Leafs @ Jets - Mar. 31st, 7:30pm - SN, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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22-10-3, 47 points | 22-12-2, 46 points

Projected Lines

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

Dubois-Stastny-Wheeler Connor-Scheifele-Ehlers Copp-Lowry-Appleton Perreault-Thompson-Lewis Morrissey-Poolman Forbort-Pionk Stanley-DeMelo Hellebuyck​

Scratches

Frederik Andersen​

Jansen Harkins    Sami Niku​

Taxi Squad

Scott Sabourin Adam Brooks Alexander Barabanov Martin Marincin Timothy Liljegren Veini Vehvil?inen​

Dominic Toninato    Joona Luoto Ville Heinola Nelson Nogier Eric Comrie​

Game Notes

TOR
?Campbell (6-0-0, 1.48 GAA, .945 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?After Monday's game Keefe said that he was expecting Campbell to be ready to play this one, although we'll have to wait for confirmation on that later today

WPG
?Hellebuyck (17-9-2, 2.57 GAA, .918 Sv%) will likely start for the Jets
?Hellebuyck has a .941 Sv% in 7 games since the last time he faced off against the Leafs

Injuries

?Jack Campbell - Lower Body - Probable Wednesday ?Frederik Andersen - Lower Body - Day to day​

?Nathan Beaulieu - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Bryan Little - Vertigo - Out for season​

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[L K]

Thornton is kind of showing his age a little bit when he's not benefitting from playing with Matthews/Marner.  0G 1A -2 in last 11 GP

 

[Bender]

Thornton is kind of showing his age a little bit when he's not benefitting from playing with Matthews/Marner.  0G 1A -2 in last 11 GP

Just seeing him out there he seems fairly stationary most of the time.

 

[ZBBM]

Kind of following the same fading trajectory as Patty.  Looked pretty good at first but then the air starts leaking through the sidewalls.

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[azzurri63]

Not sure what everyone expected. Looked good as he was playing with 2 of the best forwards in the league. Not hard to sneak a point in here or there. Respect the guy great to have in the dressing room but his career is done. We would be better off bringing Robertson into the lineup.

 

[azzurri63]

Kind of following the same fading trajectory as Patty.  Looked pretty good at first but then the air starts leaking through the sidewalls.

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Heard he wouldn't mind going to a playoff team. Hopefully Dubas doesn't hear about it.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Thornton is kind of showing his age a little bit when he's not benefitting from playing with Matthews/Marner.  0G 1A -2 in last 11 GP

Still has a 59% CF and 60% xGF during those 11 games. So scoring has dried up (which was bound to happen eventually, but obviously would have been nice to not be this severe) but I don't think his performance has necessarily hit a wall.

 

[Stronger Than All]

Andreescu playing same time as the Leafs tonight.

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Frank E]

Thornton is kind of showing his age a little bit when he's not benefitting from playing with Matthews/Marner.  0G 1A -2 in last 11 GP

Still has a 59% CF and 60% xGF during those 11 games. So scoring has dried up (which was bound to happen eventually, but obviously would have been nice to not be this severe) but I don't think his performance has necessarily hit a wall.

I've been watching him specifically lately, he's making plays, but obviously not scoring as much.

 

[bustaheims]

Still has a 59% CF and 60% xGF during those 11 games. So scoring has dried up (which was bound to happen eventually, but obviously would have been nice to not be this severe) but I don't think his performance has necessarily hit a wall.

Just like most of the team through this stretch.

 

[ZBBM]

He just can't keep up any more, not that speed was ever his calling card.

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[Highlander]

He just can't keep up any more, not that speed was ever his calling card.

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I think he needs to rest every 3 or 4 games, but probably resists as he sees this as his last Hurrah.

 

[Highlander]

I don't want them to play Campbell unless they are relatively sure he won't aggravate whatever his problem is. Even if we have to run with Hutch for another week.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1377292749242834945

 

[Frank E]

Good.

 

[Deebo]

Kind of following the same fading trajectory as Patty.  Looked pretty good at first but then the air starts leaking through the sidewalls.

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Heard he wouldn't mind going to a playoff team. Hopefully Dubas doesn't hear about it.

I don't think we have to worry about that, Lou is gone.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1377306220340596737

Hey look at that. The top unit would then be: Rielly/Matthews-Nylander-Marner/Simmonds. They also practiced with a loaded up top unit, so all options are open right now.

 

[L K]

I like Nylander on the top unit as more of a shooting option over Tavares.  Tavares + Simmonds seems redundant as their best attribute is getting in front of the net and tipping/firing home rebounds.

I do like they are giving Galch a chance on the 2nd PP unit.  He's been good and deserves it. 

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/tictactomar/status/1232478385437171712
This is back in style now

 

[Chris]

Thornton is kind of showing his age a little bit when he's not benefitting from playing with Matthews/Marner.  0G 1A -2 in last 11 GP

Still has a 59% CF and 60% xGF during those 11 games. So scoring has dried up (which was bound to happen eventually, but obviously would have been nice to not be this severe) but I don't think his performance has necessarily hit a wall.

Those are games where he's mostly played with Matthews and Marner, right?

He looks pretty ineffective for the most part over the past couple of weeks. Sure, every so often he'll stick out his large caboose below the goal line and hold off the defenders, sometimes making a good pass. But I'm seeing fewer and fewer plays like that. More often he bobbles or loses the puck or simply never catches up to the play. Same on the PP though the problems there are bigger than just him.

I think he's OK playing spot duty on the first line but he really belongs no higher than 3rd line (for the most part) at this point. Even that may be pushing it. He's far behind Spezza in terms of what the old timers are providing.