Hurricanes @ Leafs - Nov. 22nd, 7:00pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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7-6-4, 18 points | 8-7-3, 19 points

Projected Lines

Teravainen-Rask-Lindholm Skinner-Staal-Aho McGinn-Ryan-Stempniak Nordstrom-McClement-Stalberg Hainsey-Faulk Slavin-Pesce Hanifin-Tennyson Ward ​

Komarov-Kadri-Brown JVR-Bozak-Marner Hyman-Matthews-Nylander Martin-Smith-Soshnikov Rielly-Zaitsev Gardiner-Carrick Hunwick-Polak Andersen​

Scratches

Andrej Nestrasil Klas Dahlbeck ​

Frank Corrado Peter Holland Martin Marincin​

Game Notes

CAR
?Cam Ward (6-4-0, 2.36 GAA, .916 Sv%) will start for the Hurricanes
?The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that competes in the NHL

TOR
?Andersen will start for the Leafs
?Josh Leivo continues to toil on the IR despite him obviously being perfectly fit to plFA3490wufsa 42fasfdhkj


Injuries

?Eddie Lack - Concussion - Injured Reserve ?Bryan Bickell - Multiple Sclerosis - Injured Reserve​

?Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely ?Joffrey Lupul - ?\_(ツ)_/? - Out indefinitely ?Stephane Robidas - Old - Out indefinitely ?Josh Leivo - Inconvenient - Injured Reserve​

Stream Options

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[Arn]

Jay McClement!


Why the 7pm start instead of 7.30?

 

[Zee]

Why are these games on TSN4?  Do they have something against putting the Leafs game on the main TSN channel?

 

[herman]

What's the scuttlebutt on Noah Hanifin these days, and is anyone on the board still longing wistfully that we had drafted him (or even Strome for that matter) instead?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Why are these games on TSN4?  Do they have something against putting the Leafs game on the main TSN channel?

TSN breaks all their channels up regionally. There isn't really a "main" channel. All their usual programming appears on every channel, but they split off for things like NHL coverage. TSN4 is their Toronto-region channel.

 

[Kin]

What's the scuttlebutt on Noah Hanifin these days, and is anyone on the board still longing wistfully that we had drafted him (or even Strome for that matter) instead?

I don't wish the Leafs drafted him but just at a quick glance his numbers are ok for a 19 year old defenseman. Especially considering it doesn't look like he's found a regular partner(not that Carolina has someone he could really lean on regardless).

 

[Coco-puffs]

Jay McClement!


Why the 7pm start instead of 7.30?

My guess is TSN wanted the earlier start time so they can switch to showing the end of the MLS playoff game between TFC and Montreal instead of missing it entirely.  TSN1 and TSN3 will have the full MLS game live.

 

[herman]

What's the scuttlebutt on Noah Hanifin these days, and is anyone on the board still longing wistfully that we had drafted him (or even Strome for that matter) instead?

I don't wish the Leafs drafted him but just at a quick glance his numbers are ok for a 19 year old defenseman. Especially considering it doesn't look like he's found a regular partner(not that Carolina has someone he could really lean on regardless).

Thanks!

I dug up his hockeyviz graphs, and it looks like he's more than serviceable, albeit not stabilized yet (as you noted). There's a whole other gear when he plays with Jordan Staal (both this year and last year), so I'm curious to see what it is about their respective games that elevates both their play (other than Staal is good).

Small sample size of course:

 

[Kaberle15]

?The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that competes in the NHL

You are the best CTB. 

I'm expecting nothing short of a 6 - 1 win for the Leafs on my birthday.

 

[Kin]

The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that competes in the NHL

Citation needed.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that competes in the NHL

Citation needed.

Hey, all I know is what's on the internet.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

?The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that competes in the NHL

You are the best CTB. 

Thanks. Admittedly, I was quite proud of that one.

Also figured that nobody really cares about Teuvo Teravainen scoring at a 48-point pace.

 

[herman]

?The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that competes in the NHL

You are the best CTB. 

I'm expecting nothing short of a 6 - 1 win for the Leafs on my birthday.

Happy birthday! May all your wildest dreams come true.

 

[Bullfrog]

What's the scuttlebutt on Noah Hanifin these days, and is anyone on the board still longing wistfully that we had drafted him (or even Strome for that matter) instead?

I don't wish the Leafs drafted him but just at a quick glance his numbers are ok for a 19 year old defenseman. Especially considering it doesn't look like he's found a regular partner(not that Carolina has someone he could really lean on regardless).

I was solidly on the fence between Hanifin and Marner and thought Hanifin-Marner-Strome were going to be picked in that order. I think I'd still be happy had it been Hanifin instead of Marner.

 

[ZBBM]

What's the scuttlebutt on Noah Hanifin these days, and is anyone on the board still longing wistfully that we had drafted him (or even Strome for that matter) instead?

I advocated pretty hard for Hanifin over Marner.  The snowmobile turned out to deliver a pretty fantastic ride, though.  8)

 

[louisstamos]

What's the scuttlebutt on Noah Hanifin these days, and is anyone on the board still longing wistfully that we had drafted him (or even Strome for that matter) instead?

I advocated pretty hard for Hanifin over Marner.  The snowmobile turned out to deliver a pretty fantastic ride, though.  8)

As did I - I actually had Hanifin over both Strome and Marner.  In related news, my shoe doesn't taste that bad...

 

[Kin]

Marner right now looks like a unique enough talent that he could very well be a steal at the pick but the Hanifin argument was always one about the team's needs and as happy as we all are to have Marner that question is still kind of an open-ended one. None of us are going to be thrilled with the Leafs if they achieve what the Capitals have with Ovechkin(and Backstrom and Green and etc) so it's probably best to leave any gloating for when the team's really got something to gloat about.

 

[Redleaf]

Marner right now looks like a unique enough talent that he could very well be a steal at the pick but the Hanifin argument was always one about the team's needs and as happy as we all are to have Marner that question is still kind of an open-ended one. None of us are going to be thrilled with the Leafs if they achieve what the Capitals have with Ovechkin(and Backstrom and Green and etc) so it's probably best to leave any gloating for when the team's really got something to gloat about.

No. No. You need to gloat now in case the time doesn't come again. 

 

[herman]

Marner right now looks like a unique enough talent that he could very well be a steal at the pick but the Hanifin argument was always one about the team's needs and as happy as we all are to have Marner that question is still kind of an open-ended one. None of us are going to be thrilled with the Leafs if they achieve what the Capitals have with Ovechkin(and Backstrom and Green and etc) so it's probably best to leave any gloating for when the team's really got something to gloat about.

That's a good reminder.

I'd still like to know regardless of team result in a few years, where we shook out in a tightly contested, nearly fandom-splitting decision in which all three choices are likely winners. It'd be nice to know that we were the best winner.

 

[Crucialness Key]

Marner right now looks like a unique enough talent that he could very well be a steal at the pick but the Hanifin argument was always one about the team's needs and as happy as we all are to have Marner that question is still kind of an open-ended one. None of us are going to be thrilled with the Leafs if they achieve what the Capitals have with Ovechkin(and Backstrom and Green and etc) so it's probably best to leave any gloating for when the team's really got something to gloat about.

That's a good reminder.

I'd still like to know regardless of team result in a few years, where we shook out in a tightly contested, nearly fandom-splitting decision in which all three choices are likely winners. It'd be nice to know that we were the best winner.

But in another, more accurate way, Marner is the winner. 

(...I'm hoping.)