Marlies' Playoff Games

[herman]

The more I watch Johnsson the more excited I get about his potential, he was an absolute force on the Grundstrom goal and then his wraparound was fantastic.  His passes to Aaltonen in the first games of this series were sublime.

As mentioned before 4th line on Leafs next season Johnsson-Aaltonen-Grundstrom

I think Johnsson has more than 4th line potential due to how smart and easy to coach he is. I like Grundstrom as a complementary scoring option as well.

Potato GM:
Grundstrom - Matthews - Kapanen/Brown
Marleau - Kadri - Marner
Johnsson - Nylander - Hyman
Aaltonen - Lindholm - Brown/Kapanen

 

[Coco-puffs]

The more I watch Johnsson the more excited I get about his potential, he was an absolute force on the Grundstrom goal and then his wraparound was fantastic.  His passes to Aaltonen in the first games of this series were sublime.

As mentioned before 4th line on Leafs next season Johnsson-Aaltonen-Grundstrom

With JvR gone Johnsson is already looking like our 3rd line LW.  Heck, if I was drawing up a lineup, I think he'd be on the 1st line:

Johnsson - Matthews - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Hyman - Nylander - Brown
Moore - Lindholm - Aaltonen
Leivo

 

[Highlander]

The more I watch Johnsson the more excited I get about his potential, he was an absolute force on the Grundstrom goal and then his wraparound was fantastic.  His passes to Aaltonen in the first games of this series were sublime.

As mentioned before 4th line on Leafs next season Johnsson-Aaltonen-Grundstrom

With JvR gone Johnsson is already looking like our 3rd line LW.  Heck, if I was drawing up a lineup, I think he'd be on the 1st line:

Johnsson - Matthews - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Hyman - Nylander - Brown
Moore - Lindholm - Aaltonen
Leivo

That first line would kill

 

[Bender]

The more I watch Johnsson the more excited I get about his potential, he was an absolute force on the Grundstrom goal and then his wraparound was fantastic.  His passes to Aaltonen in the first games of this series were sublime.

As mentioned before 4th line on Leafs next season Johnsson-Aaltonen-Grundstrom

With JvR gone Johnsson is already looking like our 3rd line LW.  Heck, if I was drawing up a lineup, I think he'd be on the 1st line:

Johnsson - Matthews - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Hyman - Nylander - Brown
Moore - Lindholm - Aaltonen
Leivo

That first line would kill

I would put Grundstrom in there somewhere. I do think we need an upgrade somewhere on the forwards though.... Come on Dubas with some out of the box thinking!

 

[Highlander]

The more I watch Johnsson the more excited I get about his potential, he was an absolute force on the Grundstrom goal and then his wraparound was fantastic.  His passes to Aaltonen in the first games of this series were sublime.

As mentioned before 4th line on Leafs next season Johnsson-Aaltonen-Grundstrom

With JvR gone Johnsson is already looking like our 3rd line LW.  Heck, if I was drawing up a lineup, I think he'd be on the 1st line:

Johnsson - Matthews - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Hyman - Nylander - Brown
Moore - Lindholm - Aaltonen
Leivo

That first line would kill

I would put Grundstrom in there somewhere. I do think we need an upgrade somewhere on the forwards though.... Come on Dubas with some out of the box thinking!

I heard Don Dubas is cloning the skeletal remains of Rocket Richard, should be flying down the ice in about 18 years.  How outside the box can you get?

 

[Coco-puffs]

The more I watch Johnsson the more excited I get about his potential, he was an absolute force on the Grundstrom goal and then his wraparound was fantastic.  His passes to Aaltonen in the first games of this series were sublime.

As mentioned before 4th line on Leafs next season Johnsson-Aaltonen-Grundstrom

With JvR gone Johnsson is already looking like our 3rd line LW.  Heck, if I was drawing up a lineup, I think he'd be on the 1st line:

Johnsson - Matthews - Marner
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Hyman - Nylander - Brown
Moore - Lindholm - Aaltonen
Leivo

That first line would kill

I would put Grundstrom in there somewhere. I do think we need an upgrade somewhere on the forwards though.... Come on Dubas with some out of the box thinking!

Given Grundstrom's age etc, I'm not sure I'd want him getting limited 4th line minutes over getting big minutes on the Marlies- at least to start the year.  If he's dominating the AHL mid-season, ala Johnsson was earlier this year, then bring him up.

 

[herman]

Which Moore is being slotted 4LW, Coco?
Dominic or Trevor?

 

[Coco-puffs]

Which Moore is being slotted 4LW, Coco?
Dominic or Trevor?

Trevor.  I'm done with Dominic just as much as Babcock is.

 

[herman]

Which Moore is being slotted 4LW, Coco?
Dominic or Trevor?

Trevor.  I'm done with Dominic just as much as Babcock is.

Bless you.

I would swap Brown in your lineup with one of Aaltonen and Moore just to get some left sticks with right sticks, and get Hyman as Nylander's RW.

 

[LuncheonMeat]

What are the chances Sparks is our backup next season? I just can't figure out whether he's for real, or whether he's a AHL lifer sort of guy. My heart tells me AHL lifer, but he's certainly been tearing up the AHL.

 

[herman]

On to the finals

Second sweep. Dermott and Johnsson remain undefeated in this year?s Calder Cup playoffs.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

What are the chances Sparks is our backup next season? I just can't figure out whether he's for real, or whether he's a AHL lifer sort of guy. My heart tells me AHL lifer, but he's certainly been tearing up the AHL.

Sparks will no longer be exempt from waivers next season, and with the season he's had I'd be pretty surprised if some team didn't take a chance on him if the Leafs tried to send him back to the AHL.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

It's funny that this team is looking more dominant than the one that had Nylander, Leivo, Arcobello, Kapanen, Soshnikov, Hyman, Brown, Leipsic, Carrick, and T.J. Brennan.

Although goaltending performance is probably the biggest difference between the two teams.

 

[Highlander]

What are the chances Sparks is our backup next season? I just can't figure out whether he's for real, or whether he's a AHL lifer sort of guy. My heart tells me AHL lifer, but he's certainly been tearing up the AHL.

Sparks will no longer be exempt from waivers next season, and with the season he's had I'd be pretty surprised if some team didn't take a chance on him if the Leafs tried to send him back to the AHL.

Sparks will be our back up next year, count on it. Part of the Don Dubas plan, promote the worthy from within. The chances of McBackup having that kind of season again are very slim. Gotta let the farm boys know there is a real chance to be a city slicker

 

[herman]

https://theathletic.com/368958/2018/05/26/wheeler-how-the-marlies-dismantled-and-swept-the-phantoms-to-advance-to-the-calder-cup-final/

Positionless hockey!

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Hockey's Geggenpress, pretty cool that one of the modern proponents of it takes his Liverpool side into the cauldron against Real Madrid today.

 

[Highlander]

Don't know about you but I am getting really excited about this Cup final series.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

The Marlies are struggling to contain the Texas PP so far, trailing to two power play goals so far.

Holl has the lone Marlies goal through 15 minutes.

Marlies have looked the better team at ES.

 

[jdh1]

Great game to watch  Nice victory

 

[Zee]

Sloppy as hell but entertaining win