GDT: Wild @ Leafs - Friday 7pm

[ACC1224]

Rare weekend with no Saturday game, BOOOOOOO!!!!!
Wild are on the 2nd half of a back to back, in Columbus on Thursday.

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[shaner8989]

Play Woll

 

[ACC1224]

Play Woll

I'd bet Samsonov is back in.

 

[Burnie97]

 

[ACC1224]

Yep, Seattle then the Western Canada stretch coming up.

 

[Confucius]

I'd bet Samsonov is back in.

Where? The A

 

[Burnie97]

Yep, Seattle then the Western Canada stretch coming up.

Yeah its a streaky type of schedule. Like you said the western trip. Then they come back and play 4 at home and then go on another 5 game road trip.

At home they've been great. Hopefully on these long trips they can at least play above 500 on both and go 3-2 or so.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Wild face Leafs on their 2nd half of a B2B. I would start Woll.

 

[BayStBullies]

Wild face Leafs on their 2nd half of a B2B. I would start Woll.

If I've learned anything from my time here. It was deemed impossible for the Leafs to win when in that position, so there should be no excuse for a loss.

 

[egd27]

If I've learned anything from my time here. It was deemed impossible for the Leafs to win when in that position, so there should be no excuse for a loss.

I have list you can borrow if you'd like.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Rare weekend with no Saturday game, BOOOOOOO!!!!!

Would love to see HNIC ratings with & without Leaf games

 

[Stephen]

How did they manage to schedule a Friday night game in Toronto? Someone with shaky hands click on the wrong box on the calendar?

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Hopefully ROR lights up another former team lol

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Yep, Seattle then the Western Canada stretch coming up.

Go to Seattle. Travel to Alberta. Travel back West to Vancouver then fly out to New Jersey for some reason. So its a Pacific Central Central Pacific Eastern time zone 5 game trip lol. Schedule is stupid sometimes.

 

[1specter]

How did they manage to schedule a Friday night game in Toronto? Someone with shaky hands click on the wrong box on the calendar?

It's become more of a thing ever since Leiweke ran MLSE years ago. I think the intent was to give the Raptors more Saturday home games as they started to rise in popularity, and schedule other big time events at Scotiabank such as concerts etc. Speaking of which, it looks like there is a SZA concert this Saturday.

Hopefully ROR lights up another former team lol

ROR never played for Minnesota?

 

[LeafalCrusader]

It's become more of a thing ever since Leiweke ran MLSE years ago. I think the intent was to give the Raptors more Saturday home games as they started to rise in popularity, and schedule other big time events at Scotiabank such as concerts etc. Speaking of which, it looks like there is a SZA concert this Saturday.


ROR never played for Minnesota?

He was traded there in the trade we just made with Minnesota and St. Louis. They're eating part of his salary.

 

[1specter]

He was traded there in the trade we just made with Minnesota and St. Louis. They're eating part of his salary.

Ah, my mistake, clearly missed the joke good one

 

[egd27]

Speaking of which, it looks like there is a SZA concert this Saturday.

Isn't he still with the Marlies?

 

[rojac]

It's become more of a thing ever since Leiweke ran MLSE years ago. I think the intent was to give the Raptors more Saturday home games as they started to rise in popularity, and schedule other big time events at Scotiabank such as concerts etc. Speaking of which, it looks like there is a SZA concert this Saturday.

I could be wrong but I thought it was a request from other Canadian teams to not schedule the Leafs every Saturday night and thus allowed those teams greater access to HNIC. But I could be wrong.

 

[keonsbitterness]

It's become more of a thing ever since Leiweke ran MLSE years ago. I think the intent was to give the Raptors more Saturday home games as they started to rise in popularity, and schedule other big time events at Scotiabank such as concerts etc. Speaking of which, it looks like there is a SZA concert this Saturday.

No, it goes back to Cliff Fletcher, who asked the league to schedule more Saturday road games and lose a few Saturday games if necessary to avoid playing more back-to-backs. It's stupid.

 

[1specter]

I could be wrong but I thought it was a request from other Canadian teams to not schedule the Leafs every Saturday night and thus allowed those teams greater access to HNIC. But I could be wrong.

That may be a factor as well, though that's kind of hilarious when you think about it. Leafs drive the most $$ with Saturday games, and it's clear the league doesn't wanna lose that since they only play a small handful of Friday home games even with these 'requests' being made.

No, it goes back to Cliff Fletcher, who asked the league to schedule more Saturday road games and lose a few Saturday games if necessary to avoid playing more back-to-backs. It's stupid.

I don't know about that. Prior to Leiweke I don't recall pretty much any Friday home games almost ever for a solid decade. After Leiweke we generally have the Hall of Fame game plus a few Friday home games each season now.

 

[Burnie97]

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Practicing for a 5 on 3 we're never going to see again lol.

 

[Dekes For Days]

I remember Sandin shaking his hand at one point in the game before he sat out, but does anybody know what actually happened?

 

[Fonzieleaf]

Hope Sandin plays.

Can't stand to see a Rielly-Holl pairing anymore.