GDT: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres Preseason Game #3

[Fogelhund]

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The game will be a Joe Thornton Arena in St. Thomas.

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[wingman75]

Thought they would have sent a stronger roster... that might be the weakest of the three games so far.

Do love that Cowen will be on the ice again, he is a lot of fun to watch.

 

[DarkKnight]

Knies Mitten Cowan on a line would be fun. The future ”more core” line.

 

[Sypher04]

Knies Mitten Cowan on a line would be fun. The future ”more core” line.

I agree. Totally guessing here, but im expecting something like Knies-JT-Lafferty
Domi-Minten-Cowan

 

[Leafs98]

Seems like every game there'll be at least 1 line to try out, looking for chemistry. That and getting Klingberg minutes to feel the puck and the goalie tryouts

 

[acrobaticgoalie]

Surprised Sammy isn't getting into a game yet

 

[The Management]

Haven't been able to catch a preseason game, but glad to hear Cowan looks good. Hope Klingberg gets plenty of ice and an opportunity to adjust.

 

[Budz]

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The game will be a Joe Thornton Arena in St. Thomas.

I live about 12 blocks away. Was debating taking my youngest to see if we can say hi to the boys coming off the bus.

 

[ACC1224]

I live about 12 blocks away. Was debating taking my youngest to see if we can say hi to the boys coming off the bus.

Don’t debate, just do it. If you know someone at the rink find out when the morning skate is. That’ll be the best time.

 

[Mitch nylander]

Domi - Tavares - Lafferty
Knies - Holmberg - Cowan
Robertson - Minten - Gregor
Steeves - Hirvonen - Ellis
Clifford

Mccabe - Klingberg
Lajoie - Liljegren
Lagesson - Timmins
Pietroniro

Hildeby
Jones

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Keys to this game:

1. Lots of Youth... Can Robertson build off his play? Can Cowan continue to impress? Will Knies show dominance? Will Minten continue to show he's a viable option down the middle? Will Holmberg build off of last year's play? Can Steeves/Ellis make an impression with their speed?
2. Battle of L4 - I've liked gregor, and I don't think Lafferty's spot is guaranteed. Will both showcase they belong?
3. Battle of the #7d - Important game for Lagesson/Timmins/Lajoie.

 

[hizzoner]

I was looking forward to this game until I saw the 2 lineups-neither team is playing their stars.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Damn that’s one tall Swedish goalie you guys have. How do you guys like him?

 

[fahad203]

Damn that’s one tall Swedish goalie you guys have. How do you guys like him?

Hasn't shown much to be excited about really. Hoping for a lighting in a bottle with any goalie, like any goalie
We haven't had luck with any goalie prospect for like long long time now. Like really long time. Probably not since Potvin

 

[ACC1224]

I was looking forward to this game until I saw the 2 lineups-neither team is playing their stars.

Welcome to pre-season

 

[SprDaVE]

Surprised Sammy isn't getting into a game yet

I do worry about his conditioning and ability to stay healthy, and seems like the Leafs do too. They really need to test goaltenders like Hildeby and Petruzzelli (who was pretty good in the first game), because if Samsonov can't stay in the lineup, they need a good back-up plan.

 

[SprDaVE]

Damn that’s one tall Swedish goalie you guys have. How do you guys like him?

A lot of upside, we'll see how he does in a full year in NA. A little too early to know how good he can be.

 

[ACC1224]

Surprised Sammy isn't getting into a game yet

Seems to have been forgotten. Has anyone in the media asked Keefe about him? Strange we haven't heard anything about him.

 

[Cams]

Same goes for Jarnkrok......

 

[ACC1224]

Same goes for Jarnkrok......

They said he has some type of minor injury

 

[shaner8989]

Where is McMann?

 

[Cor]

Surprised Sammy isn't getting into a game yet

Advantage/Disadvantage to such a long pre-season schedule for us aha

I assume he'll play the full game Friday or Saturday in Montreal, with Woll/Jones splitting the other.

He probably plays at least half, if not the full game Monday (2nd) in Toronto, and then likely plays the full game the following Saturday against Detroit (7th), with I assume Woll getting the full game the Thursday (5th)

Where is McMann?

Working his way back from an injury. He's been skating in camp/practice. I think Keefe said he'll likely be able to play some of the later pre-season games

 

[CDN24]

Haven't been able to catch a preseason game, but glad to hear Cowan looks good. Hope Klingberg gets plenty of ice and an opportunity to adjust.

He's had 600+ NHL games to adjust, he is what he is at this point.

 

[banks]

This is exactly the kind of roster I want to see early in pre-season. Youth and guys on the bubble need to be given the chance to do something. Keep it to a few regulars only.

The goalie situation is really interesting to me. I hope each guy gets one period.

 

[HockeyVirus]

RE: Samsonov I just think it is related to sports science. I think they are expecting Sammy to start as close to 50 games as possible this year. Similar to Tavares, I think they are letting him get reps in practice but waiting to ramp up the work load a while longer. He likely doesn't need more than 2 games to feel the puck during games and get back into it. Why start him 5 games that don't matter?

 

[TakeTheBody]

Lots of Max's