Leafs @ Stars - Apr. 7th, 8:30pm - SNO, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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45-19-6, 96 points | 40-26-3, 83 points

Projected Lines

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

Robertson-Hintz-Pavelski Benn-Seguin-Studenic Kiviranta-Namestnikov-Radulov Raffl-Faksa-Glendening Suter-Heiskanen Hanley-Klingberg Harley-Hakanpaa Oettinger​

Scratches

Wayne Simmonds Nick Abruzzese Ilya Lyubushkin​

Denis Gurianov    Jacob Peterson Esa Lindell Andrej Sekera​

Game Notes

TOR
?Campbell (26-9-5, 2.71 GAA, .913 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?With no practice yesterday there's no word yet on any possible line changes that might happen in this game

DAL
?Oettinger (25-12-1, 2.48 GAA, .916 Sv%) will likely start for the Stars
?Dallas is currently clinging onto the 8th and final playoff spot in the West. Vegas is 1 point behind them but the Stars do have 3 games in hand to potentially increase that lead

Injuries

?Rasmus Sandin - Knee - Injured Reserve ?Ondrej Kase - Head - Injured Reserve ?Petr Mrazek - Groin - Injured Reserve​

?Denis Gurianov - Illness - Questionable ?Jacob Peterson - Lower Body - Questionable ?Esa Lindell - Upper Body - Questionable ?Braden Holtby - Lower Body - Injured Reserve​

Stream Options

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[Redleaf]

Good job Carlton!

Let?s hope we don?t see Muzzin and Holl together again tonight. That pair needs to be permanently broken up.

Go Leafs Go!

 

[Highlander]

Good job Carlton!

Let?s hope we don?t see Muzzin and Holl together again tonight. That pair needs to be permanently broken up.

Go Leafs Go!

Yes Holl and Muzzin should never be dance partners again.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1512103209996853250

Hell ya!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1512106674747809797

Some changes here.

*cue Holl freakouts*

 

[Frank E]

Holl will under a microscope tonight.

 

[ZBBM]

Holl will under a microscope tonight.

Eh, he's been good lately, up until Tuesday.  That game was so weird it's meaningless IMO.

 

[ZBBM]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1512103209996853250

Hell ya!

I've only seen him in little snippets.  Is he good?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I've only seen him in little snippets.  Is he good?

Like you I can only really say I've seen/heard him in snippets, but he seems to have a really solid balance of being energetic/informative which is something that I think a lot of Sportsnet guys for the Leafs have struggled with basically since they took over. It'll be nice to see him getting a chance.

 

[ZBBM]

I've only seen him in little snippets.  Is he good?

Like you I can only really say I've seen/heard him in snippets, but he seems to have a really solid balance of being energetic/informative which is something that I think a lot of Sportsnet guys for the Leafs have struggled with basically since they took over. It'll be nice to see him getting a chance.

I was just explaining to my daughter what a play-by-play guy does.  It's hard as hell.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1512110946071814145

I was curious to see who would take that other PP defenceman spot with Liljegren out. Seems like Brodie is getting the first try. I'm surprised it's not Muzzin, he has a very underrated offensive game. I'd rather seem him get those minutes and maybe a little less on the PK side of things while he's still getting back up to speed.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Eh, he's been good lately, up until Tuesday.  That game was so weird it's meaningless IMO.

On the ice for 3 PK goals against on Tuesday. You'd have to go back 13 games prior to that to count 3 total PK goals that he was on the ice for. Definitely not something to massively overreact to but Holl has become the mandatory "Leaf fans have to hate 1 defenceman on the team" guy so it'll happen.

 

[Bender]

Eh, he's been good lately, up until Tuesday.  That game was so weird it's meaningless IMO.

On the ice for 3 PK goals against on Tuesday. You'd have to go back 13 games prior to that to count 3 total PK goals that he was on the ice for. Definitely not something to massively overreact to but Holl has become the mandatory "Leaf fans have to hate 1 defenceman on the team" guy so it'll happen.

I do like that they understand that Gio is Lily's security blanket so lets see if it works for Holl.

 

[Deebo]

Eh, he's been good lately, up until Tuesday.  That game was so weird it's meaningless IMO.

On the ice for 3 PK goals against on Tuesday. You'd have to go back 13 games prior to that to count 3 total PK goals that he was on the ice for. Definitely not something to massively overreact to but Holl has become the mandatory "Leaf fans have to hate 1 defenceman on the team" guy so it'll happen.

From Berg to Gardiner, there's always one.

 

[L K]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1512103209996853250

Hell ya!

That's awesome.  I have really liked his late game calls.

 

[L K]

Eh, he's been good lately, up until Tuesday.  That game was so weird it's meaningless IMO.

On the ice for 3 PK goals against on Tuesday. You'd have to go back 13 games prior to that to count 3 total PK goals that he was on the ice for. Definitely not something to massively overreact to but Holl has become the mandatory "Leaf fans have to hate 1 defenceman on the team" guy so it'll happen.

I think the thing for me is that at this point I just like Liljegren more in the lineup over Holl so I don't love that he is coming out for him.  I just hope it isn't a trend.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1512103209996853250

Hell ya!

That?s great. I think Gord Miller and Chris Cuthbert call good games, but Singh calls it very well too and frankly, he?s got the compelling quality of voice that Miller and Cuthbert just don?t have. The Bene Gesserit of hockey broadcasting.

 

[herman]

Liljegren doesn't deserve to sit, but I'm a big fan of trying stuff out in the regular season so you have data and patterns and backpocket plans to work with when poop happens.

This is mostly about finding a partner and role for Muzzin to get going properly again, which is a higher value add than Liljegren vs Holl vs Lyubushkin.

 

[azzurri63]

Good job Carlton!

Let?s hope we don?t see Muzzin and Holl together again tonight. That pair needs to be permanently broken up.

Go Leafs Go!

Wouldn't surprise me if they are together. Also what the heck is Clifford doing in the lineup. 2 dumb penalties recently that have contributed to both losses. No need for either and timing of them just plain stupid.

 

[Highlander]

https://twitter.com/lukefoxjukebox/status/1512103209996853250

Hell ya!

That?s great. I think Gord Miller and Chris Cuthbert call good games, but Singh calls it very well too and frankly, he?s got the compelling quality of voice that Miller and Cuthbert just don?t have. The Bene Gesserit of hockey broadcasting.

Nice Dune reference!