Leafs @ Canucks - Dec. 10th, 10:00pm - SNO, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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14-14-4, 32 points | 15-11-4, 34 points 

Projected Lines

Hyman-Tavares-Marner Aberg-Matthews-Nylander Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Kapanen Petan-Engvall-Spezza Rielly-Barrie Muzzin-Holl Dermott-Ceci Andersen ​

Miller-Pettersson-Boeser Pearson-Horvat-Leivo Roussel-Gaudette-Virtanen Schaller-Beagle-Ferland Hughes-Myers Fantenberg-Tanev Chatfield-Stecher Markstrom​

Scratches

Dmytro Timashov Frederik Gauthier Martin Marincin ​

Adam Gaudette Jordin Benn ​

Game Notes

TOR
?Andersen (14-7-3, 2.54 GAA, .918 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?The Leafs sit 2 points behind Buffalo for the 3rd spot in the Atlantic. A Sabres loss to St. Louis tonight and a Leafs win would put them back in a playoff position
?Tyson Barrie, a BC native, will be playing in his home province for the first time as a Leaf. Barrie started the Keefe era with a bang scoring goals in 3 straight games but has since gone pointless in 5 straight

VAN
?Markstrom (8-7-3, 2.70 GAA, .913 Sv%) will likely start for the Canucks
?Vancouver is sitting just 1 point out of the 2nd WC spot in the West and 2 points out of 3rd place in the Pacific. They have 2 games in hand on both teams they're chasing for those spots
?The Canucks have been a high-flying team this season: they sit 8th in the league in goals per game
?Elias Pettersson leads the way with 33 points in 30 games while J.T. Miller is having a career season with 31 points in 30 games
?Former Leaf Josh Leivo has 16 points in 30 games

Injuries

?Trevor Moore - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Andreas Johnsson - Leg - Injured Reserve​

?Brandon Sutter - Groin - Questionable Tuesday ?Jordie Benn - Illness - Questionable Tuesday ?Alexander Edler - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Tyler Graovac - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Tyler Motte - Upper Body - Injured Reserve​

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[Bullfrog]

Wait, does Gauthier's contract allow him to sit out a game? This can't be right.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Wait, does Gauthier's contract allow him to sit out a game? This can't be right.

This will be his THIRD straight scratch.

 

[Frank E]

Wait, does Gauthier's contract allow him to sit out a game? This can't be right.

This will be his THIRD straight scratch.

Yeah, seems Babcock was a bigger Gauthier fan than Keefe is. 

 

[L K]

Wait, does Gauthier's contract allow him to sit out a game? This can't be right.

This will be his THIRD straight scratch.

Yeah, seems Babcock was a bigger Gauthier fan than Keefe is.

I don?t hate him because he tries but he has absolutely no offensive or puck skills.  He?s just not good enough for the NHL

 

[herman]

Gauthier would should be a third line centre in Montreal

 

[herman]

Rielly, Kerfoot, and Petan are also BC boys who might have a little extra on the line tonight

 

[Bender]

Leivo'd look pretty good on this team... ugh. I'm hoping that we're over the whole shooting a player or two into the sun per year is over.

You kind of wonder if squandering assets was partially due to the Mike Babcock effect. I.E. Leivo, Leipsic, Corrado, getting Marleau who cost us a 1st, what hand did he have in the Zaitsev extension? Am I missing anything? Not all those things are worth a lot but cumulatively every little bit counts.

 

[herman]

That?s going to happen with any coach, maybe not to the degree it did with Babcock. He should?ve cycled them in more frequently (i.e. imagine if Holl had more minutes earlier and we figured out last year he could handle shutdown time)

 

[Highlander]

Gauthier would should be a third line centre in Montreal

Agreed, let's trade him to Montreal and throw in Ceci. The Goat should roam at home. Perhaps they will loan us Weber for a few months.....not.

 

[Zee]

This game is on too late for my beauty sleep. I'll be checking the final score in the morning

 

[Highlander]

This game is on too late for my beauty sleep. I'll be checking the final score in the morning

I live in BC now so will keep an eye on it.  Leaf fan from Ontario entrenched in Canuck land. Good 90% of the people are stoned all the time or at least act like it.  Not the brightest twigs on the trees.

 

[Bullfrog]

Wait, does Gauthier's contract allow him to sit out a game? This can't be right.

This will be his THIRD straight scratch.

Really? I think I watched part of the last two games. Perhaps not. lol

 

[cujo4ever]

GO LEAFS GO!

I also will be asleep for this one. Wish they'd put the late games on Saturday!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance/status/1204489642088648704

Oh snap!

 

[Kin]

I mean, it's true. In all my years as a Leafs fan I've never heard a coherent explanation for especially disliking the Leafs outside of being upset with the reality that there's an awful lot of fans and a profit-driven media looks to provide content for us.

 

[Arn]

This game is on too late for my beauty sleep. I'll be checking the final score in the morning

I'm working in Finland at the minute. The game actually faces off at 5am local time so I might actually get up an hour early and watch a west coast game for the first time. (3am face off back home just doesn't work cos it's literally the middle of the night)

 

[dappleganger]

This game is on too late for my beauty sleep. I'll be checking the final score in the morning

I'm working in Finland at the minute. The game actually faces off at 5am local time so I might actually get up an hour early and watch a west coast game for the first time. (3am face off back home just doesn't work cos it's literally the middle of the night)

I remember getting up at 4-5am to watch Team Canada during the Olympics. It didn't go very well for me.

 

[Zee]

This game is on too late for my beauty sleep. I'll be checking the final score in the morning

I'm working in Finland at the minute. The game actually faces off at 5am local time so I might actually get up an hour early and watch a west coast game for the first time. (3am face off back home just doesn't work cos it's literally the middle of the night)

I remember getting up at 4-5am to watch Team Canada during the Olympics. It didn't go very well for me.

Only time I'd watch a west coast Leafs game is if I'm not working the next day or visiting my sister in BC so the time is normal (or when they force the Canucks to play at 4pm local time)

 

[Bender]

This game is on too late for my beauty sleep. I'll be checking the final score in the morning

I live in BC now so will keep an eye on it.  Leaf fan from Ontario entrenched in Canuck land. Good 90% of the people are stoned all the time or at least act like it.  Not the brightest twigs on the trees.

That's a bit harsh. And I'm not talking about BC Bud [emoji41]