Leafs @ Oilers - Dec. 14th, 9:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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  19-8-2, 40 points | 16-10-0, 32 points

Projected Lines

Bunting-Matthews-Kase Kerfoot-Tavares-Nylander Engvall-Kampf-Mikheyev Clifford-Seney-Simmonds Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Liljegren Dermott-Holl Campbell ​

Draisaitl-McDavid-Kassian Foegele-RNH-Puljujarvi Benson-McLeod-Yamamoto Shore-Ryan-Sceviour Nurse-Bouchard Lagesson-Ceci Niemelainen-Barrie Koskinen​

Scratches

Alex Steeves Carl Dahlstrom Alex Biega​

Zach Hyman Kyle Turris Philip Broberg  ​

Game Notes

TOR
?Campbell (14-5-2, 1.99 GAA, .935 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Dermott and Mikheyev both practiced with the team on Monday and look ready to return to the line-up, but their status won't be confirmed until Tuesday
?Ritchie did not travel with the Leafs and is out with a non-Covid illness
?Recently called up Brett Seney was splitting 4C duties with Steeves at practice. It's not clear who would play there but I'm guessing Seney makes his Leafs debut

EDM
?Koskinen (12-5-0, 3.05 GAA, .907 Sv%) will likely start for the Oilers
?Edmonton has lost 5 straight games and have dropped from 4th in the league to 14th during that losing streak
?Hyman was up to 11 goals and 19 points in 26 games before leaving Edmonton's most recent game with a shoulder injury. He's considered day to day and hasn't been ruled out for this game

Injuries

?Mitch Marner - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Rasmus Sandin - Knee - Injured Reserve ?Nick Ritchie - Illness - Day to day ?Ilya Mikheyev - Thumb - Probable ?Travis Dermott - Shoulder - Probable​

?Josh Archibald - Illness - Injured Reserve ?Dylan Holloway - Wrist - Injured Reserve ?Slater Koekkoek - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Kris Russell - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Mike Smith - Leg - Injured Reserve ?Zach Hyman - Shoulder - Questionable ?Duncan Keith - Upper Body - Questionable​

Stream Options

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[ZBBM]

Slater Koekkoek: hands down best name in the league.

 

[Kaberle15]

Great job CtB (as usual).

Holl will regain his mojo agains McDavid tonight. Go Leafs Go!!!

 

[herman]

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2021/12/14/sheldon-keefe-on-the-return-of-ilya-mikheyev/
Keefe notes about the call ups, return of reinforcements, and the spectre of Omicron

 

[herman]

Oh hello, Brad Meier and Reid Anderson are reffing tonight. The same duo that thought Pionk's knee and Spezza's hit were not penalties.

 

[bustaheims]

Oh hello, Brad Meier and Reid Anderson are reffing tonight. The same duo that thought Pionk's knee and Spezza's hit were not penalties.

Oh good. More baffling calls and non-calls. Wonderful.

How does Brad Meier still have a job? He's terrible.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1470815329601212416
The warmest element of his house

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1470815329601212416
The warmest element of his house

Even his driveway is "cozy".

 

[Zee]

I see Hyman has caught the Toronto flu, i.e. too scared to face his old team.

 

[Joe S.]

I see Hyman has caught the Toronto flu, i.e. too scared to face his old team.

?

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

https://twitter.com/edmontonoilers/status/1470842328789098503

Uh-oh?

 

[L K]

Maybe it's time to shut the league down for two weeks.  Let things settle out.  Cancel the Olympics and push the schedule through that gap.

 

[cujo4ever]

Go Leafs Go! (If the game even happens  :-X)

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/theoakleafs/status/1470895306262953985

 

[lamajama]

I see Hyman has caught the Toronto flu, i.e. too scared to face his old team.

I guess I can't cancel that sure fire "Hyman will score" bet then....

 

[lamajama]

Maybe it's time to shut the league down for two weeks.  Let things settle out.  Cancel the Olympics and push the schedule through that gap.

From what I've read a lot of the teams booked events into the arena's during the Olympic break despite being told not to so it
appears dates would not be available....but I agree with you.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1470847794638376967

 

[bustaheims]

Maybe it's time to shut the league down for two weeks.  Let things settle out.  Cancel the Olympics and push the schedule through that gap.

From what I've read a lot of the teams booked events into the arena's during the Olympic break despite being told not to so it
appears dates would not be available....but I agree with you.

Any teams that lease their arena don?t have control over that. Arena management aren?t going to leave their buildings empty just in case the NHL decides it wants to rejig their schedule. The league is just going to have to work around that.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/robthehockeyguy/status/1470838184405659648

 

[Zee]

They should have probably cancelled this game given the Oilers covid stuff. I can see the Leafs having an outbreak in a few days now.