WAYNEINIONA
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The way the injuries are piling up it's a good thing we have some depth on the farm.
Game 7 - Leafs @ Habs - Saturday Oct 22nd 2011 - 19:00 EST - 5-4 Win
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BlueWhiteBlood
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Zee said:I fear this game tonight like I feared Thursday night. Habs have 1 win, are desperate and playing at home. Leafs record is still good, no sense of urgency for the Leafs. It could be ugly.
I think there should be a sense of urgency though, they need to eliminate the problems in their overall game, before it spiral's out of control like it did last season. This is the time to come back and show some resiliency.
TheMightyOdin
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1st game I will be able to watch this season. Looking forward to it.
WAYNEINIONA
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With the Habs, Philly and the Rangers coming up it's hard not to think about the possibility of another meltdown.
bustaheims
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Tonight could be an early bellwether game. Last season, after the first regulation loss of the season, things started to fall apart for the Leafs as it 2nd game in a stretch where they only won 1 of 13 games - which played a large part in them missing the playoffs. How they come out tonight after a really poor showing against Boston could be telling.
Leafaholic99
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BlueWhiteBlood said:
I haven't heard anything except that he is out due to a foot injury, I am sure if it was broken we would have heard by now.
maplesyrup
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Busta Reims said:
I was thinking the same... I badly want this one. :-\
bustaheims
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Floyd said:
To me, a win is a little less important than how they actually play. Last year, their quality of play fell off a cliff and it took them until January to really recover. That can't happen this year. Even if they lose, as long as they play well tonight, that's probably a sign that this team is much more resilient than last year's squad. As long as they don't less the losses rack up, a loss tonight is not a big deal.
That being said, losing the Habs is never acceptable. ;D
Peter D.
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Busta Reims said:
Indeed. I was going to say that tonight's game could be indicative of whether this team has made any progress or not. How they respond to being thumped will be telling.
A win tonight would show they can be a resilient bunch. It won't be easy though as Montreal's had a rough start themselves so they could go Boston 2.0 on us.
BlueWhiteBlood
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From Seigel...
Forward Lines
MacArthur Grabovski Kulemin
Lupul Lombardi* Kessel
Kadri Steckel Frattin
Brown Dupuis Rosehill
Defence Pairings
Gunnarsson Phaneuf
Gardiner Schenn
Liles Komisarek
Starting Goaltender
Reimer
Forward Lines
MacArthur Grabovski Kulemin
Lupul Lombardi* Kessel
Kadri Steckel Frattin
Brown Dupuis Rosehill
Defence Pairings
Gunnarsson Phaneuf
Gardiner Schenn
Liles Komisarek
Starting Goaltender
Reimer
Tigger said:That third line looks intriguing to me, could do some damage. ( hopefully the right kind)
I don't know, I think Steckel is becoming slowly overrated because of his faceoff success. I really haven't seen too much out of him besides that. Granted, it's only one game, but it's too bad we didn't have the roster room to give Colborne a shot there.