Capitals @ Leafs - Nov. 23rd, 7:00pm - CBC, SN 590

[L K]

If Rielly played exclusively on the powerplay tonight and Fraser exclusively on the penalty kill, they would each get about half of what McLaren's average ice-time is this season. And combined they would just about pass it.

13 forwards with 10+ games and 0 points.  Two of them are in the lineup tonight for the Leafs.  3 players with 20+ games and 0 points.  Hooray for Colton Orr.

 

[Peter D.]

Carlyle hockey...it's FAN-tastic! *puke*

What's the fascination with these stiffs. Dear goodness.

 

[Andy007]

JVR Holland Kessel 
Lupul Kadri Clarkson
Raymond Colborne Kulemin
Leivo  McLement Smith/Smithson

Phaneuf  Gunnarsson
Franson  Gardiner
Rielly/Fraser  Liles

Wouldn't have been a bad lineup with a team missing two centres.

McLement as a 3rd liner, Ranger Orr and McLaren in the lineup really is mind boggling. And have Fraser and Ranger really shown that much more than Rielly, or even Liles?? Why are they never (healthy) scratched?

 

[Frank E]

Lines from practice:

JVR-Holland-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Clarkson
Raymond-McClement-Kulemin
McLaren-Smithson-Orr

I'm speechless.

I know it's practice, so I'm not going to read too much into it...but I have to think that Smith is hurting or something for him to be scratched given his pretty decent production of late.

 

[bustaheims]

Face punch for you.
Face punch for me.
I'll punch your face.
You'll lose some teeth.

(Sung to the tune of "Duff Beer for you.")

 

[Frank E]

Face punch for you.
Face punch for me.
I'll punch your face.
You'll lose some teeth.

(Sung to the tune of "Duff Beer for you.")

What's the option if Smith is hurting?  7 dmen?

 

[bustaheims]

What's the option if Smith is hurting?  7 dmen?

It's clearly 3 face punchers. Randy Carlyle is the coach here. But, yes, a reasonable coach would go with 7 dmen . . . also, I don't think Smith is hurt at all.

 

[ZBBM]

PAQ: The Sequel?

 

[ZBBM]

Ovechkin bagged a couple last night, so I'm foreseeing a quadrick for him and 1 for Grabbo, but we prevail 6-5 with goals by Orr, MacLaren, Smithson, McClement, Kulemin, and the GWG by Bernier in relief.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Ovechkin bagged a couple last night, so I'm foreseeing a quadrick for him and 1 for Grabbo, but we prevail 6-5 with goals by Orr, MacLaren, Smithson, McClement, Kulemin, and the GWG by Bernier in relief.

A one dollar bet on this returns one BILLION Dollars!

 

[lamajama]

Who the heck knows what we'll see from this woefully
inconsistent team.

Other than stupid lines by Carlyle and face punchers
occupying seats on the bench.

 

[Rebel_1812]

Who the heck knows what we'll see from this woefully
inconsistent team.

Other than stupid lines by Carlyle and face punchers
occupying seats on the bench.

what is with the hate for the face punchers.  Ovie needs a good face punching.

 

[lamajama]

It might actually improve his looks. My bad.

 

[Redleaf]

Oh, Peter McGran, whoever your are, please be right?

Kevin McGran ‏@kevin_mcgran 29m
Just thinking out loud: But betting Rielly plays and Ranger sits with Fraser in. #Leafs.

 

[Arn]

Who the heck knows what we'll see from this woefully
inconsistent team.

Other than stupid lines by Carlyle and face punchers
occupying seats on the bench.

what is with the hate for the face punchers.  Ovie needs a good face punching.

Which is all well and good. But our face punchers will only punch the faces of other face punchers.

It's the code.

 

[mr grieves]

Makes sense though given that Washington has been gooning it up all year with their 13 fights.

Yeah, and half of them were probably in that game against the Flyers.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Mirtle says 7 defencemen is still a possibility tonight.

 

[L K]

Makes sense though given that Washington has been gooning it up all year with their 13 fights.

Yeah, and half of them were probably in that game against the Flyers.

Yep 5 fights...all started with a Steve Downie instigator.

Marcel Goc got an instigator for starting a fight with Washington and Patrice Cormier got an unsportsmanlike penalty in a fight with Washington too.

So Washington has 6 fights where the opponent didn't take a penalty/get an instigator/get thrown out of the game.  Definitely need 3 minutes of McLaren's bum on the bench.

 

[bustaheims]

what is with the hate for the face punchers.  Ovie needs a good face punching.

It's almost like people realize that having players in the lineup that only contribute with their fists is a poor strategy.

 

[barney_rebel]

We better rule tonight...

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