Game 13: Flyers @ Leafs - 7:00pm, SNet-O, RDS2

[bustaheims]

Mark Fraser +4 now leads the Leafs at +10 on the season

A week ago I would have been quite happy to see him back to the Marlies, never to be seen again. Now . . . not so much.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

I think Reimer was hurt on that short handed save, and that last save pushed him over the edge. 

 

[L K]

Mark Fraser +4 now leads the Leafs at +10 on the season

A week ago I would have been quite happy to see him back to the Marlies, never to be seen again. Now . . . not so much.

He's a great 6/7 defenseman right now.  He just plays a solid game.  Kind of providing what Komisarek was supposed to do except just not quite as good (as pre-Lucic beatdown Komi) and significantly cheaper.

 

[Zee]

Not another Reimer injury.

 

[Kaberle15]

So, is Nonis shopping Komi? Because there is no room for him on this team the way those guys are playing...

 

[PG]

James who?

I kid....I kid....

 

[L K]

James who?

I kid....I kid....

Credit for how he has played but in this game and his last outing, he flops around like he has no idea what he is doing an awful lot.

 

[ZBBM]

Great work by Fraser on that PK.

 

[pnjunction]

WTF it looked the Leaf actually pulled him there?

Maybe I'm wrong but that almost looked like a committed dive

 

[L K]

What?  I agree that this is a penalty but I don't understand how that gets a game misconduct.

Oh wait, yes I do.  The score is 4-1 so the refs are trying to keep it close.

 

[maplesyrup]

Komisarek for Tim Thomas... and then beg him to come out of his bomb shelter.  :-\

 

[Deebo]

A major too?

 

[bustaheims]

Credit for how he has played but in this game and his last outing, he flops around like he has no idea what he is doing an awful lot.

Yeah. He's making the saves, but he's certainly not inspiring a lot of confidence in the way he's doing so.

 

[Leafaholic99]

5 minute boarding call?

 

[bustaheims]

Seriously? 5 minutes for that? Wow. I get that McGinn was cut, but that was pretty run of the mill as far as boarding goes.

 

[bakeapples]

James who?

I kid....I kid....

Credit for how he has played but in this game and his last outing, he flops around like he has no idea what he is doing an awful lot.

Sounds like that Hasek guy or that Thomas guy. Won cups didn't they?

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

why is that one a five minute major but the earlier one on Kessel was not?

 

[pnjunction]

OK so there is a push there, but what incentive is there for a player not to purposely face plant into the boards as soon as they are touched?  Refs fall for it every time

 

[lc9]

5 minute major on that one. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

So, is Nonis shopping Komi? Because there is no room for him on this team the way those guys are playing...

I doubt that there's a market, especially given the fact that he hasn't had much of a chance to show off his play this season. At this point they're likely just holding onto him for depth until they can buy him out in the summer. Right now he's 9th on the depth chart, behind the 6 playing tonight, Gunnarsson, and Gardiner. You could potentially put Rielly above him next season too. Guaranteed he won't be a Leaf next season.