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GDT: San Jose Sharks @ Toronto Maple Leafs, March 3, 2025, 7:30pm, Prime Time

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Fogelhund said:

Alex Steeves: Can’t Crack the Lineup and Sent to Minors​

Alex Steeves had his chance and didn’t (at least this time) make it count. On Sunday, he was reassigned to the American Hockey League (AHL) Toronto Marlies. The 25-year-old forward made a small impact with the Maple Leafs, contributing a goal and an assist in three games after being called up on Feb. 18. Steeves returns to the Marlies, where he has been a standout this season. He leads the AHL in goals with 29, adding 17 assists in 40 games.

From a roster management perspective, I get this.. but he's better than Dewar or Reaves as a fourth liner, and likely deserves a shot higher up in the lineup. He's got to be a bit frustrated... two points in three games, what has anyone who will play on the fourth line done lately?
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Ar the very least,, you coud have linked to the article where you got this.

It's Item Five in this article:

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Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Matthews, Woll, Jarnkrok & Steeves - The Hockey Writers Toronto Maple Leafs Latest News, Analysis & More

Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs won a back-and-forth game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in OT. Can Callie Jarnkrok make a difference?
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If you're going to just copy someone else's opinion, the least you can do is clearly identify where it's coming from.
 
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Fogelhund said:

Alex Steeves: Can’t Crack the Lineup and Sent to Minors​

Alex Steeves had his chance and didn’t (at least this time) make it count. On Sunday, he was reassigned to the American Hockey League (AHL) Toronto Marlies. The 25-year-old forward made a small impact with the Maple Leafs, contributing a goal and an assist in three games after being called up on Feb. 18. Steeves returns to the Marlies, where he has been a standout this season. He leads the AHL in goals with 29, adding 17 assists in 40 games.

From a roster management perspective, I get this.. but he's better than Dewar or Reaves as a fourth liner, and likely deserves a shot higher up in the lineup. He's got to be a bit frustrated... two points in three games, what has anyone who will play on the fourth line done lately?
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Definitely would rather give Steeves an extended look over DeWar and Reaves. Does DeWar even have one goal this year? I don’t understand what Berube sees in him.
 
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Schennanigans said:
I don’t understand not having Steeves. I thought he played himself onto the team.
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Wasn't better than the people he was competing against...

BrannigansLaw said:
Definitely would rather give Steeves an extended look over DeWar and Reaves. Does DeWar even have one goal this year? I don’t understand what Berube sees in him.
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Much better defensively, Reaves can go...
 
Suntouchable13 said:
Hopefully he does well so they can deal him. His cap hit is totally unnecessary on this team.
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And send Domi and Kampf with him, and Reeves…

Magic Man said:
I think Steeves ignited a bit of a fire in Holmberg and Robertson, which cooled the desire for Steeves in the lineup. Since Steeves scored his first goal and Pontus brought him the puck on the bench. Pontus has 6 points and Robertson has 5 points both in 4 games played. Steeves was supposed to prove why he was a better solution than Holmberg, who it would have been easy to toss on waivers before his explosion.
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Yeah, killer at empty net goals
 
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BrannigansLaw said:
Definitely would rather give Steeves an extended look over DeWar and Reaves. Does DeWar even have one goal this year? I don’t understand what Berube sees in him.
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He isn't an accountability coach. He just plays who he likes and performance is sort of secondary.
 
Fogelhund said:
San Jose has surrendered 61 goals in their last 13 games. They have two wins in their last 19 games.

They are last in points, last in goals against, 4th last in goals for, 8th worse in PP%, 9th worst PK.

In all seriousness, just show up on time, and this should be a win. Practice the PK, get some goals, and some momentum. Also, please shore up the D, it was terrible against the Penguins.
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I have never been more convinced of a leafs loss
Than after reading this post
 
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HockeyVirus said:
Bet on a Liljegren goal and bet on a Jack Thompson goal (he was talking about how he grew up a Leafs fan and how excited he was to play in Toronto).
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Tyler Toffoli is a Toronto boy too and usually plays well against us.

Don't be surprised if Georgiev pulls one out of his ass and makes 40+ saves against us tonight either.
 
Fogelhund said:

Alex Steeves: Can’t Crack the Lineup and Sent to Minors​

Alex Steeves had his chance and didn’t (at least this time) make it count. On Sunday, he was reassigned to the American Hockey League (AHL) Toronto Marlies. The 25-year-old forward made a small impact with the Maple Leafs, contributing a goal and an assist in three games after being called up on Feb. 18. Steeves returns to the Marlies, where he has been a standout this season. He leads the AHL in goals with 29, adding 17 assists in 40 games.

From a roster management perspective, I get this.. but he's better than Dewar or Reaves as a fourth liner, and likely deserves a shot higher up in the lineup. He's got to be a bit frustrated... two points in three games, what has anyone who will play on the fourth line done lately?
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I don't think performance was the reason. Maybe Berube doesn't like him or they want to see what else they have.

Jankrok in?
 
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