Flames @ Leafs - Mar. 20th, 7:00pm - SN, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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15-13-3, 33 points | 19-10-2, 40 points

Projected Lines

Tkachuk-Lindholm-Dube Gaudreau-Monahan-Ritchie Lucic-Backlund-Mangiapane Bennett-Ryan-Leivo Giordano-Andersson Hanifin-Tanev Valimaki-Kylington Markstrom ​

Thornton-Matthews-Marner Galchenyuk-Tavares-Nylander Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Hyman Simmonds-Engvall-Spezza Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Dermott-Bogosian Campbell​

Scratches

Nikita Nesterov ​

Travis Boyd​

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Taxi Squad

Zac Rinaldo Dominik Simon Buddy Robinson Alex Petrovic       Artyom Zagidulin ​

Nicolas Petan Nicholas Robertson Alexander Barabanov Timothy Liljegren Martin Marincin Michael Hutchinson​

Game Notes

CGY
?Rittich (3-5-1, 2.93 GAA, .904 Sv%) will likely start for the Flames

TOR
?Campbell (3-0-0, 1.33 GAA, .951 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs

Injuries

?Joakim Norstrom - Lower Body - Injured Reserve​

?Nicholas Robertson - Upper Body - Injured Reserve​

Stream Options

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[Guilt Trip]

Let's hope Campbell can throw up a wall here and we can fill the other net!

 

[L K]

It's so tough watching this stretch.  The Leafs wouldn't be on an extended winning streak but I think they are closer to one of those than this losing stretch. 

Praise be to Campbell?

 

[cujo4ever]

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[rdowdall]

John Tavares kicks open the door and storms into the dressing room.  He glares into the eyes of every Maple Leaf player.  A moment of understanding passes between him and the individual.  There are to be no passengers. 

He sits down in his stall.  In his robot growly voice he declares "Tonight we win".

(This pregame ritual it provided with descriptive video)

 

[tomcom]

Guarantee a win with Campbell in net tonight!

 

[Bill_Berg]

Just fucking win.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1373405193128316932

These are... interesting.

 

[herman]

Those old man jokes are going to go whizzing over Kerfoot?s head

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I guess that mostly just looks weirder because of how it's ordered. The Kerfoot line is probably L4 giving Thornton a break in minutes on a B2B, which makes sense. That's a notable demotion for Kerfoot though.

 

[applecheeks]

Hope the ref's call a fair game.  something stinks with NHL Officiating.
Come on Leafs, lets get on track.

 

[herman]

I guess that mostly just looks weirder because of how it's ordered. The Kerfoot line is probably L4 giving Thornton a break in minutes on a B2B, which makes sense. That's a notable demotion for Kerfoot though.

I think this is a less a demotion and more like best alternative: fast, puck carrying, pass-first centre complements the slower elders, and Spezza now has two feeders.

I read them as
1a / 1b / 3b / 3a

 

[azzurri63]

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1373405193128316932

These are... interesting.

I don't mind them. I would swap Simmonds maybe with Kerfoot on the 4th line maybe with Spezza centering it and move the Hyman line to Line 3.

 

[Stronger Than All]

just win.

 

[ZBBM]

[Kerfoot whizzing around all 3 zones]
[Vintage & Jumbo at center ice, sipping herbal tea]: "That young fellow is certainly energetic, don't you think, Jason?"  "My heavens, Joe, he is indeed.  Pass the sugar cubes, won't you?"

 

[bustaheims]

Those old man jokes are going to go whizzing over Kerfoot?s head

If only he was a few inches taller...

 

[herman]

Those old man jokes are going to go whizzing over Kerfoot?s head

If only he was a few inches taller...

Then they?d smack him upside the head and tell him to get off the lawn

 

[ZBBM]

So far they've kept CGY out of the offensive zone pretty well.

 

[Sandinius]

So far they've kept CGY out of the offensive zone pretty well.

Yes, very decent start

 

[Deebo]

Hockey night LOVES the Sutters.