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Pre-Game Talk: The Toronto Maple Leafs vs San Jose Sharks

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Niagara Bill said:
Tire your goaltender after 3 games? Seriously! We have a baby team who are way too soft, but the question is why throw away points with a goalie who did not make the team, and has proven not to be capable.
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When would you play the backup if not in one of the b2b games then?
 
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Niagara Bill said:
Tire your goaltender after 3 games? Seriously! We have a baby team who are way too soft, but the question is why throw away points with a goalie who did not make the team, and has proven not to be capable.
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hahahaha, is this a parody account?
 
SprDaVE said:
Why are people so down on Hutchinson? What am I missing here? Seems like a perfectly fine option for a backup start.

Last year he had a 2.42 GAA and a .919 save percentage in 8 games. He was actually better than our supposed #1.
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I think there are a new batch of "fans" ready for the ignore button.
By the way with all the Norm McDonald youtube clips going up after his passing away, I hope you have watched the ones with Super Dave.
 
I would have started Campbell tonight, but hopefully Hutch can carry over his play from last season and pick up the win.

The boys will likely need to score more than 2 goals to make it happen though.
 
Coachcorner said:
Yeah sire, we was right, expected hutch gon hutch this game for us :clap: We MIGHT WIN BIGG TYME BABY! The shesharks will be playing tonight also, against the fool sens!! WOOP WOOP!!!!
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You think Hutch is "Gon hutch ?"

I hope he's better than that because if You're right things could go very very bad very very quickly
 
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Playing the odds, you'd think you have better chance of , at least, splitting the two games if you play your better goalie tonight...and over 82 games I'm going to play the odds as much as possible.
 
Northernguy10 said:
Playing the odds, you'd think you have better chance of , at least, splitting the two games if you play your better goalie tonight...and over 82 games I'm going to play the odds as much as possible.
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Team Line Combinations - Daily Faceoff

Look at this roster lol. Obviously any team can steal a game on any given night, but Sharks and Pens (in their current state) isn't worth bringing up a "who should start which game" debate. We have no idea how Campbell will look against a team like Vegas yet, but what we do know is Campbell eats teams like the Pens for breakfast.

The current setup has a 2-0 feel in my books.
 
2nd night of a back to back, 3rd game in 4 nights hopefully the sharks come out a little sluggish and the Leafs can jump on them since they have had 3 days off
 
The Examiner said:
I’d rather have my starter in for the “4 point” game than the game against the out-of-conference opponent. This is where Babcock failed the team, many times.
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Many coaches go with the stronger team one the first of a back to back. The thinking being you can't win both if you don't win the first one.
It's just a preference, nothing that should be classified as a failure, IMO.
 
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I think this is a good decision to start Hutch. "Playing it safe" with the team we have to just try to get 2 points is a loser mentality. We are among the best teams in the league and we should be acting like it. Go for 4/4 points now.
 
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SprDaVE said:
Why are people so down on Hutchinson? What am I missing here? Seems like a perfectly fine option for a backup start.

Last year he had a 2.42 GAA and a .919 save percentage in 8 games. He was actually better than our supposed #1.
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Doesn't the "small sample size" disclaimer apply here, rendering the results useless?
 
SprDaVE said:
Sure but 8 games isn't just 1 game either. I think it shows he's a capable back up and not worth the huge amount of vitriol and negativity?
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He doesn't seem very good when you look at a larger sample size, such as his tenure in Toronto. Although if you took his tenure with the Avs, he'd be the best goalie in the league.
 
All Mod Cons said:
He doesn't seem very good when you look at a larger sample size, such as his tenure in Toronto. Although if you took his tenure with the Avs, he'd be the best goalie in the league.
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Im not sure what you expect from a 3rd stringer, but they are typically in the same quality.

You can make the argument that a 1 game sample is the same as 8, but it isn't and while small, it shows he's more than capable of having a good performance.

If you are clinging that 8 games isn't enough of a sample size as you're only argument that he sucks, in his last 29 games (since being acquired by the Leafs) he's sporting a .919 save percentage and a 2.43 GAA. If we remove the 1 game that he played for the Avs in the regular season, he's at .906%.
 
I understand the need to play Hutchinson in this scenario, but I'll never be confident with him in net no matter how few times he plays a season. The Leafs will have to get off the snide and score more than 2 goals if they want to have a chance to win. If they don't, it's lights out. Zero confidence in Hutchinson.
 
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