Predators @ Leafs - Nov. 15th, 7:30pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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6-5-3, 15 points | 6-6-3, 15 points

Projected Lines

Arvidsson-Johansen-Neal Forsberg-Fisher-Jarnkrok Wilson-Riberio-Smith Bass-Sissons-Watson Josi-Ellis Ekholm-Subban Irwin-Weber Rinne ​

Komarov-Kadri-Brown JVR-Bozak-Marner Hyman-Matthews-Nylander Martin-Smith-Soshnikov Rielly-Zaitsev Gardiner-Polak Hunwick-Marincin Andersen​

Scratches

Pontus Aberg Matt Carle ​

Frank Corrado Peter Holland Connor Carrick​

Game Notes

NAS
?Pekke Rinne (5-4-0, 2.13 GAA, .930 Sv%) will likely start for the Preds
?Forsberg, Johansen, and Ribeiro are all stuck at 1 goal each so far this season (although they have 10, 7, and 7 assists each respectively as well)
?Nashville started off slow, with just 3 wins in their first 11 games. They've won 3 in a row though since then, outscoring their opposition 11-2 in that stretch

TOR
?Andersen will likely start for the Leafs
?Line-up is based off yesterday's practice. Hyman was absent but is expected to play
?Carrick and Corrado were paired together at practice, indictating that both may be sitting


Injuries

?Miikka Salomaki - Head - Injured Reserve ?Anthony Bitetto - Upper Body - Injured Reserve​

?Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely ?Joffrey Lupul - ?\_(ツ)_/? - Out indefinitely ?Stephane Robidas - Old - Out indefinitely ?Josh Leivo - Inconvenient - Injured Reserve​

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[herman]

Hunwick-Marincin

Automatically puts the game into Nashville's favour.

On the brighter side, it's not Hunwick-Polak
https://twitter.com/JeffVeillette/status/798211450015662080

 

[TBLeafer]

[tweet]798551126757036032[/tweet]

Kristen Shilton ‏@kristen_shilton  29m29 minutes ago
Matt Martin just took a hard shot to the not happy place. Feelin' that one.

 

[Peter D.]

Nashville's starting to pick it up and I'm getting a sense this is going to be a blowout in their favour. 

 

[TBLeafer]

This isn't 2014!

 

[bustaheims]

Nashville's starting to pick it up and I'm getting a sense this is going to be a blowout in their favour.

They have a few forwards that are due to break out, so, I wouldn't be surprised by that, either. I also expect the young Leafs to struggle against the Nashville D and Rinne. Tonight definitely looks like one of those learning experience games.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Nashville's starting to pick it up and I'm getting a sense this is going to be a blowout in their favour.

They have a few forwards that are due to break out, so, I wouldn't be surprised by that, either. I also expect the young Leafs to struggle against the Nashville D and Rinne. Tonight definitely looks like one of those learning experience games.

Kypreos says Juuse Saros the likely starter.

 

[bustaheims]

Nashville's starting to pick it up and I'm getting a sense this is going to be a blowout in their favour.

They have a few forwards that are due to break out, so, I wouldn't be surprised by that, either. I also expect the young Leafs to struggle against the Nashville D and Rinne. Tonight definitely looks like one of those learning experience games.

Kypreos says Juuse Saros the likely starter.

That just makes it even more difficult for them to score on Rinne.

 

[TBLeafer]

Isn't Leivo's permitted AHL time up?  I still see him listed on their active roster.

 

[Coco-puffs]

Isn't Leivo's permitted AHL time up?  I still see him listed on their active roster.

The team was allowed to request a two game extension.  No news of this happening, but it must have for Leivo to still be down there.  Here is the section from the CBA:

13.9 Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan. A Player who is on the Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception as set forth in Article 50 may, with his consent, during the term of such Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception (but in no event during the first fourteen (14) calendar days and six (6) NHL Games), be Loaned on a Conditioning Loan (the "Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan") for a period not to exceed up to the longer of six (6) days and three (3) games, solely for the purpose of determining whether the Player is fit to play. If the Club determines that it needs more time to assess the Player's fitness to play, the Club may file a written request with the Commissioner's Office, with a copy to the NHLPA, in accordance with Exhibit 3 hereof, to extend the Loan for an additional two (2) games. The Commissioner, upon good cause, may approve the one-time extension. The Commissioner's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. A Player on a Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan will continue to be listed on Injured Reserve and will not count against the Club's 23-man roster limit. The Club's Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception will continue until the Conditioning Loan ends, and his Paragraph 1 NHL Salary and Bonuses will continue to count against the Club's Upper Limit and the Players' Share during such time. The Commissioner may take whatever steps he deems necessary to investigate the circumstances under which a Player is placed on a Bona Fide LongTerm Injury/Illness Conditioning Loan. If he has reason to believe or determines that the Club has used the Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Conditioning Loan to evade Waivers or otherwise to Circumvent any provision of this Agreement, he may take other disciplinary action against the Club as he deems appropriate. A Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Conditioning Loan may be extended on one occasion. This procedure can only be used once during each period of time that the Player is on a Bona Fide Long-Term Injury Exception.

 

[ZBBM]

Nashville's starting to pick it up and I'm getting a sense this is going to be a blowout in their favour.

They have a few forwards that are due to break out, so, I wouldn't be surprised by that, either. I also expect the young Leafs to struggle against the Nashville D and Rinne. Tonight definitely looks like one of those learning experience games.

Kypreos says Juuse Saros the likely starter.

That just makes it even more difficult for them to score on Rinne.

The Preds sure have gone all-in-Finn in the twin?d bin to gin up wins.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Nashville's starting to pick it up and I'm getting a sense this is going to be a blowout in their favour.

They have a few forwards that are due to break out, so, I wouldn't be surprised by that, either. I also expect the young Leafs to struggle against the Nashville D and Rinne. Tonight definitely looks like one of those learning experience games.

Kypreos says Juuse Saros the likely starter.

That just makes it even more difficult for them to score on Rinne.

And now they're saying some Mazanec guy is starting?

 

[TBLeafer]

The team was allowed to request a two game extension.  No news of this happening, but it must have for Leivo to still be down there.  Here is the section from the CBA:

13.9 Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan. A Player who is on the Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception as set forth in Article 50 may, with his consent, during the term of such Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception (but in no event during the first fourteen (14) calendar days and six (6) NHL Games), be Loaned on a Conditioning Loan (the "Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan") for a period not to exceed up to the longer of six (6) days and three (3) games, solely for the purpose of determining whether the Player is fit to play. If the Club determines that it needs more time to assess the Player's fitness to play, the Club may file a written request with the Commissioner's Office, with a copy to the NHLPA, in accordance with Exhibit 3 hereof, to extend the Loan for an additional two (2) games. The Commissioner, upon good cause, may approve the one-time extension. The Commissioner's approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. A Player on a Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan will continue to be listed on Injured Reserve and will not count against the Club's 23-man roster limit. The Club's Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception will continue until the Conditioning Loan ends, and his Paragraph 1 NHL Salary and Bonuses will continue to count against the Club's Upper Limit and the Players' Share during such time. The Commissioner may take whatever steps he deems necessary to investigate the circumstances under which a Player is placed on a Bona Fide LongTerm Injury/Illness Conditioning Loan. If he has reason to believe or determines that the Club has used the Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Conditioning Loan to evade Waivers or otherwise to Circumvent any provision of this Agreement, he may take other disciplinary action against the Club as he deems appropriate. A Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Conditioning Loan may be extended on one occasion. This procedure can only be used once during each period of time that the Player is on a Bona Fide Long-Term Injury Exception.

Loophole Lou!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/798586063526785024
www.twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/798586063526785024

*sigh* I wish he wasn't signed to such a long-term contract. I know the whole "hometown superstar to sign with the Leafs when he hits UFA" is a running joke at this point, but P.K. seems like the kind of guy that would have seriously applied to if he didn't expect to stay in Montreal for the rest of his career.

 

[ZBBM]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/798586063526785024
www.twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/798586063526785024

*sigh* I wish he wasn't signed to such a long-term contract. I know the whole "hometown superstar to sign with the Leafs when he hits UFA" is a running joke at this point, but P.K. seems like the kind of guy that would have seriously applied to if he didn't expect to stay in Montreal for the rest of his career.

Well, we actually, finally have at least one chip that could (conceivably) be traded for him straight up.... 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Well, there might be one upside to scratching Carrick:

Mark Masters ‏@markhmasters
With Carrick scratched, Morgan Rielly now quarterbacking the PP unit with JVR-Bozak-Marner-Zaitsev

 

[McGarnagle]

They have a few forwards that are due to break out, so, I wouldn't be surprised by that, either.

The leafs have a couple forwards due to break out too. But they're both teenagers, so there's a bit of double entendre there.

 

[Zee]

That third pair on D scares me

 

[disco]

That third pair on D scares me

Yeah, I think the number of shots we've given up and quality chances has shown that the defense could use another high-end guy to push everyone down on the depth chart. That'll come, we've got a lot more picks on the way.

 

[ZBBM]

Anybody want to weigh in on how Brown has played so far?  He was a scorer in junior, was he not?