2019 IIHF World Championships - Leafs edition

[herman]

Maple Leaf reps
Canada: John Tavares
Sweden: William Nylander
Russia: Nikita Zaitsev
Slovakia: Martin Marincin

CJ reported that Nylander will be initially lined up with Elias Pettersson and Patric Hornqvist.
John Tavares is reported (by Dreger) to have just left practice with an upper body injury.
Zaitsev appears to be once again the only right shot D-man on the team.

 

[Redleaf]

Well that was fun while it lasted.

Reported Tavares with an injury at practise today and is heading back home to Toronto.

 

[Highlander]

Hope JT is alright, this is why I dislike outside competitions.  To much chance our assets get injured.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1126514524327219200

 

[cabber24]

Hope JT is alright, this is why I dislike outside competitions.  To much chance our assets get injured.

Apparently allergic to international competition.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/darrendreger/status/1127299704306401280

Apparently this happened?!

 

[Guilt Trip]

Never did in a Leafs jersey.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/stevenellisthn/status/1127604733974327296

This looks very familiar.

https://twitter.com/stevenellisthn/status/1127607257896816647

This looks recently rare.

 

[Arn]

Glad Sweden aren't in Team GB's group ;D

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/russiahockey_en/status/1127974109827293188

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Jesus christ he still can't put up 5-on-5 points.

 

[herman]

Nylander is currently tied for the tournament lead in points after the first period of today?s game (6).

Granted, these last two games were against Italy and Norway.

But he never goes to the net:
https://twitter.com/A_Kalnins/status/1128009683791437825
https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/1128012387187978240

Elias Pettersson was bumped off the top line and Alex Wennberg is reaping the benefits of playing with Nylander.
He's not a centre and doesn't win puck battles:
https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/1128006113188884480
And he just took the lead assisting on another Wennberg goal. What a soft perimeter player.
https://twitter.com/A_Kalnins/status/1128019440161964032

 

[herman]

Alex Wennberg had two goals in 75 games this past season, btw. He tied that amount in 40 minutes with Nylander.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Alex Wennberg had two goals in 75 games this past season, btw. He tied that amount in 40 minutes with Nylander.

I wondered about a potential Wennberg for Zaitsev swap as they have similar bad contracts but they've got Jones and Savard as RD's there so probably unlikely.

 

[herman]

Alex Wennberg had two goals in 75 games this past season, btw. He tied that amount in 40 minutes with Nylander.

I wondered about a potential Wennberg for Zaitsev swap as they have similar contracts but they've got Jones and Savard as RD's there so I don't really see it.

Would be a more defensive 3C Kadri replacement option.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Would be a more defensive 3C Kadri replacement option.

Sure, but I wouldn't touch his contract unless we were moving Zaitsev's in the same deal.

 

[herman]

Nylander ends the game with 5 points, player of the game honours, and has 8 pts on the tournament after 3 games.

No look shot-pass for the redirect
https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/1128038188868440064

Game 1: 1 pt
Game 2: 1+1 = 2 pts
Game 3: 1+2+2 = 5 pts
Game 4: should be 1+2+5+5 pts so anything less than 13 pts against Austria will be such a huge disappointment.

 

[Frank E]

There was never any doubt that Nylander could put up points against lousy competition...

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/berezin_goal/status/1128070146910760960

This seems... nice.

 

[Bullfrog]

Nylander is currently tied for the tournament lead in points after the first period of today?s game (6).

...
https://twitter.com/HockeyWebCast/status/1128012387187978240

I love how he uses the gravitational pull of the official to sling-shot around.