Capitals @ Leafs - Feb. 21st, 7:00pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[lamajama]

Well this has been entertaining! From both ends....I tell you I don't feel half as nervous when Freddie is in net..

 

[Zee]

Early returns on the Johnsson-Nylander Swedish connection are looking good

 

[lamajama]

Goaty with a breakawayyyyyyyyyyyynotinhisrepertoire.

Hahahahaha. Nicely done!

 

[Guilt Trip]

Marner hasn't looked as dominant as he was earlier in the season

Marners agent cursed him

Yup. He's played very unlike Marner since his agent opened up his yapper.

 

[Highlander]

Goaty with a breakawayyyyyyyyyyyynotinhisrepertoire.

Maybe he should grow a Goatee


Hahahahaha. Nicely done!

 

[Guilt Trip]

I mean he's still picking up points but I don't see those "wow" moments where he was just dominant and tilting the ice all the time

I think he only has 14 pts in his last 20 games so he's def slumping a little. I think Johnsson has just as many, or is close to that kind of production. He'll snap out if it. Keep in mind if Hyman buried some of his chances it would be a non factor point wise.

 

[Zee]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Radical? Pfft. I said this in training camp.

 

[Guilt Trip]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Anything to get Matthews playing more is good for me. I'd drop Marleau to that 4th line and put Moore with Matthews. But that's me.

 

[herman]

Muzzin appears to be leading the Leafs in 5v5 TOI for the first period from his third pairing role.

 

[herman]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Radical? Pfft. I said this in training camp.

Pretty sure I said this last season?s preseason to trade Bozak.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Radical? Pfft. I said this in training camp.

Pretty sure I said this last season?s preseason to trade Bozak.

Pretty sure I said this 7 years ago before we even knew we'd have Tavares, Matthews, Kadri, and Nylander.

 

[ZBBM]

Muzzin appears to be leading the Leafs in 5v5 TOI for the first period from his third pairing role.

LEAD FROM THE REAR

 

[herman]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Radical? Pfft. I said this in training camp.

Pretty sure I said this last season?s preseason to trade Bozak.

Pretty sure I said this 7 years ago before we even knew we'd have Tavares, Matthews, Kadri, and Nylander.

Dang, that?s streets ahead.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

38 shot attempts in the 1st period. The Leafs have had 8 games this season where they didn't have that many all game at 5-on-5.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Nylander was 16-2 in on-ice shot attempts in the 1st. Yeah, I think he can handle playing centre.

 

[lc9]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Gauthier is 8 foot tall.  He can never come out of the lineup. 

-Babcock. 

 

[Hobbes]

I know it's really small sample but Nylander looks really comfortable at center.

Radical thought for playoffs, I hate what Gauthier and Lindholm don't bring. Go with your big 3 centers, have Nylander do spot duty on a make shift 4th line along with Trevor Moore and someone else. Sometimes Matthews gets an extra shift with those guys, sometimes Tavares, sometimes Nylander. You basically play your best guys most of the time and have 4 lines that are always a threat to score.

Radical? Pfft. I said this in training camp.

Pretty sure I said this last season?s preseason to trade Bozak.

Pretty sure I said this 7 years ago before we even knew we'd have Tavares, Matthews, Kadri, and Nylander.

Dang, that?s streets ahead.

You're forgetting Nostradamus predicting it in 1555:

A coffin is put into the vault of iron,
where seven children of the king are held.
The ancestors and forebears will come forth from the depths of hell,
lamenting to see thus dead the fruit of their line.

source

 

[CarltonTheBear]

You're forgetting Nostradamus predicting it in 1555:

A coffin is put into the vault of iron,
where seven children of the king are held.
The ancestors and forebears will come forth from the depths of hell,
lamenting to see thus dead the fruit of their line.

source

Nice find. Does "will come forth from the depths of hell" refer to Matthews coming from Arizona or Tavares coming from the Islanders?

 

[Hobbes]

You're forgetting Nostradamus predicting it in 1555:

A coffin is put into the vault of iron,
where seven children of the king are held.
The ancestors and forebears will come forth from the depths of hell,
lamenting to see thus dead the fruit of their line.

source

Nice find. Does "depths of hell" refer to Matthews coming from Arizona or Tavares coming from the Islanders?

It's those sneaky tricks those prognosticators use...they're deliberately vague just in case one doesn't come to pass.