GDT: Toronto @ New Jersey - Thursday 7pm

[tmlfan98]

Quietly (nobody around the team has really mentioned this at all), it seems Rielly got stripped of his A in the leadership group shuffle. In the 3 games so far that all 4 of Matthews+Tavares+Marner+Rielly have played (2 home preseason games+yesterday on the road) it's been Tavares+Marner wearing the As every time.

 

[Dayjobdave]

Awol.

Sadly brilliant new nickname....

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Wow I guess Hildeby does start

 

[stickty111]

reported on twitter from various sources:
Berube says Hildeby will start

The right decision

 

[tmlfan98]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844487888676978719

 

[TheDoldrums]

does any team have a bigger tandem than our current one? They're over 13 feet combined!

 

[VanW27]

Feels like Murray would have been a decent option then. And if not, I'm not sure why he's here

Murray hasn't played in 1.5 years, he needs to build himself back up by playing and staying healthy in the minors.

It's the same reason why there was a near 0 chance he was going to be claimed on waivers despite all the hand-wringing happening on here.

 

[Leafs98]

On the verge of a slow start. Hope they take this one.

 

[wingman75]

That's not.why I was asking. I don't have SN+, but wanted to know if the games get blackedout when they are on there.

If you are in the Leafs region, yes, they do.

 

[PromisedLand]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844399364627890455

May not be a great coach but one of the more classiest people to come through the organization.

Keefe's good bye video was pretty classy!

 

[Skullz]

Quietly (nobody around the team has really mentioned this at all), it seems Rielly got stripped of his A in the leadership group shuffle. In the 3 games so far that all 4 of Matthews+Tavares+Marner+Rielly have played (2 home preseason games+yesterday on the road) it's been Tavares+Marner wearing the As every time.

I noticed too. Really curious about that.

 

[PromisedLand]

Not sure why you wouldn’t get Lily in for Timmins as well

saw a tweet the other day that Lily and the team have mutual interest to move him given how he is the odd man out. I don't see what the hell Berube sees in Timmins but.....

 

[PromisedLand]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844400697531601208

Good to see Berube is calling this crap out immediately. It's been a core problem for years now that this team has an inability to get greasy goals or is willing to fight to get inside the paint enough. It was also why Dubas went out and acquired a guy like ROR, but it was too little too late given the way the team and coaching staff had played for years.

and when i call this shit out I am labelled as marner and/or tavares hater

like wtf.

too much cutezy bullshit with marner, tavares is slow and rielly absolutely SUCKS on the PP; he also has no point shot except his love affair with shin pads LOL

I’m getting more confidence in Bérubé

Question being can he fix it?

Trading marner is a start to fixing the crap thats been going on with the Leafs IMO

 

[PromisedLand]

Hildeby is making his NHL debut.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844481679123181914

Unleash the HildeBEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Buds17]

Quite the situation for a goalie to make his first career start in. Hildeby making a future name for himself begins tonight. Let's go, Dennis! Play well in front of him, Leafs.

 

[PromisedLand]

Quite the situation for a goalie to make his first career start in. Hildeby making a future name for himself begins tonight. Let's go, Dennis! Play well in front of him, Leafs.

Devils playing for their "new coach with extra motivation"

hoping the buds also play for their "Goalie's debut in NHL with extra motivation"

 

[Gallagbi]

Murray hasn't played in 1.5 years, he needs to build himself back up by playing and staying healthy in the minors.

It's the same reason why there was a near 0 chance he was going to be claimed on waivers despite all the hand-wringing happening on here.

He's a 30 year old who is looking for an opportunity to showcase that he's fully rehabbed. It gives you the opportunity to protect your NHL goalie (priority) and top prospect in net

 

[Buds17]

Devils playing for their "new coach with extra motivation"

hoping the buds also play for their "Goalie's debut in NHL with extra motivation"

I'm sure they were unhappy to miss the playoffs last season. I'm sure the Leafs didn't like losing their streak and first game of the season. Hoping the Leafs deserve the win tonight while getting the result to match that much.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Quietly (nobody around the team has really mentioned this at all), it seems Rielly got stripped of his A in the leadership group shuffle. In the 3 games so far that all 4 of Matthews+Tavares+Marner+Rielly have played (2 home preseason games+yesterday on the road) it's been Tavares+Marner wearing the As every time.

Gotta keep Marner and Tavares happy.

 

[The Iceman]

so timmins goes again does he.......half a bottle of vodka left here i come

I think I would have brought McMann in for Reavo and gone 7D sitting Patches.
Patches is 35 and doesn’t need to play back to backs if we want him to stay healthy.

 

[The Iceman]

Split the PP (1 min each):

PP1: Nylander Matthews Knies
Marner OEL

PP2: Pacioretty Tavares Robertson
Domi Rielly

I am all for the two PP units in theory but it is stupid for the leafs to do so being so top heavy.

I checked out the Oilers PP distribution last night and the big guys played every second of their PP time.
It is what you do if you have high end offensive talent.

 

[Buds17]

He's a 30 year old who is looking for an opportunity to showcase that he's fully rehabbed. It gives you the opportunity to protect your NHL goalie (priority) and top prospect in net

Hildeby having played significantly more than Murray in the AHL last season would be as much of a deciding factor as any for me. Time to see what that top prospect has to offer. Great for the team and Murray if he can work his way back to receiving an opportunity at a later date.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Quietly (nobody around the team has really mentioned this at all), it seems Rielly got stripped of his A in the leadership group shuffle. In the 3 games so far that all 4 of Matthews+Tavares+Marner+Rielly have played (2 home preseason games+yesterday on the road) it's been Tavares+Marner wearing the As every time.

Considering Mo already could have been captain but didn't want it, I am sure he did that to be a good leader. He knows it means way more to Marner. He wasn't stripped of anything

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Is this another ceremony game?

 

[Antropovsky]

So our goaltending is one guy in Stolarz who has never played more than 28 games in a NHL season, 2 china dolls in Murray and Woll, and a rookie. Our GM is a genius.

Still better than any of the goaltenders Dubas ever had... Campbell, Samsonov, Kallgren, Mrazek, Hutchinson.