Canucks @ Leafs - Feb. 4th, 7:00pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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6-7-0, 12 points | 7-2-1, 15 points

Projected Lines

Miller-Horvat-Boeser Pearson-Pettersson-Hoglander Roussel-Sutter-Gaudette Motte-Beagle-MacEwen Edler-Chatfield Hughes-Benn Schmidt-Myers Demko ​

Hyman-Matthews-Marner Nylander-Tavares-Simmonds Vesey-Kerfoot-Mikheyev Petan-Boyd-Spezza Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Dermott-Bogosian Andersen ​

Scratches

Jake Virtanen Loui Eriksson Olli Juolevi ​

Pierre Engvall Mikko Lehtonen​

Taxi Squad

Justin Bailey Lukas Jasek Brogan Rafferty Jack Rathbone       Michael DiPietro ​

Alexander Barabanov Joey Anderson Adam Brooks Rasmus Sandin Joseph Woll​

Game Notes

VAN
-Demko (3-4-0, 3.34 GAA, .909 Sv%) will likely start for the Canucks
-Braden Holtby has been platooning with Demko and is currently 3-3 with a 3.63 GAA and .896 Sv%
-Vancouver is coming off back-to-back losses against the Canadiens this week. It was a 6-2 loss on Monday and 5-3 loss on Tuesday
-Elias Pettersson had a slow start with 2 points in 8 games, but is starting to heat up with 6 points in his last 5

TOR
-Andersen (5-2-1, 3.01 GAA, .892 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
-Some quick line-up notes: Dermott is expected back in, Simmonds has been bumped into the top-6, and Nic Petan is expected to make his season debut as Keefe continues to search for the best combination on the 4th line

Injuries

-Travis Hamonic - Upper Body - Injured Reserve -Micheal Ferland - Concussion - Out indefinitely​

Jack Campbell - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Nicholas Robertson - Knee - Injured Reserve Joe Thornton - Rib - Injured Reserve​

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[herman]

Not related, but I really need maximum eyeballs on this
https://twitter.com/nhlgifs/status/1357139087942115328
https://twitter.com/hockeycontext/status/1357164782424571905
https://twitter.com/grittynhl/status/1357175321661997060

 

[Bender]

I knew Vancouver would take a step back but wow. Also just looking at them their depth has really take a hit.

 

[bustaheims]

I knew Vancouver would take a step back but wow. Also just looking at them their depth has really take a hit.

Also, half their wins come against Ottawa. They're 3-7-0 against teams that aren't completely terrible.

 

[Zee]

Leafs better pump these losers tonight

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I knew Vancouver would take a step back but wow. Also just looking at them their depth has really take a hit.

Also, half their wins come against Ottawa. They're 3-7-0 against teams that aren't completely terrible.

1-4 against the Habs, and Tyler Toffoli has 8 goals and 11 points against them in those 5 games after the Canucks didn't re-sign him over the offseason.

They're 0-2 against the Flames and Markstrom has a .966 Sv% in those 2 games against his former club, again after they didn't re-sign him over the offseason.

Let's hope this ex-Canucks revenge season continues with Malhotra's PP ripping into them.

 

[herman]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

Gonna rip into them all night long.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1357337815307067395

A reminder of what happened the last time the Leafs faced Vancouver.

 

[herman]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

Gonna rip into them all night long.

Will we even get PP time?

 

[bustaheims]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

Gonna rip into them all night long.

Will we even get PP time?

Gotta get some Willy on the PP.

 

[bustaheims]

1-4 against the Habs, and Tyler Toffoli has 8 goals and 11 points against them in those 5 games after the Canucks didn't re-sign him over the offseason.

They're 0-2 against the Flames and Markstrom has a .966 Sv% in those 2 games against his former club, again after they didn't re-sign him over the offseason.

Let's hope this ex-Canucks revenge season continues with Malhotra's PP ripping into them.

Gonna be interesting to see how the Habs do once they get to not play every other game against Vancouver, and if Tiffoli can score on a regular basis against anyone else.

As for Vancouver, they suck - though, so does most of the North division, quite frankly. Take away games against Ottawa, and the Leafs and Habs are the only teams with better than .500 p%.

 

[herman]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

Gonna rip into them all night long.

Will we even get PP time?

Gotta get some Willy on the PP.

Willy should be played very prominently on every PP; he's so good at putting it in.

 

[bustaheims]

Are we still doing Phrasing?

Gonna rip into them all night long.

Will we even get PP time?

Gotta get some Willy on the PP.

Willy should be played very prominently on every PP; he's so good at putting it in.

Very good at banging it home.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1357351518639448065

Play Agostino!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1357353193760555010

 

[L K]

Yeah I don't get it.  You felt that was the best line you have had in 10 games on the 4th line...and used it once. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Yeah I don't get it.  You felt that was the best line you have had in 10 games on the 4th line...and used it once. 

I get it somewhat, you want to see what others have got. But you'd think Anderson would have at least gotten a 2nd game after that one. Especially considering that high praise.

 

[L K]

Yeah I don't get it.  You felt that was the best line you have had in 10 games on the 4th line...and used it once. 

I get it somewhat, you want to see what others have got. But you'd think Anderson would have at least gotten a 2nd game after that one.

I don't dislike Nik Petan but I kind of feel like he's a guy who is stuck in AAAHL level.  I'm not sure I need to see more of him over seeing what guys like Anderson/Boyd can do on this roster.

 

[herman]

Going into the season, I expected the shuffle at the beginning of the season at the bottom of the roster (I didn't expect so much Bogosian, tbh).

I think it is still early enough, especially without the preseason tune ups) to get as many players game reps as possible. I think it also makes sense to get reps to subs that might fill in top-6 roles. Petan is also from BC, so we're back to sentimental gestures.