Canucks @ Leafs - Feb. 8th, 7:00pm - SNO, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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6-9-0, 12 points | 9-2-1, 19 points

Projected Lines

Miller-Pettersson-Boeser Pearson-Horvat-Eriksson Hoglander-Sutter-Bailey Roussel-Beagle-Motte Edler-Chatfield Hughes-Benn Schmidt-Myers Demko ​

Hyman-Matthews-Marner Vesy-Tavares-Nylander Engvall-Kerfoot-Mikheyev Petan-Boyd-Spezza Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Lehtonen-Bogosian Andersen​

Scratches

Adam Gaudette Jake Virtanen Zach MacEwen ​

Wayne Simmonds Travis Dermott​

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Taxi Squad

Lukas Jasek Olli Juolevi Brogan Rafferty Jack Rathbone Michael DiPietro ​

Alexander Barabanov Joey Anderson Adam Brooks Rasmus Sandin Joseph Woll​

Game Notes

VAN
-Demko (3-5-0, 3.81 GAA, .897 Sv%) will likely start for the Canucks
-After winning 4 straight games (3 against "a team"), Vancouver has now lost 4 straight games by a combined score of 9-23

TOR
-Andersen (7-2-1, 2.80 GAA, .896 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
-Simmonds left Saturday's game in the 3rd period after taking a puck off his hand. An early report is that he'll be out for awhile but we'll wait for confirmation Monday
-The Leafs didn't practice on Sunday so no word on what the lines will look like without Simmonds. I've bumped Vesey to the Tavares line and put Engvall in on the 3rd line, but anyones guess is as good as mine

Injuries

Travis Hamonic - Upper Body - Injured Reserve Micheal Ferland - Concussion - Out indefinitely​

Wayne Simmonds - Hand - Day to day Travis Dermott - Lower Body - Day to day Jack Campbell - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Nicholas Robertson - Knee - Injured Reserve Joe Thornton - Rib - Injured Reserve​

Stream Options

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[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1358814496886820864

 

[Guilt Trip]

Mikheyev is joining the 2nd PP unit tonight with Spezza, Kerfoot, Nylander, Lehtonen.
1st PP, JT, M&M, Hyman, Rielly.

 

[nutman]

Carlton... Oh My!!!  How can you have Vesey on the 2nd line,That's just scary. I have no idea why he is even on the team right now. He has showen nothing.

 

[nutman]

Anyways lets go Leafs .

 

[ZBBM]

Vesey: This season's whipping boy, and for no particularly good reason.

Anyway, looking forward to 38 debuting.

 

[cujo4ever]

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[ZBBM]

Tavares's takeaway there didn't amount to anything, but it came at the end of his shift and was relentless.  Impressive.

 

[L K]

I really dislike that we are stuck with Chris Simpson so much

 

[lamajama]

I heard on Leafs Lunch that when the Leafs try and get Joe and Robertson back on the active roster it's going to be very difficult.

Being as they make minimum, is this really true?

 

[Guilt Trip]

Vesey: This season's whipping boy, and for no particularly good reason.

Anyway, looking forward to 38 debuting.

2 empty net goals 1 assist in 12 games..not particularly good on the PK...

 

[barney_rebel]

We rule man

 

[ZBBM]

MORGAN RIELLY!

 

[herman]

That was quick, Rielly
Very pouncy. Matthews also on a good angle if the rebound went the other way.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Leafs are out of sync so far.

 

[ZBBM]

Vesey: This season's whipping boy, and for no particularly good reason.

Anyway, looking forward to 38 debuting.

2 empty net goals 1 assist in 12 games..not particularly good on the PK...

As opposed to, say, Mikheyev?  I'm not claiming Vesey's been fabulous, but the criticism is outsized.

EDIT: I don't remember his first goal, but the second was a beautiful feed from 88 for an easy one.  It was not EN.

 

[ZBBM]

That was quick, Rielly
Very pouncy. Matthews also on a good angle if the rebound went the other way.

Meaty, beaty, big and pouncy

 

[Guilt Trip]

Vesey: This season's whipping boy, and for no particularly good reason.

Anyway, looking forward to 38 debuting.

2 empty net goals 1 assist in 12 games..not particularly good on the PK...

As opposed to, say, Mikheyev?  I'm not claiming Vesey's been fabulous, but the criticism is outsized.

Mikheyev is our best defensive forward and penalty killer. He's also created chances something Vesey hasn't. I'd love for Vesey to break out because it would be great for the Leafs.

 

[herman]

Boyd is a good fit

 

[L K]

Mikheyev really hasn?t done much 5 on 5