Leafs @ Panthers - Apr. 23rd, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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51-21-6, 108 points | 56-15-6, 118 points

Projected Lines

Bunting-Tavares-Marner Nylander-Kerfoot-Engvall Mikheyev-Kampf-Blackwell Clifford-Spezza-Simmonds Rielly-Lyubushkin Brodie-Holl Giordano-Liljegren Campbell ​

Huberdeau-Barkov-Reinhart Giroux-Bennett-Duclair Marchment-Lundell-Hornqvist Thornton-Luostarinen-Acciari Chiarot-Weegar Forsling Montour Carlsson-Gudas Bobrovsky​

Scratches

Nick Abruzzese Auston Matthews Jake Muzzin​

Carter Verhaeghe Maxim Mamim Robert Hagg Petteri Lindbohm​

Game Notes

TOR
?Campbell (30-9-5, 2.69 GAA, .913 Sv%) will start for the Leafs
?Will Matthews finally return to the line-up? Will Keefe have Lyubushkin line up at 1C as he continues to experiment with the line-up? Will the Leafs lose so badly they finally drop to the wild card spot that we were assured was definitely going to happen? Find out later!

FLA
?Bobrovsky (38-6-3, 2.64 GAA, .913 Sv%) will likely start for the Panthers
?Florida's won 12 straight

Injuries

?Rasmus Sandin - Knee - Injured Reserve ?Ondrej Kase - Head - Injured Reserve ?Petr Mrazek - Groin - Injured Reserve ?Jake Muzzin - Undisclosed - Questionable     ?Auston Matthews - Undisclosed - Questionable​

?Aaron Ekblad - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Markus Nutivaara - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Ryan Lomberg - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve ?Carter Verhaeghe - Undisclosed - Questionable​

Stream Options

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[ZBBM]

Your gamenotes Carlton MADE ME LAUGH LOUDLY.

Great work, as always.  The GDTs are the best part of this experience.

Too bad about us blowing the playoff spot, but you are taking it well.

 

[L K]

Typical Dubas trading our picks in a year we should have been retooling

 

[Joe S.]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1517883609503440897?s=20&t=daElAkCvdBHf6FcBpuGHEw

 

[Bender]

Florida is a good team but man that D seems overrated to me.

 

[Joe S.]

Not downplaying their talent, but their win total is overblown.

 

[Zee]

Let's hit 60 tonight Auston

 

[disco]

Go Leafs Go!

 

[Jeremiad]

Our Russians > their Russian (Barkov being Finnish).

But I hate all Russians, especially 50 goal guy with instagram pic of Putin still up. Tonight we will crush every matryoshka doll in Florida and drink (Canadian) vodka to celebrate Leaf victory and Ukrainian heroes. And if we do not, we will still drink vodka. I recommend any non-Russian vodka, but especially Dixon's Silvercreek from Guelph ON.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

You know, the other day the question was asked how many 1st round exits were acceptable before you pretty much gotta make more significant changes to the team, i.e. change the core. The Barkov/Huberdeau/Ekblad era Panthers took 8-10 years to get to where they are now and they never got out of the 1st round once during that time (and still technically speaking haven't although odds are obviously good this season).

 

[ZBBM]

You know, the other day the question was asked how many 1st round exits were acceptable before you pretty much gotta make more significant changes to the team, i.e. change the core. The Barkov/Huberdeau/Ekblad era Panthers took 8-10 years to get to where they are now and they never got out of the 1st round once during that time (and still technically speaking haven't although odds are obviously good this season).

Has FLA changed GMs during that time? 

 

[ZBBM]

No knock on Lafleur, but goalies in that era look like wooden cutouts on some of those plays they showed.

 

[L K]

I?m used to us not really having a home leaning broadcast but this takes the cake

 

[ZBBM]

Who are these guys calling the game?

 

[Guilt Trip]

Marner...woo hoo

 

[ZBBM]

MARNER!!!!

 

[Derk]

That's a good start.

 

[L K]

Who are these guys calling the game?

I think it?s randy moller and Steve Goldstein.  It?s the Panthers commentators.  They are boring as heck

 

[herman]

Mitch bomb

 

[herman]

I wish people didn?t suck at finishing Nylander slot passes