Habs @ Leafs - Oct. 3rd, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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0-0-0, 0 points | 0-0-0, 0 points

Projected Lines

Tatar-Danault-Gallagher Drouin-Kotkaniemi-Armia Byron-Domi-Lehkonen Peca-Plekanec-Shaw Mete-Petry Reilly-Juulsen Alzner-Ouellet Price ​

Hyman-Tavares-Marner Marleau-Matthews-Ennis Leivo-Kadri-Brown Johnsson-Lindholm-Kapanen Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Zaitsev Dermott-Ozhiganov Andersen​

Scratches

Nikita Scherbak Charles Hudon Jordie Benn ​

Frederik Gauthier Martin Marincin Justin Holl​

Game Notes

MTL
?Price will start for the Canadiens
?Jesperi Kotkaniemi, the somewhat surprising 3rd overall draft pick in 2018, will make his NHL debut
?Max Domi, Montreal's big offseason acquisition, was bumped out of the 2C spot by Kotkaniemi during his 5 game suspension in the pre-season
?Some big questions heading into the start of the season: How bad will they be? How bad will the forwards be? How bad will the defence be? How bad will Price be? How will this upcoming train-wreck of a season be everybody but Bergevin's fault?

TOR
?Andersen will start for the Leafs
?John Tavares is a Maple Leaf
?Some big questions heading into the start of the season: How will Babcock manage everyone's ice-time? Will loading up the PP be effective? How much PK time do Tavares and Marner get? Can the defence improve from within? How much will Nylander's absence effect Matthews' line?
?John Tavares is a Maple Leaf

Injuries

?David Schlemko - Knee - Injured Reserve ?Nicolas Deslauriers - Face - Injured Reserve ?Shea Weber - Foot - Injured Reserve ?Jacob De la Rose - Cardiac Episode - Injured Reserve​

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Stream Options

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[Coco-puffs]

HERE. WE. GO!

?John Tavares is a Maple Leaf

WOoooooooOOOOOhhhHHHoooooo

 

[Frank E]

Excuse me, but I do believe there is a 24 hour before the game rule here????

In the spirit of Lou's departure, are we throwing out all rules around here?

 

[Redleaf]

I?ve been waiting for this Game since the minute it was announced Tavares was a Leafs.

Here?s hoping Andersen can find his game right off the hop this year!!

Oh . Marner is going explode, points wise this season. E-X-P-L-O-D-E!

Go Leafs Go!!!

 

[Frank E]

How much will Nylander's absence effect Matthews' line?

*affect

 

[ZBBM]

Excuse me, but I do believe there is a 24 hour before the game rule here????

In the spirit of Lou's departure, are we throwing out all rules around here?

Thanks for bringing this up.  We can't just abandon perfectly good, arbitrary rules.  That would be like allowing players to have beards, and wear double-digit jersey numbers.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

How much will Nylander's absence effect Matthews' line?

*affect

I could absolutely be wrong about this but my general rule is that affect is never the right one to use.

 

[Frank E]

Excuse me, but I do believe there is a 24 hour before the game rule here????

In the spirit of Lou's departure, are we throwing out all rules around here?

Thanks for bringing this up.  We can't just abandon perfectly good, arbitrary rules.  That would be like allowing players to have beards, and wear double-digit jersey numbers.

No video games though, we're not animals.

 

[Frank E]

How much will Nylander's absence effect Matthews' line?

*affect

I could absolutely be wrong about this but my general rule is that affect is never the right one to use.

Honestly though, my head rule is that, as a verb, "effect" means "make happen", and "affect" mean "influence".

You're welcome.

 

[ZBBM]

Well, why not?

GO LEAFS GO

I remember the days when we tried to muster a hundred of these in the GDT before the season opener.  Took some healthy runs at it, too.

 

[cujo4ever]

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Bill_Berg]

Go Leafs Go!

 

[Zee]

HOLY CRAP WE HAVE JOHN TAVARES!!!

 

[digdug]

GO LEAFS GO !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cabber24]

Game day Leaf fans!

GO LEAFS GO!

I pray our D is up to the task this season, surprise me!

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Any recommendations on a good place to eat, drink and watch the game in Richmond Hill or Markham?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1047493443121901568

Not to get all doom and gloomy, but I am a little worried about how the Matthews and Kadri lines perform. I think Marleau is really going to have to be flying because Matthews shouldn't have to carry both him and Ennis. And that 3rd line is still such a weird combo to me.

Obviously, these are both short term problems: Nylander signing and eventually promoting either Johnsson or Kapanen to Kadri's line would immediately fix them... but I think those two things might slow us down right out of the gate. We'll see. We'll probably score like 6 PP/PK goals tonight so it won't even matter.

 

[Kin]

To continue in my series of extremely mild criticisms, I think it really sucks that Nylander isn't signed and that it represents a mistake on management's part.

 

[Frank E]

To continue in my series of extremely mild criticisms, I think it really sucks that Nylander isn't signed and that it represents a mistake on management's part.

You think it sucks that it represents a mistake, or you think it represents a mistake?

 

[mr grieves]

Obviously, these are both short term problems: Nylander signing and eventually promoting either Johnsson or Kapanen to Kadri's line would immediately fix them... but I think those two things might slow us down right out of the gate. We'll see. We'll probably score like 6 PP/PK goals tonight so it won't even matter.

Short term and small-scale problems. Nitpicking is where we're left, given how well things have gone.

Matthews has carried around worse than Marleau. They'll be a lot better when Nylander arrives, but, in the meantime, I'm hoping they at least draw a few penalties and let that stacked PP take over.

The Kadri line is fine. The main thing I'd want it to do is get the puck deep and tie up the opposition with a good cycle game and have ability to score a bit. Leivo - Kadri - Brown cover that pretty well, I think, although my ideal group would be Leivo - Kadri - Hyman (give Johnsson a shot on that Tavares line). Here's hoping Leivo keeps up the good play during the preseason and pushes Ennis into the pressbox.