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Leafs @ Blackhawks - Feb. 15th, 8:30pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

CarltonTheBear

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20-25-9, 49 points | 36-18-5, 77 points

Projected Lines


Grabner-Holland-Komarov
Greening-Arcobello-Parenteau
Winnik-Spaling-Boyes
Clune-Froese-Leipsic

Hunwick-Rielly
Gardiner-Polak
Marincin-Corrado

Reimer
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Shaw-Toews-Panik
Panarin-Anisimov-Kane
Rasmussen-Danault-Desjardins
Sekac-Teravainen-Mashinter

Keith-Hjalmarsson
van Riemsdyk-Seabrook
Svedberg-Rozsival

Crawford​

Scratches

Nazem Kadri
Shawn Matthias
Jeremy Morin
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Erik Gustafsson
Rob Scuderi
Vincent Hinostroza​

Game Notes

TOR
?Reimer will likely start for the Leafs
?No update on Kadri yet, awaiting news from the morning skate

CHI
?Crawford likely starts for the Blackhawks
?Chicago lost Marian Hossa to injury in their last game, Quenneville noted that Teuvo Teravainen or former Leaf Richard Panik would play in his spot
?Panik had a good start with his new team, scoring 3 points in his first 5 games. He was scratched before his 6th game though after arriving late for practice because he overslept. Since then he has just 1 point in 9 games.

Injuries

?Stephane Robidas - Old - Out indefinitely
?James van Riemsdyk - Foot - Injured Reserve
?Joffrey Lupul - Lower Body - Injured Reserve
?Shawn Matthias - Whiplash - Out indefinitely
?Tyler Bozak - Concussion - Injured Reserve
?Milan Michalek - Finger - Injured Reserve
?Jared Cowen - Hip - Injured Reserve
?Josh Leivo - Upper Body - Injured Reserve
?Nazem Kadri - Lower Body - Questionable Mondao​
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?Marian Hossa - Leg - Injured Reserve
?Marcus Kruger - Wrist - Injured Reserve​
Stream Options

https://www.reddit.com/r/NHLstreams
http://onhockey.tv/
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I don't want to ruin anyone's day but I think there's a chance Chicago's lineup might be better than the Leafs'.
 
Nik the Trik said:
I don't want to ruin anyone's day but I think there's a chance Chicago's lineup might be better than the Leafs'.
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I think I'd take our bottom defensive pair over theirs.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Nik the Trik said:
I don't want to ruin anyone's day but I think there's a chance Chicago's lineup might be better than the Leafs'.
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I think I'd take our bottom defensive pair over theirs.
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Yeah, I've not been amazed by TVR yet either and Seabrook is a vastly different player when not playing with Keith.
 
Patrick said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Nik the Trik said:
I don't want to ruin anyone's day but I think there's a chance Chicago's lineup might be better than the Leafs'.
Click to expand...

I think I'd take our bottom defensive pair over theirs.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I've not been amazed by TVR yet either and Seabrook is a vastly different player when not playing with Keith.
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Oh no, I meant like the actual 5-6 pairs. Polak on the 2nd pairing still gives Chicago the edge.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Patrick said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Nik the Trik said:
I don't want to ruin anyone's day but I think there's a chance Chicago's lineup might be better than the Leafs'.
Click to expand...

I think I'd take our bottom defensive pair over theirs.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I've not been amazed by TVR yet either and Seabrook is a vastly different player when not playing with Keith.
Click to expand...

Oh no, I meant like the actual 5-6 pairs. Polak on the 2nd pairing still gives Chicago the edge.
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Yeah, I figured that.

I was more commenting that I don't think the difference between the second pairs is as large as some might think either.
 
Patrick said:
Yeah, I figured that.

I was more commenting that I don't think the difference between the second pairs is as large as some might think either.
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Ah that's fair. Losing Oduya did really leave a big hole in their top-4. And then trading Daley for Scuderi didn't exactly help their on-ice product either.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Yeah, I probably should have dialed back the controversy with that one.
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Hah. It's an interesting point though. Back in the offseason I questioned whether Chicago was going to be one of the elite teams again this season. In the playoffs they were basically just playing 4 defenceman and downgraded in that department in the offseason. And they lost Saad, Sharp, and Richards too. Their depth isn't nearly what it used to be. Thankfully for them Kane went super-human and Panarin made a very good transition to the NHL.
 
Nik's super-controversial claim about Chicago made me want to look into them just a little more. This season will likely be the first in 7 years that they will not finish as a top-5 possession team in the league. They're currently 11th, which is basically unheard of in Chicago-land.

Toews and Hossa are also having their worst possession seasons in that time frame. From the 08/09 to 14/15 seasons Toews has been at 57.27% and Hossa 56.28%. This season Toews is at 51.57% and Hossa 51.92.

Same goes for their even-strength P/60. Toews and Hossa dropped from 2.21 and 2.15 respectively in 7 seasons to 1.51 and 1.20. That's a pretty massive drop in production.
 
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