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cabber24 said:Kappi promoted to Tavares line. All killer no filler.
FYI: Hyman not in the lineup
Zee said:cabber24 said:Kappi promoted to Tavares line. All killer no filler.
FYI: Hyman not in the lineup
Kapanen playing left wing or Marner?
princedpw said:Zaitsev?s defensive zone passing looked pretty bad.
5-on-5 the leafs really haven?t been very good against teams projected to be at the bottom of the league.
I like Dermott and I wonder how he?d do on the right next to Rielly in big minutes.
Rielly-Dermott (25 min)
Gardiner-Zaitsev (22 min)
Hainsey-Oz (13 min)
OldTimeHockey said:princedpw said:Zaitsev?s defensive zone passing looked pretty bad.
5-on-5 the leafs really haven?t been very good against teams projected to be at the bottom of the league.
I like Dermott and I wonder how he?d do on the right next to Rielly in big minutes.
Rielly-Dermott (25 min)
Gardiner-Zaitsev (22 min)
Hainsey-Oz (13 min)
Going on nothing but my gut, I'd think that the bottom pairing would be awfully slow
Yup. Weird when a goalie gets a star letting in that many. Didn't watch the game but I'm guessing he was good.Highlander said:Didn't watch last night stinker, but McBackup let in 5 goals and still won 3rd star? That is weird.
Guilt Trip said:Yup. Weird when a goalie gets a star letting in that many. Didn't watch the game but I'm guessing he was good.Highlander said:Didn't watch last night stinker, but McBackup let in 5 goals and still won 3rd star? That is weird.
Well then it's still McBackup over Sparks if we're keeping the better goalie?Hobbes said:Guilt Trip said:Yup. Weird when a goalie gets a star letting in that many. Didn't watch the game but I'm guessing he was good.Highlander said:Didn't watch last night stinker, but McBackup let in 5 goals and still won 3rd star? That is weird.
All-Marlies roster where the forwards spent the night blowing the zone with the D attempting stretch passes into coverage and failing over and over and over again. Essentially a non-stop turn-over fest that force McBackup to make dozens of high danger point blank saves. I'm not sure he deserved a star but the 5 GA wasn't reflective of any poor play on his part.
I doubt it, since they didn't last season.caveman said:Do Borgman and Rosen pack up for Europe now that they have been sent down ?
?Me and Jake (Gardiner) really wanted to improve on that (D-zone play) and I feel like we put some time in during the off-season to work on specific skills that are going to help with that. I think that?ll lead to smoother breakouts. It?s (about making) quicker plays into the middle (of the ice).
?There?s a lot of responsibility on (our centres) to be in the right place just so the D-men can almost make a play without looking. There?s lots of plays where you try to pass the puck underneath a guy?s stick because that?s the only option, to go to the middle. We worked on that a lot. I feel like we?re a bit more comfortable in our system.?
Will that mean fewer hard outs and long passes out of the defensive zone?
?We?ll still do that,? Rielly said. ?Where the weak-side winger goes across the ice, up to that blueline, and try to get it to him. But not every time. I think there was times last year where, if we were in doubt, we would just do that automatically. I think this year we feel a little more comfortable and we?ll be able to make those plays underneath (the centreman) a little easier.?
That ability to make small, quick plays out of the zone always felt like a focal point for the Marlies last season but one that didn?t quite translate to the Leafs. That could change with slightly different personnel and a different mindset in place.
Rielly certainly made it sound like the Leafs would look more Marlies-like in that regard.
?You go back for a puck and you just want to get it to a forward?s hands as quick as you can,? he said of his focus in the off-season. ?Then jump up as the fourth guy in the rush without the puck. As opposed to try to carry it all the way up. Just go back and make one quick play and be out of the zone and going back and playing offence.
?Lots of (what I worked on this summer) has to do with defensive stuff. I don?t mean blocking shots and stuff. I mean the little smaller plays you have to make underneath people?s stick or little small ones over people?s stick. Me and Jake definitely spent a lot of time working on those little skills that are important for a D-man to be good at when breaking the puck out.