Leafs @ Sabres - Mar. 25th, 7:00pm - CBC, Fan 590

[gunnar36]

apparently Leivo is out and Smith is in.

That'll teach him to score.  Babcock's dislike of Leivo is very confusing.  Although this time it appears it is due to injury.

His liking of Smith is equally as confusing.  Smith is below average in all facets of the game except maybe work ethic, which should not be enough to justify a spot in this lineup.

Maybe that is the point, Babcock loves guys who play their guts out, that is why Komarov and Hyman are locks for at least the rest of the season. When the rest of the team gets seasoned to knowing their coach (for the next 6 seasons) loves these guys then that work ethic rubs off on the rest of the team. Hence everyone then plays there guts out.

Komarov and Hyman are locks (beyond this season) because they bring a lot more to the table then just work ethic.

Side note: This is Smiths 40th game of season, if they give him a contract for next year, he will be eligible as one of two forwards that we need to expose for expansion draft.

 

[Jeremiad]

Looks like Kane kind of drove his arm into Andersen's shoulder.

Just saw a replay of Kane launching himself on top of a prone Andersen. Carrick is right there, but no one pushes Kane. Vicious move by Kane that could cost us a great deal.

 

[Jeremiad]

Here's the link to the video of Kane jumping on Andersen's shoulder:

https://twitter.com/IanC56/status/845804222901895169

 

[Bender]

He went down awful easily into McBackup.

 

[Kin]

The other clip they showed of Andersen getting hit in the neck/head looked significantly worse than Kane falling on him.

 

[Jeremiad]

The other clip they showed of Andersen getting hit in the neck/head looked significantly worse than Kane falling on him.

At what point did that happen?

 

[ZBBM]

That was pretty nimble there by Boyle.

 

[Bender]

We've just got nothing here.

 

[Britishbulldog]

2-1 Boston in regulation

 

[Kin]

Yeah, well, their fans still have to live in Buffalo.

 

[ZBBM]

Yeah, well, their fans still have to live in Buffalo.

"... and you, madam, will still be ugly."

 

[Jeremiad]

Isles and Bruins will be a 3 point game, guaranteed

This, at least, is one thing that went in our favour tonight.

 

[lamajama]

When the Leafs blow, they really blow.

 

[hockeyfan1]

The other clip they showed of Andersen getting hit in the neck/head looked significantly worse than Kane falling on him.

At what point did that happen?

From TSN:
Early in the opening frame, Sabres forward William Carrier appeared to collide with Andersen's head. The goaltender finished the frame, but looked shaken up by the hit in the immediate aftermath.

I saw the in-depth highlights on Sportsnet's The Insiders discussing Andersen's injury and there was an early clip before Kane fell on him, where there was a collision in front of the net with the Sabres William Carner colliding into Andersen.  Andersen appeared to have shaken his head several times as though something wasn't right.

Don't have the clip, but here's the pic: