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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

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

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CarltonTheBear said:
Bender said:
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
 
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.
 
L K said:
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.
 
L K said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Bender said:
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.
 
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.

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

What do you think is on the Sabres' bulletin board?
 
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.
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Nik the Trik said:
herman said:
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?
 
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.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
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.
 
herman said:
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?
 

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