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GDT: Tampa @ Leafs 7:30pm Oct 21st 2024
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1specter
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It's too early in the season to declare he has been poor or amazing. One bad game can throw off an entire stat line, and in his case he had a poor showing against Ottawa which cratered his numbers, but he has 3 wins and played well in each of those wins.
Still loving that Jeannot trade for Tampa.
What an absolute disaster of a trade for them, and so happy they did it.
I hope it spends many more years to come biting them in the ass.
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HamiltonNHL
Resigning Marner == Running it back
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Jimmy Firecracker
They Fired Sheldon!
This is an important early season game in terms of future seeding implications. Handing Tampa a clean 2 points here could prove to be real annoying 5 months from now. Hopefully the Leafs come out flying and take the Lightning to task tonight.
I'm expecting a bounce-back game. It should be fun to watch. Here's hoping the PP is better.
OddyOh
Really, Healy?
Yes, in the Prime Video app, choose “Sports” then “NHL” then scroll all the way to the bottom, I can still playback last week’s Pit-Mtl game.
Much better than seeing the score before finding the replay like Rogers’ shitty apps.
I was told yes. The game from last week is still there if you want to stream it, and when you launch the game it will ask if you want to start from the beginning or join live. Does it actually work? Guess we'll find out tonight.
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Maple Leafs Notebook: Berube taps Pacioretty to boost caved-in line
The Toronto Maple Leafs' third line has been underwhelming early on, so Max Pacioretty will re-enter the lineup hoping to provide that spark.
But the third unit of John Tavares centering Nick Robertson and Pontus Holmberg has been decidedly underwhelming — getting outshot 7-3, outscored 1-0, and generating just 22.6 per cent of expected goals when on the ice together.
That group was also the target of Berube's strongly worded wakeup-call timeout during Wednesday's win over the Kings.
So, it makes sense that the coach is making an adjustment for Monday's divisional tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Pacioretty re-enters the middle six and the second power-play unit, after sitting eight days as a healthy scratch.
Berube chalks up the decision as wanting fresh legs, but he needs more from the Tavares line.
"I think that we haven't gotten a real makeup yet with Johnny being sick," Berube said.
Holmberg had an impressive camp but has looked a step behind since. And Robertson, who was arguably the Leafs' pre-season MVP, is still hunting his first point of the real season.
The fulcrum of that unit, though, is the 34-year-old Tavares, whose battle through last week's bout of bad health may have been understated.
The centreman lost eight pounds and some jump.
He admitted Monday that he's just now getting back into the swing of things.
"It was a real difficult illness I had there for a few days. So, take some time to kind of rev things back up this week," said Tavares, who believes a couple of days off at home will be of benefit. "I need to get back into the rhythm."
The success of his line depends on it.
HamiltonNHL
Resigning Marner == Running it back
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Tre will have zero loyalty to another GM's picks. Especially since he signed a 4th line C to $2.4 M
Ah, pretending that 3rd line can score 60 goals for untold millions. They just aren't good enough.Maple Leafs Notebook: Berube taps Pacioretty to boost caved-in line
The Toronto Maple Leafs' third line has been underwhelming early on, so Max Pacioretty will re-enter the lineup hoping to provide that spark.www.sportsnet.ca
But the third unit of John Tavares centering Nick Robertson and Pontus Holmberg has been decidedly underwhelming — getting outshot 7-3, outscored 1-0, and generating just 22.6 per cent of expected goals when on the ice together.
That group was also the target of Berube's strongly worded wakeup-call timeout during Wednesday's win over the Kings.
So, it makes sense that the coach is making an adjustment for Monday's divisional tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Pacioretty re-enters the middle six and the second power-play unit, after sitting eight days as a healthy scratch.
Berube chalks up the decision as wanting fresh legs, but he needs more from the Tavares line.
"I think that we haven't gotten a real makeup yet with Johnny being sick," Berube said.
Holmberg had an impressive camp but has looked a step behind since. And Robertson, who was arguably the Leafs' pre-season MVP, is still hunting his first point of the real season.
The fulcrum of that unit, though, is the 34-year-old Tavares, whose battle through last week's bout of bad health may have been understated.
The centreman lost eight pounds and some jump.
He admitted Monday that he's just now getting back into the swing of things.
"It was a real difficult illness I had there for a few days. So, take some time to kind of rev things back up this week," said Tavares, who believes a couple of days off at home will be of benefit. "I need to get back into the rhythm."
The success of his line depends on it.
1specter
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I've been saying for the past week that JT is ill but people's heads are exploding that he's completely cooked lol. He literally said before the Kings game that he dropped 8 lbs, and Nylander even confirmed that JT was really going through it. Even in the media availability today, his face was looking kinda sunken in and he still looked a little gaunt overall, he's clearly not 100%.Maple Leafs Notebook: Berube taps Pacioretty to boost caved-in line
The Toronto Maple Leafs' third line has been underwhelming early on, so Max Pacioretty will re-enter the lineup hoping to provide that spark.
But the third unit of John Tavares centering Nick Robertson and Pontus Holmberg has been decidedly underwhelming — getting outshot 7-3, outscored 1-0, and generating just 22.6 per cent of expected goals when on the ice together.
That group was also the target of Berube's strongly worded wakeup-call timeout during Wednesday's win over the Kings.
So, it makes sense that the coach is making an adjustment for Monday's divisional tilt against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Pacioretty re-enters the middle six and the second power-play unit, after sitting eight days as a healthy scratch.
Berube chalks up the decision as wanting fresh legs, but he needs more from the Tavares line.
"I think that we haven't gotten a real makeup yet with Johnny being sick," Berube said.
Holmberg had an impressive camp but has looked a step behind since. And Robertson, who was arguably the Leafs' pre-season MVP, is still hunting his first point of the real season.
The fulcrum of that unit, though, is the 34-year-old Tavares, whose battle through last week's bout of bad health may have been understated.
The centreman lost eight pounds and some jump.
He admitted Monday that he's just now getting back into the swing of things.
"It was a real difficult illness I had there for a few days. So, take some time to kind of rev things back up this week," said Tavares, who believes a couple of days off at home will be of benefit. "I need to get back into the rhythm."
The success of his line depends on it.
If he's still looking bad come mid-November, then I will be more concerned. Having Pacioretty with him should help with some of the board and grunt work at least.
HamiltonNHL
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THEN ..... He should be resting.
The Leaf's training staff should know better. His performance is bad and playing while not feeling well is an injury risk.
Why is he playing ?
because he said he's fine to the training staff.
so, NO ILLNESS EXCUSES for JT.
BallardEra
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Will be a 4-1 Leafs win.
Robertson is also due
Robertson is also due
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ULF_55
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What a weird way to look at things...
So because they are 100% with Liljegren, he is the answer?
HockeyVirus
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Ah great this is the only game on tonight. Can't wait to see the game thread on the main board analyze every single leaf play like its life or death.
*Mathews mishandles the puck in the blue line in the 1st period*
"HAHAHAHHA Fradthews, this is why the leafs cant get past the 1st rd"
So annoying. If they win or make a nice play opposite happens
"Laffs celebrating like they won the cup"
"Can't wait to watch them lose in round 1 again"
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PROUD PAPA
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I’ve looked for alternatives but I don’t see anything.
Guess I’ll have my 1st experience watching hockey on prime tonight. That just seems wrong.
Thank you! But yeah totally agree. I move heaven and earth to try and avoid the score while at work. 0 social media and my coworkers no the rules lol
