Preseason: sens @ Leafs - Sept. 18th, 7:30pm - SNO, TSN 1050
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https://twitter.com/_nickrichard/status/1042191384088911872
*watches Friedman's face during this exchange*
I take back any and all criticisms of Elliotte.
*watches Friedman's face during this exchange*
I take back any and all criticisms of Elliotte.
barney_rebel
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We rule BTW...
Heroic Shrimp
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herman said:
I will pay for a Maple Leafs themed T-shirt where somebody exploits that with a Yin Yang symbol. I mean, literally, side-by-side, the middle part of 1691 generally makes the Yin Yang symbol.
I'll take 10% of royalties if one of you develops and markets this shirt.
OldTimeHockey
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cabber24 said:Yeah, but it appears the first draft of the regular season lineup has Kadri playing with these two.OldTimeHockey said:cabber24 said:
It's the first preseason game of the season.
Dermott pairing sucked. Still worried about our D... tossing grenades.
Your first preseason game is not a draft of the regular season. There's several players that watched the game on a TV. Are we to assume that Clark or Moore has a spot too? I mean, they were in the first draft of the line up.
Now, Brown could very well end up on Kadri's wing but I doubt that you see those 3 together very often.
hockeyfan1
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Very impressed with Borgman who seems serious at landing a spot with the big club. Looks good on the rush, sports a good point shot, not afraid to use the body. So far, so good.
Tavares & Marner surely didn't miss a beat. These guys could have had skates strapped on all summer long for all we know. (only joking).
Tavares + Marner = m-a-g-i-c
They complement each other on that ice admirably.
McElhinney & Sparks dressed to impress. McBackup is the experienced, calm, and collected one.
Sparks is the confident, advantageous one and by that his sheer size and span across his net forced the hand of his opponents that resulted in botched chances.
Take your pick, whom do you prefer?
Leivo. Of all the Leafs, he had the most SOG (5) plus some chances to convert which he didn't. He needs to find that net but can generally skate and go with the flow.
The Leivo-Kadri-Brown generated chances in the offensive zone as well as time but little in the way of anything short of spectacular.
Olzighanov came across as a Polak with a brain.
Dermott played okay, at times not okay.
Not too happy that the Leafs D continues with sloppy play (hey, it's only a pre-season game).
Glad the Leafs won and happy that Johnny T is a Leaf!!!
Tavares & Marner surely didn't miss a beat. These guys could have had skates strapped on all summer long for all we know. (only joking).
Tavares + Marner = m-a-g-i-c
They complement each other on that ice admirably.
McElhinney & Sparks dressed to impress. McBackup is the experienced, calm, and collected one.
Sparks is the confident, advantageous one and by that his sheer size and span across his net forced the hand of his opponents that resulted in botched chances.
Take your pick, whom do you prefer?
Leivo. Of all the Leafs, he had the most SOG (5) plus some chances to convert which he didn't. He needs to find that net but can generally skate and go with the flow.
The Leivo-Kadri-Brown generated chances in the offensive zone as well as time but little in the way of anything short of spectacular.
Olzighanov came across as a Polak with a brain.
Dermott played okay, at times not okay.
Not too happy that the Leafs D continues with sloppy play (hey, it's only a pre-season game).
Glad the Leafs won and happy that Johnny T is a Leaf!!!
Yep, I don't think Matthews has a spot on this team...OldTimeHockey said:cabber24 said:Yeah, but it appears the first draft of the regular season lineup has Kadri playing with these two.OldTimeHockey said:cabber24 said:
Dermott pairing sucked. Still worried about our D... tossing grenades.
Your first preseason game is not a draft of the regular season. There's several players that watched the game on a TV. Are we to assume that Clark or Moore has a spot too? I mean, they were in the first draft of the line up.
Now, Brown could very well end up on Kadri's wing but I doubt that you see those 3 together very often.
Looking at today's lines and yesterday's I think we can all assume that Babcock's first draft of the opening day lineup is:
Marleau-Matthews-Ennis
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Leivo-Kadri-Brown
Johnsson-Lindholm-Kapanen
herman
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https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2018/09/19/preseason-game-1-toronto-maple-leafs-4-vs-ottawa-senators-1/
I missed this game, but I was following the score. The notes from MLHS paint a pretty promising picture.
Babcock has been dangling the carrot in front of Dermott and Johnsson (and to a lesser extent Leivo and Carrick, who were and are in a similar position in previous seasons) to not assume they've made the team (everyday is a try out) and demonstrate they can maintain their effort consistently.
According to Justin Bourne's recent Q&A on The Athletic and his guest appearance on the latest Leaf Report Podcast (the live one), in a defender, Dubas highly values zone exit capabilities (which has a very strong correlation to future zone entries with possession and thus good chances on goal); Babcock, via DJ Smith (defense coach), highly value physical toughness (which has borne out in the repeated signing and deployment of Roman Polak). Unfortunately, both those characteristics rarely reside in the same player, and certainly would not at affordable prices. So it'll be about the team mix, and it looks like Ozhiganov indeed has a leg up because he provides that different element.
I missed this game, but I was following the score. The notes from MLHS paint a pretty promising picture.
Babcock has been dangling the carrot in front of Dermott and Johnsson (and to a lesser extent Leivo and Carrick, who were and are in a similar position in previous seasons) to not assume they've made the team (everyday is a try out) and demonstrate they can maintain their effort consistently.
According to Justin Bourne's recent Q&A on The Athletic and his guest appearance on the latest Leaf Report Podcast (the live one), in a defender, Dubas highly values zone exit capabilities (which has a very strong correlation to future zone entries with possession and thus good chances on goal); Babcock, via DJ Smith (defense coach), highly value physical toughness (which has borne out in the repeated signing and deployment of Roman Polak). Unfortunately, both those characteristics rarely reside in the same player, and certainly would not at affordable prices. So it'll be about the team mix, and it looks like Ozhiganov indeed has a leg up because he provides that different element.
herman
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Zee said:
Similar to a dump-in a the blue line, glass and out is sometimes the right play, i.e. when it is the only viable play that doesn't result in immediate continued possession by the offense. Gardiner should maybe use it a bit more. It's a big problem if it's the only play the defense knows how to make to get out of the zone when their partner is unavailable (Polak, Hainsey).