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2019-2020 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

caveman said:
looks like Calgary is helping the Leafs today...
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A 3-0 final so that puts us up 5 points with an equal number of games remaining. We also have a slightly easier remaining schedule than Florida's, although we do have some very tough games coming up after we get home from the California tour.
 
Hobbes said:
caveman said:
looks like Calgary is helping the Leafs today...
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A 3-0 final so that puts us up 5 points with an equal number of games remaining. We also have a slightly easier remaining schedule than Florida's, although we do have some very tough games coming up after we get home from the California tour.
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It's not a huge cushion but it's still a decent one with this many games left. They also dumped one of their better players for a couple depth pieces which makes them worse.
 
Meaningless day in the schedule today.  The Leafs don't play until 10:30 EST tomorrow night.  Man I hate these west coast trips.
 
Bender said:
It's not a huge cushion but it's still a decent one with this many games left. They also dumped one of their better players for a couple depth pieces which makes them worse.
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Florida's on pace for just 90 points. Leafs are on pace for 96. But to reach 98 points we'd just need 20 points over 16 games, so something like 9-5-2 would get us there. Toronto's 9-6-1 in their past 16 games and that included a stretch where they didn't win consecutive games for almost a month so I think that's pretty attainable even with our injuries.

For Florida to reach 98 points they'd need 25 points over 16 games. That's much tougher. 11-2-3 or something. They're 5-9-2 in their past 16 games.

So the Leafs just need to focus on winning basically every other game, with a random 2-game winning streak somewhere in there. Florida needs to pick up points in almost every game they play.
 
Bender said:
It's not a huge cushion but it's still a decent one with this many games left. They also dumped one of their better players for a couple depth pieces which makes them worse.
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At this point in the season, 5 points is a pretty significant gap, as CtB points out. At this point, the Leafs are fully in charge of their own destiny.
 
https://twitter.com/comradesvech/status/1234494942254379010

Spezza can have any job in the organization that he wants post-retirement.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
https://twitter.com/comradesvech/status/1234494942254379010

Spezza can have any job in the organization that he wants post-retirement.
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Spezza will be back if he wants to play again. His leadership has been noted over and over again this season and he' putting up pretty good numbers/60mins.
 
Guilt Trip said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Spezza can have any job in the organization that he wants post-retirement.
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Spezza will be back if he wants to play again. His leadership has been noted over and over again this season and he' putting up pretty good numbers/60mins.
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I'd love to have him join Robidas in the skill development coaching side of things. I could actually see him being a NHL head coach some day waaaaaaaaay in the future. He thinks and talks the game really well.

I'm less convinced that he's someone we should be in a hurry to bring back. He's chipped in offensively a bit but he's also something of a disaster defensively. It would depend a lot on who else is on that 4th line next year. If they can make up for his D liability then sure, but I'd rather give that spot to someone on their way up (Nick Roberston?) or someone more like Engvall who is safe and can act as a PK specialist.
 
Hobbes said:
I'd love to have him join Robidas in the skill development coaching side of things. I could actually see him being a NHL head coach some day waaaaaaaaay in the future. He thinks and talks the game really well.
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For sure. I think he'd be great in that role if he wanted to stay in hockey after his playing days are done.

Hobbes said:
I'm less convinced that he's someone we should be in a hurry to bring back. He's chipped in offensively a bit but he's also something of a disaster defensively. It would depend a lot on who else is on that 4th line next year. If they can make up for his D liability then sure, but I'd rather give that spot to someone on their way up (Nick Roberston?) or someone more like Engvall who is safe and can act as a PK specialist.
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I'd be very comfortable with him as a 4RW guy. If it's something like Clifford-Engvall-Spezza then we have a mucker, PK specialist, and PP specialist. But yeah expectations should be tempered. It's not unreasonable to expect some drop-off next season given his age.
 
https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1234603452770201600

Not shocking given his defensive struggles.
 
At this stage in their careers Rosen and Sandin seem like pretty interchangeable players. Obviously the future is much brighter for Sandin, but I don't think it's a big deal to swap them in and out right now.
 
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