Confirmed with Link: Official 2023 Training Camp discussion - CAMPS OVER!!!

[ACC1224]

Maybe they can ask Mitch who are the five worst golfers on the team.

He’s one of them.

 

[Nineteen67]

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If I'm giving a brutally honest assessment:

1st line - Absolutely elite, if Bertuzzi is as advertised this is atleast the 2nd best line in the entire league, possibly the best if they really click.
2nd line - Lafferty anywhere in the top-9 is gross, and although Knies looks promising he's totally unproven. Not impressed with the line.
3rd line - Nylander at center is unproven, decent wingers I guess depending on how Domi shakes out but once again, the line hinges on a question mark.
4th line - It's a 4th line, good enough.

Top pair - Rielly - Brodie must have gotten broken up 1000 times over the last 2 years because it just doesn't cut it. Rielly got paired with Scenn and Brodie with McCabe and it was immediate improvement.
2nd pairing - Literally hinges on Klingberg achieving atleast some of his past form. The reviews about his defensive game are pretty scary. Not sure if McCabe is the type of guy who can cover up for something that bad defesnively.
3rd pairing - old man Gio needs to not be on this team anymore. We're what, year 6 or 7 in Lilly's development now? and we still got him on the 3rd pair.

Can't honestly say I'm that impressed with the first look at the lineup. Honest to god it looks like another rendition of a run and gun team that needs to rely on its top line to demolish the opposition on a nightly basis.

They were experimenting with the lineup during the playoffs last year and it really showed on the ice. They addressed the problem by adding Bertuzzi and Domi, but there’s still uncertainty.

The hope is that Brodie was injured during the playoffs or they could be in a world of trouble on D.

 

[DarkKnight]

No one’s mentioned Abruzezze, Will he be given a chance to make this team? he got into a few games last season. He’s 24 years old so if he’s not NHL ready now I dont think he ever will be.

I personally don’t see anything there that looks like an NHL regular. Ditto Steeves. Warm bodies.

 

[supermann_98]

His shot has always been a bomb, he just hasn’t figured out how to get open and use it yet in the NHL

 

[TMLAM34]

His shot has always been a bomb, he just hasn’t figured out how to get open and use it yet in the NHL

Hopefully this is the year.

 

[DarkKnight]

As for Robertson, the guy only played 17 games last year, 38 the year before, 27 the one before that, a total of 31 NHL games. These concrete narratives that are forming around the kid are premature, apart from being injury prone. He hasn’t failed in any way, apart from injury. I still see a lot of potential and upside there, he just hasn’t played.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Yes please.

 

[3headeddragon]

Yes please.

Hope he means in front of the other teams net......... At times we have already mastered it in front of our own.

 

[TheDoldrums]

schedule doesn't do us any favours in terms of rest

 

[Phion Keneuf]

schedule doesn't do us any favours in terms of rest

I feel like it’s like this every year lol

 

[shaner8989]

Leafs always get f***ed with the schedule. They have the 2nd worst/least favourable schedule

And they say there is no bias. Bs

 

[Sypher04]

Klingberg will start on PP1
Matthews will be penalty killing this year.

To be honest, I have no idea why it’s taken this long for them to go to Matthews as a penalty killing option. He’s I think the best defensive forward on the team, but at worst he’s second to Marner.

 

[ACC1224]

Klingberg will start on PP1
Matthews will be penalty killing this year.

To be honest, I have no idea why it’s taken this long for them to go to Matthews as a penalty killing option. He’s I think the best defensive forward on the team, but at worst he’s second to Marner.

‘Will’ sounds awful definitive.

 

[Captain Crunch]

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They were experimenting with the lineup during the playoffs last year and it really showed on the ice. They addressed the problem by adding Bertuzzi and Domi, but there’s still uncertainty.

The hope is that Brodie was injured during the playoffs or they could be in a world of trouble on D.

Brodie had a lot going on in his personal life. I’m hoping we see the Brodie we’ve been used to seeing.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Need to build from the net out
Certified brick wall

 

[Niagara Bill]

Why would he tell the media and fans that he had a nagging injury? What's the benefit?

This might sound crazy but the players don't care about HFboards and Twitter speculation.

Why
1, fans are important
2, fans are important
3, the alternative is the speculation that he has a drug problem or a relationship problem.
4, what is wrong in the off season telling fans the truth. We have an interest and he has 13.5 per yr to earn

 

[Thornbury]

Brodie had a lot going on in his personal life. I’m hoping we see the Brodie we’ve been used to seeing.

He was?

 

[LeafChief]

Why
1, fans are important
2, fans are important
3, the alternative is the speculation that he has a drug problem or a relationship problem.
4, what is wrong in the off season telling fans the truth. We have an interest and he has 13.5 per yr to earn

You're not that important.

 

[Niagara Bill]

You're not that important.

Yes I am, to the NFL, NBA, EPL, MLB.
In fact to those leagues it is not allowed to hide significant injuries due to gambling associations. Now that the NHL has full affiliation and I am forced to watch sports writers and reporters tell me about odds during the game, hiding injuries of significance should be illegal.

 

[Captain Crunch]

He was?

His wife has been dealing with MS since she was diagnosed in 2016, and his father passed away from cancer this month.

 

[Thornbury]

His wife has been dealing with MS since she was diagnosed in 2016, and his father passed away from cancer this month.

That's pretty rough.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Yes I am, to the NFL, NBA, EPL, MLB.
In fact to those leagues it is not allowed to hide significant injuries due to gambling associations. Now that the NHL has full affiliation and I am forced to watch sports writers and reporters tell me about odds during the game, hiding injuries of significance should be illegal.

You’re really not even a teensy tiny bit.

 

[Nineteen67]

Brodie had a lot going on in his personal life. I’m hoping we see the Brodie we’ve been used to seeing.

He was certainly weighted down and could move fast enough.

 

[Niagara Bill]

You’re really not even a teensy tiny bit.

Are you not capable of dealing with the point?
Surely you have an interest as to whether AM has a chronic wrist problem, got it attended to , or just going to a reduced player?

 

[A1LeafNation]

I only have 2 Leaf Jerseys (Sundin and Matthews).

I think my 3rd will be Knies.