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Leafs @ Jets - Oct. 19th, 8:00pm - SN, TSN 1050

Joffrey Lupul - Gigantism - Out indefinitely

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Mark Masters ‏@markhmasters
Babcock appears to be tweaking Leafs PP units tonight:

Zaitsev
Matthews-Kadri-Nylander
Komarov

Gardiner-Carrick
JVR-Bozak-Marner
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Still no Rielly but I like this. Swapping Michalek for Kadri on the Matthews unit should be really good.

And I don't know if Masters just wrote up the lines like that because there are 2 defencemen on it, but I hope they do abandon the 1-3-1 for the 2nd unit. I think it actually makes a lot of sense to use two different set-ups for your PP units. You'd think that would be tougher to defend against.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Mark Masters ‏@markhmasters
Babcock appears to be tweaking Leafs PP units tonight:

Zaitsev
Matthews-Kadri-Nylander
Komarov

Gardiner-Carrick
JVR-Bozak-Marner
Click to expand...

Still no Rielly but I like this. Swapping Michalek for Kadri on the Matthews unit should be really good.

And I don't know if Masters just wrote up the lines like that because there are 2 defencemen on it, but I hope they do abandon the 1-3-1 for the 2nd unit. I think it actually makes a lot of sense to use two different set-ups for your PP units. You'd think that would be tougher to defend against.
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Carrick played the middle man in the preseason once set up in the zone. It was somewhat odd.

Gardiner​
Marner​
Carrick​
JvR​
Bozak​
Net​

But I'm hoping you're right in that they switch to traditional for PP2.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
Carrick played the middle man in the preseason once set up in the zone. It was somewhat odd.
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Gardiner did that too a few times in the 2nd half of last season.
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I'd be okay with Brown/Griffith in that spot too, if the role is to cash in opportune rebounds with an RH. The benefit of Carrick is that he's an additional puck carrier to Gardiner and Marner with Kadri on the first group.
 
I know Babcock is having Rielly play important defensive minutes too but what logic is there to keep him off the PPnfor a second year.  I don't really understand it...particularly when he's losing a spot to a guy like Komarov.
 
Should be:

Stephane Robidas - Robidas Island - Out indefinitely
Joffrey Lupul - Robidas Island - Out indefinitely
 
L K said:
I know Babcock is having Rielly play important defensive minutes too but what logic is there to keep him off the PPnfor a second year.  I don't really understand it...particularly when he's losing a spot to a guy like Komarov.
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No real downside to pumping up Komarov's numbers?

I think Rielly will get minutes there later in the season. That's a carrot he can chase.
 
Hutchinson is actually now confirmed to be starting in goal.

Lupul contest aside and all...

Joffrey Lupul - Sneakin' around with Cuthbert - Out Indefinitely.

I kid.  ;)
 
LuncheonMeat said:
With all this talk about Matthews vs. Laine, and who's the better player, it's nice to see Laine conceding defeat!

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I can't help but think Laine intends something other than 'two' there.
 
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