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Yeah the guy had some interesting numbers. Over 19:00 TOI and was the main left side pk D. Lots of hits too but I don't know where the space is for him even though they need the sort of game he plays.
Barring a trade or Gio retiring there isn't a lot of minutes for him so I think he starts the season in the minors. With a 1 way deal I think they still have him for a call up once they have a left side injury or Gio starts getting more rest tho. I expect Timmins has the #7 spot which is as it should be. If he gets some games in the show it will be a MUCH safer environment than he is used to.
I think he and Lagesson give them much better depth in the 7-8-9 holes. I like their D except for the Klinger add which has upside for sure, but seems like something they didn't need a lot.
When you're in the Leafs spot you gotta take some chances on what you hope are some hidden gems. Bad teams (especially defensemen) are where you find these types. McCabe was a decent find by Dubas - I'm interested to see how well he does this year.
Tavares appears to have lost 10-15 lbs, I see it on his face. Hopefully he is a step quicker this year.
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It would be nice for once for us to be able to keep the 3 goalies we want to run with, but we can never manage to get them through Waivers.
I think he’s a goner the second he’s put on waivers. No way that he goes unclaimed…
Absolutely don’t want to see Benoit and Timmins sitting for Giordano to play.
I respect the hell out of Giordano but he looks done. He’s 40 years old. We cannot let 25 year old physical defenders like Benoit rot, and essentially a rookie RHD like Timmins go undeveloped. It’s incredibly short sighted and not in the teams best interest.
Honestly, I don’t know what Klingberg or even Brodie is going to bring, and they are both essentially gone after this season.
Benoit and Timmins are long term pieces we need to keep and develop. Treliving has some hard decisions to make here, and I hope he makes the right ones.
I'd personally have Gio-Benoit-Timmins (in no particular order) as the 5/6/7 and dump Klingberg.
Timmins is basically the sake type of player as Klingberg at this point, bottom pairing OFD who needs protected defensively. I'd rather have the 25 year old making 1.1 with some upside than the rapidly declining Klingberg at 4.1. And it gives us the roster flexibility to carry 22/23 guys.
Unfortunately that's not going happen, Benoit and Timmins will be on waivers and we'll be forced to carry a 20 man roster while demoting a guy like Robby whether he deserves to make the team or not.
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We are going to need all 8 come playoff time when players get injured. Atleast we won't need to trade assets for dmen at the trade deadline.
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If it appears there’s a legit chance to make, and even win, the Eastern final they’ll add a D at some point during the season.
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I didn't like or understand the Klingberg (or Reaves) signing when it happened. After watching a bit of Klingberg this pre-season I can see how he might be able to help, but that number just hamstrings us too much.
This team needs one of Klingberg or Brodie to start the year on IR...unless someone more than expensive gets hurt. We need to keep Timmins, Benoit and Jones and that is how we do it. As the season goes on we will have other injuries and find ways to make it work. It also has happen out of the gate.
Knies Matthews Bertuzzi
Robertson Tavares Marner
Domi Nylander Jarnkrok
Gregor Kampf Lafferty
Reaves
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McCabe Liljegren
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Giordano
Samsonov
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We might see Slaff on the second line and Robertson scratched. Gio may take Benoit's place.
This team needs one of Klingberg or Brodie to start the year on IR...unless someone more than expensive gets hurt. We need to keep Timmins, Benoit and Jones and that is how we do it. As the season goes on we will have other injuries and find ways to make it work. It also has happen out of the gate.
Knies Matthews Bertuzzi
Robertson Tavares Marner
Domi Nylander Jarnkrok
Gregor Kampf Lafferty
Reaves
Rielly Brodie
McCabe Liljegren
Benoit Timmins
Giordano
Samsonov
Will
Jones
We might see Slaff on the second line and Robertson scratched. Gio may take Benoit's place.
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I'm still holding out hope that Klingberg can regain Dallas form. If so that's a huge win.
If not...
It's hard to look at a cap situation not wish we had gone with a OEL/Kulikov/Stecher/Hamonic/Reilly price point defenceman and retained the flexibility to ice a full roster of the most deserving players out of camp.
If not...
It's hard to look at a cap situation not wish we had gone with a OEL/Kulikov/Stecher/Hamonic/Reilly price point defenceman and retained the flexibility to ice a full roster of the most deserving players out of camp.
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That’s awesome. Great experience for him. He’s likely soaking it all in. He’s an enthusiast and hard working kid
I've seen in an article he'll play at least 1 of 3 this next few days against Montreal and I hope the whole game.
Then they play Detroit 2 times later in the week so you'd think 1 of those minimum.
Not necessarily a bad thing he hasn't played as much but he needs some games forsure.
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Yeah he lost 10 lbs .. and has been skating hard since mid August .. but his stride is his stride and really hasn't changed since he was a kid
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i would have rather signed Gustafson for the offensive input, and probably same level of lack of defence for much less than Klingberg, but I guess the hope is that he returns to a legitimate top 4 like he was on the Stars run to the cup.
Benoit is the same type of defender who we usually trade picks for at the deadline, i think he is the prototypical heavy 3rd pairing guy. If McCabe could slide over could be a nice shutdown 3rd pair.
Lily is the question mark, if he takes a step, i think we just need to use Brodies cap to upgrade to a bigger, heavier minute munching D
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