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2019-2020 Toronto Maple Leafs Summer Edition

Deebo said:
Ceci serving it up in the slot for the opposition

I'm going to be charitable and say that was a bump out under duress to his support partner Dermott that handcuffed him and went through the wickets. Wouldn't mind if he just pinned it to the boards back there for a bit instead.
 
herman said:
Deebo said:
Ceci serving it up in the slot for the opposition

I'm going to be charitable and say that was a bump out under duress to his support partner Dermott that handcuffed him and went through the wickets. Wouldn't mind if he just pinned it to the boards back there for a bit instead.

While we're at it...what was Engvall doing?
 
Frank E said:
herman said:
Deebo said:
Ceci serving it up in the slot for the opposition

I'm going to be charitable and say that was a bump out under duress to his support partner Dermott that handcuffed him and went through the wickets. Wouldn't mind if he just pinned it to the boards back there for a bit instead.

While we're at it...what was Engvall doing?

Losing his roster spot to an 18-year old.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Frank E said:
herman said:
Deebo said:
Ceci serving it up in the slot for the opposition

I'm going to be charitable and say that was a bump out under duress to his support partner Dermott that handcuffed him and went through the wickets. Wouldn't mind if he just pinned it to the boards back there for a bit instead.

While we're at it...what was Engvall doing?

Losing his roster spot to an 18-year old.
From all I've read/heard, Robertson has been very impressive.
 
All this says to me is that Engvall is a very known quantity to Keefe, and Robertson brings up questions he wants to answer, so the practices are where information is gathered to answer said questions. The floor on Engvall is, at worst, 4th line adequate; he's not going to cost them the game, but he's also not likely to break a game open.

If Robertson can consistently push the third line into offensively rolling over its match up, a la Pittsburgh's HBK trio, then pull the trigger on that change. If not, we still have a very speedy and pesty third line that should be springing Kapanen on hail mary forays.
 
herman said:
All this says to me is that Engvall is a very known quantity to Keefe, and Robertson brings up questions he wants to answer, so the practices are where information is gathered to answer said questions. The floor on Engvall is, at worst, 4th line adequate; he's not going to cost them the game, but he's also not likely to break a game open.

If Robertson can consistently push the third line into offensively rolling over its match up, a la Pittsburgh's HBK trio, then pull the trigger on that change. If not, we still have a very speedy and pesty third line that should be springing Kapanen on hail mary forays.

That's probably a fair characterization. Robertson is an unknown at this level, but he's also not going to be thrown into the lineup on the 4th line. A risk-free opportunity to see how he meshes with his potential linemates is something the team is obviously happy to take advantage of.
 
The kid is like Hyman on steroids, a human buzz saw of action with what Tavares calls a very heavy shot. Going to give us a lot more offence than the Giraffe who can now go back and play with his friend and Marlies linemate, the Goat.
 
bustaheims said:
herman said:
All this says to me is that Engvall is a very known quantity to Keefe, and Robertson brings up questions he wants to answer, so the practices are where information is gathered to answer said questions. The floor on Engvall is, at worst, 4th line adequate; he's not going to cost them the game, but he's also not likely to break a game open.

If Robertson can consistently push the third line into offensively rolling over its match up, a la Pittsburgh's HBK trio, then pull the trigger on that change. If not, we still have a very speedy and pesty third line that should be springing Kapanen on hail mary forays.

That's probably a fair characterization. Robertson is an unknown at this level, but he's also not going to be thrown into the lineup on the 4th line. A risk-free opportunity to see how he meshes with his potential linemates is something the team is obviously happy to take advantage of.

There's no downside to trying. Engvall has been pretty good on the PK, but Robertson is also being tried out for all three phases of the game and adds a potent option on PP2.

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1286011632544624640
 
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1286031381039022080
Barrie still can't do 2-on-1s. Campbell has looked good against the bottom six's attack which is equal parts positive and negative.

Holl took a puck in the face before the scrimmage during drills and had to go off for repairs. Dermott switched teams to fill in with Muzzin to try to help Team Andersen stave off elimination.
 
https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1286035101869060096
um whut
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1286035582163001348
Shades of Mogilny on this play
 
I feel sort of bad for Engvall. He played some terrific games in his call up, sure he tailed off a bit later in the season, but he doesn't deserve to be the odd man out.

What has Clifford contributed? At least let Engvall step in on the 4th line.

Any way you slice it, if you like Mikeyev, you're making some pretty significant roster moves in the offseason. Kapanen or Jonsson, and if Robertson is ready to step in next year, maybe both.
 
OldTimeHockey said:
It was actually a 3 on 1. Pretty hooped no matter what he did there.

Like Kapanen, I too did not see the better, third option.
* I know he faked going high slot to no-looker backdoor which is very smart and creative and man Kapanen really should be on the 1st line somewhere eh
 
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1286395297887903744
https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1286396702426103808
 

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