Leafs @ Avalanche - Feb. 12th, 9:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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34-18-3, 71 points | 22-22-11, 55 points

Projected Lines

Hyman-Tavares-Marner Marleau-Matthews-Kapanen Brown-Kadri-Nylander Lindholm-Gauthier-Johnsson Muzzin-Rielly Gardiner-Zaitsev Dermott-Hainsey Andersen ​

Landeskog-MacKinnon-Rantanen Kerfoot-Compher-Wilson Calvert-Soderberg-Nieto Jost-Dries-Andrighetto Girard-Johnson Zadorov-Barrie Nemeth-Graves Varlamov​

Scratches

Igor Ozhiganov Justin Holl Tyler Ennis ​

AJ Greer Gabriel Bourque ​

Game Notes

TOR
?Andersen (25-11-2, 2.57 GAA, .923 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?If you haven't heard, the Leafs powerplay has been struggling. In 2019 they have the 30th ranked PP with just 3 goals on 35 opportunities. However it looked very strong against the Rangers so hopefully they can build on that

COL
?Varlamov (13-13-8, 2.91 GAA, .906 Sv%) will likely start for the Avalanche
?Colorado has just 3 wins in their last 20 games and are 0-4-3 in their last 7 games
?Despite that they are still 10th in the West and just 4 points behind Minnesota for the final wild card spot
?The scoring duo of Rantanen and MacKinnon have finally seen their scoring dip slightly. In the past 20 games they have 17 and 19 points respectively. In the past 7 it's just 2 for Rantanen and 4 for MacKinnon

Injuries

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?Ian Cole - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Vladislav Kamenev - Shoulder - Injured Reserve​

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[Bender]

So late!

Ennis is a scratch again? We need that lucky rabbit foot playing!

 

[Zee]

I gotta be honest I can't stay up for these late games.  I'm gonna miss lc9's negative posts all game.

 

[ZBBM]

I was at an Avs game about 2 weeks ago and they got thumped pretty good by the Wild.  No news here, but after the big line the Avs have a lot of mediocrity on the forward lines, and since the big line is finally cooling off they have regressed to the .500 team they really are.

So if you take care of 92/29/96 you should be in good shape. 

Unless Georgiev is in goal. 

 

[cabber24]

I am predicting the Leafs score a PP goal!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I am predicting the Leafs score a PP goal!

The Avs are the most penalized team in the league and have a bottom-5 PK, so yeah here's hoping.

 

[AtomicMapleLeaf]

I'll be at this game, I hope it's a good one.

 

[Kaberle15]

Go Leafs Go!!!

 

[Deebo]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

 

[Joe S.]

Avs 22 leafs 1

 

[herman]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

 

[Zee]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

Now if Johnsson could flip spots with Marleau we might get somewhere.

 

[herman]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

Now if Johnsson could flip spots with Marleau we might get somewhere.

It?ll probably be a Kadri and Matthews swap.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

Now if Johnsson could flip spots with Marleau we might get somewhere.

It?ll probably be a Kadri and Matthews swap.

That's what I'd prefer. I don't want to see Kapanen and Johnsson together with Matthews. Matthews between Nylander and Johnsson would be great.

 

[cabber24]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

Now if Johnsson could flip spots with Marleau we might get somewhere.

Giving him cap saver minutes.

 

[ZBBM]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

It wouldn't entirely surprise me if Babcock has been strategically riding the brakes to this point in the season, getting guys used to playing with different linemates before putting his optimal lines together for the stretch run.  I have no idea how we'd ever know, though.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Johnsson and Brown have flipped spots at the morning skate.

Here we go!

It wouldn't entirely surprise me if Babcock has been strategically riding the brakes to this point in the season, getting guys used to playing with different linemates before putting his optimal lines together for the stretch run.  I have no idea how we'd ever know, though.

Well then if he is doing this, why hasn't he split up JT and Marner? Haven't seen Mitch with Kadri and Marleau like last year.

 

[Frank E]

*checks puck drop time


I'm out on this one boys and girls.  Enjoy. 

 

[Highlander]

Me too, going for Pizza Faros  in Carefree.  Best damn pizza around! ;D

 

[lc9]

Would love to see the teams around the leafs lose one time.