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I really hope the PK turns it around. On paper that more than anything is probably the biggest improvement right now than any other aspect of the line-up. I also think it might be time to take Knies off of the penalty kill. They tried it last season too and it only lasted a few months. Think...

Florida definitely did us some big favours recently. Like you said 4 points back but with 2 games in hand. We also still play Florida twice more this season. Division is absolutely still up for grabs, but obviously we gotta earn it.

Pacioretty would be a big boost to the bottom of the line-up come playoff time. Ditto for Hakanpaa on D but I'm obviously significantly less confident of him coming through.

Calgary Flames 30-24-11, 71 pts @ Toronto Maple Leafs 39-24-3, 81 pts Projected Line-ups Huberdeau-Kadri-Coronato Farabee-Sharangovich-Coleman Pospisil-Frost-Klapka Lomberg-Rooney-Hunt Hanley-Weegar Bahl-Andersson Bean-Miromanov Wolf Knies-Matthews-Domi McMann-Tavares-Marner...

I wonder if this isn't exactly a healthy scratch for Kampf. It'd be pretty bizarre to see him sit for Holmberg otherwise.

Well I still think Matthews for just sit for awhile, but if that's off the table then taking Marner off his line is probably the next best option. Not just to spread things out more but because that means Matthews' line will have much less defensive responsibilities and will give him slightly...

Ottawa Senators 35-25-5, 75 pts @ Toronto Maple Leafs 39-23-3, 81 pts Projected Line-ups Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux Perron-Cozens-Batherson Greig-Pinto-Amadio Highmore-Gaudette-Zetterlund Sanderson-Zub Chabot-Jensen Kleven-Matinpalo Ullmark Knies-Matthews-Marner...

Nobody here is a doctor, ok well one is, but nobody here has really any idea what medical issue Matthews is currently playing through. But like you said whatever it is and whatever plan the Leafs have him on currently clearly isn't working. Matthews playing like this basically guarantees an...

Game-time decision, per Berube.

Florida Panthers 40-22-3, 83 pts @ Toronto Maple Leafs 39-22-3, 81 pts Projected Line-ups Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart Samoskevich-Bennett-Rodrigues Luostarinen-Lundell-Boqvist Greer-Sturm-Nosek Forsling-Jones Mikkola-Kulikov Balinskis-Schmidt Bobrovsky Knies-Matthews-Marner...

Really don't mean for this to come off as a "Cowan bad" thing but it's kinda wild that even with this offensive explosion (17 points in his last 6 games) he's still nowhere near last seasons point pace. 1.78 PPG last season vs. 1.47 this season. Hopefully this hot streak continues into the playoffs.

They should probably take a week or two or three to triple check the results before his suspension officially starts.

I won't get too worked up about it right now, especially if it becomes clear there's a bit of a rotation going on, but the closer we get to the end of the regular season if Holmberg is still playing in a top-9 role somewhere it'll make me really, really hope Pacioretty is only out until playoffs...

Willy setting Holmberg up for those empty netters has cursed us.

I don't think the Leafs should want Marner to walk or that we should be happy if he does, but I also don't really think the team would be screwed if that's what happens. We would still have what should be one of the very best top lines in the league in Knies-Matthews-Nylander (Willy playing...

Utah Hockey Club 28-25-10, 66 pts vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 38-22-3, 79 pts Projected Line-ups Keller-Cooley-Schmaltz Kerfoot-Hayton-Guenther Crouse-McBain-Doan O’Brien-Stenlund-Bjugstad Sergachev-Marino Cole-Kesselring Maatta-Durzi Vejmelka Knies-Matthews-Marner McMann-Tavares-Nylander...

He practiced as the 7D on Friday and Berube called him doubtful still. So probably misses another game.

Colorado Avalanche 37-24-2, 76 pts vs. Toronto Maple Leafs 38-21-3, 79 pts Projected Line-ups Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas Nichushkin-Nelson-Drouin Colton-Coyle-O'Connor Kiviranta-Drury-Kelly Toews-Makar Lindgren-Manson Girard-Johnson Blackwood Knies-Matthews-Marner Domi-Tavares-Nylander...

I think it's kinda simple. Some teams are only going to be comfortable paying Marner/Rantanen types $12mil-ish. Some teams would be comfortable paying them $13-15mil probably. It's going to come down to what kind of team does Marner want to spend the rest of his career with.

The trades today at least provide a little bit of cost certainty for next season which should help the Marner negotiations one way or another. They would have certainly paid much more than $5mil for a 3C and top-4 RHD if those came via free agency.