Kings @ Leafs - Nov. 8th, 7:30pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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6-6-0, 12 points | 5-4-3, 13 points

Projected Lines

Pearson-Kopitar-Purcell King-Carter-Toffoli Brown-Dowd-Setoguchi Clifford-Shore-Lewis Muzzin-Doughty Gravel-Martinez Forbort-Greene Budaj ​

Komarov-Kadri-Brown JVR-Bozak-Marner Hyman-Matthews-Nylander Martin-Smith-Soshnikov Rielly-Zaitsev Gardiner-Polak Marincin-Carrick Andersen​

Scratches

Jordan Nolan Tom Gilbert ​

Frank Corrado Peter Holland Seth Griffith​

Line-up Notes

LA
?Peter Budaj (6-3-0, 2.06 GAA, .912 Sv%) likely starts for the Kings
?LA has had trouble scoring goals, defenceman Alex Martinez leads the team in scoring with 9 points in 12 games. 3 forwards are tied in 2nd with 7 points
?Defenceman Tom Gilbert is serving the final game of his 3-game suspension for a hit thrown on Ducks Nick Ritchie

TOR
?Andersen will likely start for the Leafs

Injuries

?Andy Andreoff - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Brayden McNabb - Collarbone - Injured Reserve ?Marian Gaborik - Foot - Injured Reserve ?Jonathan Quick - Groin - Injured Reserve​

?Nathan Horton - Back - Out indefinitely ?Joffrey Lupul - ?\_(ツ)_/? - Out indefinitely ?Stephane Robidas - Old - Out indefinitely ?Josh Leivo - Inconvenient - Injured Reserve ?Matt Hunwick - Lower Body - Injured Reserve​

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[CarltonTheBear]

Kadri vs. Kopitar should be an interesting battle to watch. Anze's having a rough start offensively (2 goals, 4 assists in 12 games), but his CF% is still dominant at 57.49% (which is actually low for his standards).

 

[Kaberle15]

I will dare to say that this is a winnable one.

Go Kids Go!

 

[Kin]

Man, I know I said elsewhere that Kesler's contract is probably the worst in the NHL right now but Brown sure wants to make it an argument. 

 

[Zee]

Lupul should be back soon.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Man, I know I said elsewhere that Kesler's contract is probably the worst in the NHL right now but Brown sure wants to make it an argument. 

5 more years after this one. Crazy. Remember when Lombardi was widely considered the best GM in the league?

 

[TBLeafer]

Martinez is the points leader for the Kings.  Interesting.

Plus they aren't exactly Kings of the Road right now.  1-4-0 I believe.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Due for a let down, the Kings grind on them and it's a long night.

Either that or the kids speed overwhelm them.

 

[Kaberle15]

Due for a let down, the Kings grind on them and it's a long night.

Either that or the kids speed overwhelm them.

Last year Leafs won 5-0 and lost in LA 2-1. So yeah, this is winnable.

 

[Highlander]

Time for the Leafs to crown the Kings?.on the knoggin that is

 

[Zee]

Due for a let down, the Kings grind on them and it's a long night.

Either that or the kids speed overwhelm them.

Last year Leafs won 5-0 and lost in LA 2-1. So yeah, this is winnable.

I think every game is winnable, comes down to how our best players perform.  Hopefully Andersen has another good game as well.

 

[herman]

Freddie's career stats vs the Kings

GP		W		L		OT		GA		Save%		GAA
7		5		0		1		15		0.928		2.24

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Man, I know I said elsewhere that Kesler's contract is probably the worst in the NHL right now but Brown sure wants to make it an argument. 

5 more years after this one. Crazy. Remember when Lombardi was widely considered the best GM in the league?

Quick's isn't great either, 6 more years after this season.

 

[ZBBM]

Tonight's battle isn't the most important one on the docket, not by a long shot.  All I can say is, my family and I are doing everything we can to deliver Michigan to Hillary's column.  If we don't get it done nationwide, the Leafs will have to figure out how to play w/o Kadri whenever they come here to the states. 

 

[Kin]

Tonight's battle isn't the most important one on the docket, not by a long shot.  All I can say is, my family and I are doing everything we can to deliver Michigan to Hillary's column.  If we don't get it done nationwide, the Leafs will have to figure out how to play w/o Kadri whenever they come here to the states. 

Don't forget Matthews. The Leafs are chock full of folks for Trump to side-eye.

 

[herman]

Asked Babcock [if] he sees frustration in Matthews' line over not producing. Said he didn't know they weren't. Judges on quality of chances.
? Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) November 8, 2016

The Dubas is strong with this one.

 

[Kin]

Which is great and everything but it sounds like the question is whether or not Matthews and Nylander are frustrated which is actually more interesting.

 

[herman]

Which is great and everything but it sounds like the question is whether or not Matthews and Nylander are frustrated which is actually more interesting.

Matthews has been asked that for the past two weeks, and he says pretty much the same thing: we're getting chances, so we'll just keep doing that.

 

[Kin]

Which is great and everything but it sounds like the question is whether or not Matthews and Nylander are frustrated which is actually more interesting.

Matthews has been asked that for the past two weeks, and he says pretty much the same thing: we're getting chances, so we'll just keep doing that.

Matthews is pretty polished with saying the right thing. What Babcock has seen is a different matter.

 

[Frank E]

Asked Babcock [if] he sees frustration in Matthews' line over not producing. Said he didn't know they weren't. Judges on quality of chances.
? Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) November 8, 2016

The Dubas is strong with this one.

I think Babcock is doing the job of protecting his players quite well.

He'll have really annoyed the Leafs' press by the end of the season...honeymoon is over.