leaf hockey for being back!

 

[leafsfan5]

Per David Alter's twitter/THN article:

Projected lineup:
Michael Bunting - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev - David Kampf - Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall - Jason Spezza - Wayne Simmonds
Defense:
Morgan Rielly - TJ Brodie
Rasmus Sadin - Justin Holl
Travis Dermott - Alex Biega
Goalies
Jack Campbell (starter)
Petr Mrazek

The forward group is exquisite

That defense? Not so much....Hopefully Muzz/Liljergen come back soon

 

[TheGreatOne11]

Mikheyev scores tonight.

Let's gooooooooooo.

 

[BodaciousBeefBazooka]

My depression will be alleviated. Very excited to watch them again.

 

[Buds17]

Yikes. Campbell better be sharp.

It could be worse. That blueline definitely misses Muzzin and Liljegren though. The long layoff between games in general will probably be interesting in and of itself at the start of this one. It's still a game, and I'll take it and like it!

 

[ACC1224]

It could be worse. That blueline definitely misses Muzzin and Liljegren though. The long layoff between games in general will probably be interesting in and of itself at the start of this one. It's still a game, and I'll take it and like it!

It can always be worse but Holl and Sandin looks like a disaster waiting to happen

 

[DraftSchmaft]

Yikes. Campbell better be sharp.

I thought you were being sarcastic because of how stacked the lineup is....but then I took a closer look at the D pairings and realized you're being serious

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

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[Buds17]

It can always be worse but Holl and Sandin looks like a disaster waiting to happen

We'll see. Good to at least have a couple of workhorses there in Rielly and Brodie. Sandin is ahead of Dermott on the depth chart at LHD and the same applies for Holl in relation to Biega on the right side. I just don't see much in the way of flexibility given the options.

 

[Budz22]

Hockey in US

Hockey in Canada

 

[francis246]

Per David Alter's twitter/THN article:

Projected lineup:
Michael Bunting - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev - David Kampf - Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall - Jason Spezza - Wayne Simmonds
Defense:
Morgan Rielly - TJ Brodie
Rasmus Sadin - Justin Holl
Travis Dermott - Alex Biega
Goalies
Jack Campbell (starter)
Petr Mrazek

thank you!

 

[ACC1224]

I thought you were being sarcastic because of how stacked the lineup is....but then I took a closer look at the D pairings and realized you're being serious

Half serious, they’ll be fine.

I hope.

 

[ACC1224]

We'll see. Good to at least have a couple of workhorses there in Rielly and Brodie. Sandin is ahead of Dermott on the depth chart at LHD and the same applies for Holl in relation to Biega on the right side. I just don't see much in the way of flexibility given the options.

I’d run Sandin with Dermott and shelter Holl and Biega as much as possible.