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Game 44: NYR @ TOR - Jan. 14 - 7:00pm - CBC

CarltonTheBear

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New York Rangers (27-10-4) @ Toronto Maple Leafs (22-16-5)​
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Expected line-ups:

Toronto:

Lupul - Connolly- Kessel
Crabb - Grabovski - Kulemin
MacArthur - Lombardi- Kadri
Boyce- Steckel - Brown

Aulie - Phaneuf
Gunnarsson - Schenn
Komisarek- Franson

Gustavsson

New York:

Prust - Richards - Callahan
Wolski - Stepan - Gaborik
Mitchell - Boyle - Hagelin
Rupp - Anisimov - Fedotenko

McDonagh - Girardi
Del Zotto - Stralman
Staal - Bickel

Biron

Some stats to mull over courtesy of TSN's Ice Chips:

TOR is 2-0-0 vs NYR this season, winning twice in NY
NYR were 2-0-0 in TOR last season, allowing 1G, NYR have gone 3-0-2 over their past 5 in TOR

TOR:
TOR has gone 9/9 on the PK over their past 5 games (4-1-0)
TOR has won 5 straight at home, allowing 8G, going 12/13 on the PK
Kessel has 4G, 1A over the past 5 home games

NYR:
NYR dropped their last game, ending a 5 game win streak, going 1/12 on the PP in the 6 games
NYR have won 3 straight on the road, allowing 4G
NYR have gone 22/23 on the PK, over their past 10 road games (8-2-0)
Lundqvist has gone 3-1-2 in his career in TOR with a .910sv%
Gaborik has 1G, 0A over the past 7 games​
 
Give Reimer the start, I say.  Especially since it's Biron.  We all know Gus gets extra-motivated to beat his Tre Crony,  King Henrik.
 
did I miss a memo? Is Lundqvist injured?

and sadness here, no Bears tonight...I'm working til midnight and then right back in at 6 am......
 
LittleHockeyFan said:
did I miss a memo? Is Lundqvist injured?

and sadness here, no Bears tonight...I'm working til midnight and then right back in at 6 am......
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Is that even legal?
 
Bender said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
did I miss a memo? Is Lundqvist injured?

and sadness here, no Bears tonight...I'm working til midnight and then right back in at 6 am......
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Is that even legal?
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probably not, but I volunteered for tonight cause it's the staff HolidayParty and I couldn't go anyway, spousal unit is working...and I'm one of only two people who can do the job on Sunday mornings, and the other one will be at the party, so...... it's coming back to me in spades though, I work Monday and Tuesday too, and then I'm off for six days! :D
 
A little more likely Gus starts:

@TSNScottyMac Scott MacArthur
Won't have #Leafs lines until pre-game warm up. Reimer was 1 of 4 Leafs to skate this morning so expect Gustavsson to start. #NYRangers #NHL
1 minute ago via TweetDeck
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I don't entirely have a problem with it as Gus played well last night, BUT this is the same issue that I had issues when they were running Reimer for no reason and leaving Gus to sit on the bench for weeks at a time.  You just can't have your backup go a month between starts and expect him to perform.

The Leafs don't have the luxury of having a Martin Brodeur/Henrik Lundqvist in net where they don't really care what the backup does in 10 starts because the rest of the time they are getting Vezina performace.  Eventually Gus is likely to cool off a bit and the Leafs will probalby need Reimer to step up.  He won't be able to if he's going to get the cold shoulder from Wilson.
 
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