Sabres @ Leafs - Mar. 26th, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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23-40-12, 58 points | 45-23-7, 97 points

Projected Lines

Wilson-O'Reilly-Reinhart Girgensons-Eichel-Okposo Pouliot-Rodrigues-Baptiste Nolan-Larsson-Pominville Scandella-Ristolainen Guhle-Nelson Gorges-Antipin Lehner ​

Hyman-Matthews-Nylander Marleau-Kadri-Marner JVR-Bozak-Brown Johnsson-Plekanec-Kapanen Rielly-Hainsey Gardiner-Zaitsev Dermott-Polak Andersen​

Scratches

Justin Bailey Justin Falk Nathan Beaulieu Chad Johnson ​

Connor Carrick Dominic Moore Josh Leivo Matt Martin Leo Komarov​

Game Notes

BUF
?Lehner (14-26-9, 2.99 GAA, .909 Sv%) will likely start for the Sabres
?The Leafs go from playing the top-2 teams in the league in a row to playing two of the worst. Buffalo currently sits 31st overall in the league and they've lost 4 straight games, 3 of those coming against other bottom-10 teams
?Jack Eichel returned from a sprained ankle injury this month. He has just 1 PP assist in 5 games while being a -8 since returning (+/- is stupid except when it's fun)

TOR
?Andersen (35-19-5, 2.81 GAA, .918 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Mitch Marner is on an 8-game point streak, and he has 27 points in his last 19 games
?JVR has 8 goals and 11 points in his last 6 games
?Rielly has 11 points, all assists, in his last 8 games

Injuries

?Chad Johnson - Head - Questionable Monday ?Jacob Josefson - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Kyle Criscuolo - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Jake McCabe - Shoulder - Injured Reserve ?Zach Bogosian - Hip - Injured Reserve​

?Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely ?Joffrey Lupul - Actually Injured - Out indefinitely ?Leo Komarov - Lower Body - Day to day​

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[Bender]

I didn't realize how on fire Mitchy was! Go Leafs Go!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I didn't realize how on fire Mitchy was! Go Leafs Go!

Top-10 in points during that stretch too.

 

[L K]

I didn't realize how on fire Mitchy was! Go Leafs Go!

Top-10 in points during that stretch too.

Games played obviously factors in here but:

Nylander - 128 points
Marner - 125 points
Matthews - 121 points

 

[Kin]

Nylander - 128 points
Marner - 125 points
Matthews - 121 points

And it's still more than three years until any of them can rent a car.

 

[L K]

Nylander - 128 points
Marner - 125 points
Matthews - 121 points

And it's still more than three years until any of them can rent a car.

Two of them legally can't drink 30% of the time.

 

[Redleaf]

The whole team is on fire. I'd hate to be any team that faces the Leafs (yes you Boston) in playoffs this year. I'm not saying they could take the Bruins out, but I'd be very worried about that possibility if I were running that team.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Games played obviously factors in here but:

Nylander - 128 points
Marner - 125 points
Matthews - 121 points

Getting all 3 of these guys signed this summer is going to be this management groups biggest test. There's no way you can let Matthews and Marner start next season without extensions.

 

[ZBBM]

I didn't realize how on fire Mitchy was! Go Leafs Go!

Top-10 in points during that stretch too.

Games played obviously factors in here but:

Nylander - 128 points
Marner - 125 points
Matthews - 121 points

Pfffttt I'll wait to be impressed until those are their single-season totals.

 

[ZBBM]

I don't understand why Andersen needs to start this game.  The rest of the way I'd go:

Monday BUF: McB
Weds FLA: Andersen
Fri NYI: McB
Sat WPG: Andersen
Mon BUF (what a stupid schedule this is): McB or And
Thurs NJD: McB or And depending on who started previous game
Sat MTL: Call up whoever starts for the Solar Bears haha Habs

Anyway, there is a real nice opportunity to rest Freddie the rest of the way in, without having him get too stale.  They should do it.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/978289961966256133

What do you think is on the Sabres' bulletin board?

 

[Kin]

What do you think is on the Sabres' bulletin board?

Ads from guys looking to sublet their places for the summer?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/978291746768433153

This looks like a compliment to the Sabres organization but the Sabres are on pace to finish with less points than that Leafs team despite having "way more pieces", so sick burn Babs.

 

[ZBBM]

What do you think is on the Sabres' bulletin board?

Ads from guys looking to sublet their places for the summer?

Look at your post count, Nik.  DO NOT REPLY TO THIS

 

[herman]

What do you think is on the Sabres' bulletin board?

Ads from guys looking to sublet their places for the summer?

Look at your post count, Nik.  DO NOT REPLY TO THIS

I am honoured that Nik spent his 22222nd post to respond to me.
Time to start a new account?

 

[Kin]

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS

Ok.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Speaking of the Sabres, they've announced that Casey Mittselstadt has signed his ELC and will join the team this season with 7 games to go. Capfriendly pointed out something interesting about this situation:

https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/978301289510645760

So the Sabres are burning off a year of his ELC so he can get a signing bonus and play in maybe 6 NHL games.

 

[ZBBM]

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS

Ok.

It's not too late:

1.  Delete this post.
2.  Simply MODIFY your previous post over and over again, anytime you want to chime in.  We'll all check the post regularly to keep it alive.

Possible downside: postsize eventually exceeds known mass of universe.  And then ... something like this happens:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/26/1751472/-Cartoon-The-black-hole

 

[herman]

So the Sabres are burning off a year of his ELC so he can get a signing bonus and play in maybe 6 NHL games.

What's the upside to the organization here? If anything, they should have plugged him into Rochester for their playoffs, and that could've been done on a PTO.

 

[Kin]

What's the upside to the organization here?

They get on good terms with a good prospect who has the option of playing a few more years in college and then leaving?