Leafs @ sens - Jan. 14th, 7:00pm - CBC, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

Darn I was hoping to see what we had in McBackup. Wonder why it's Sparks instead of Bibeau?

Supposedly the reason the trade was made was to keep Bibeau in the minors, out of the prying eyes of Las Vegas expansion. Its thought that Las Vegas will draft a plethora of Goalies and they don't want Bibeau to go

They're only permitted to select three goalies in the draft.

The idea that any other team in the league, even a group like Vegas, is out there coveting Antoine Bibeau makes me chuckle very much so.

 

[Kin]

The idea that any other team in the league, even a group like Vegas, is out there coveting Antoine Bibeau makes me chuckle very much so.

Even beyond that, with Andersen locked up long term isn't Bibeau being the guy the Leafs lose in an expansion draft a best case scenario?

Right now, maybe he develops into a pretty good back-up. I'll lose that over a defenseman or forward.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Even beyond that, with Andersen locked up long term isn't Bibeau being the guy the Leafs lose in an expansion draft a best case scenario?

Right now, maybe he develops into a pretty good back-up. I'll lose that over a defenseman or forward.

Yeah, I was literally in the process of editing my post to add that thought when I saw this. I'd lose Bibeau over Carrick/Marincin any day.

 

[ZBBM]

Darn I was hoping to see what we had in McBackup. Wonder why it's Sparks instead of Bibeau?

Supposedly the reason the trade was made was to keep Bibeau in the minors, out of the prying eyes of Las Vegas expansion. Its thought that Las Vegas will draft a plethora of Goalies and they don't want Bibeau to go

They're only permitted to select three goalies in the draft.

The idea that any other team in the league, even a group like Vegas, is out there coveting Antoine Bibeau makes me chuckle very much so.

Well, except McPhee and Bibeau go way back to their time together in

uhhhhh they don't.

 

[bustaheims]

Yeah, I was literally in the process of editing my post to add that thought when I saw this. I'd lose Bibeau over Carrick/Marincin any day.

Yup. Of all the younger players that the Leafs may need to expose, he's the one that seems least likely to become a significant part of the team going forward.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Well, except McPhee and Bibeau go way back to their time together in

uhhhhh they don't.

We gotta find some connection they might not know about. Someone check ancestry.ca.

 

[ZBBM]

Well, except McPhee and Bibeau go way back to their time together in

uhhhhh they don't.

We gotta find some connection they might not know about. Someone check ancestry.ca.

We're all related, if you go back to Mitochondrial Eve.  I'd expose her before I'd want to lose Bibby.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

There's a reasonable chance Ottawa and Toronto finish 2-3 in the Atlantic. It'd really be great to actually get that rivalry going again.

 

[Kin]

I'm sure he'll get something else if he sticks around for a while but McElhenney wearing a white mask is a pretty weird thing to see after 25 years of Leaf goalies in dark masks.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm sure he'll get something else if he sticks around for a while but McElhenney wearing a white mask is a pretty weird thing to see after 25 years of Leaf goalies in dark masks.

I'm actually pretty sure I read about him getting his mask painted for Toronto right when he was picked up. Something must have happened to it.

 

[Kin]

I'm actually pretty sure I read about him getting his mask painted for Toronto right when he was picked up. Something must have happened to it.

There are Leafs on it so it might be what he'll wear but either way it's still a strange visual.

 

[ZBBM]

This PP is smokin'!

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Kadri! It's amazing how many goals/points he can point up when he's on a real PP unit.

Thank god his contract ending coincided with last years train wreck of a season.

 

[Kin]

Pretty amazing to think that the Matthews-Nylander pairing is kind of being relegated to the #2 PP unit.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Halfway through the year and Kadri's matched his goals total from last season.

 

[ZBBM]

Halfway through the year and Kadri's matched his goals total from last season.

Could he and not JVR be the one getting dangled...?

 

[bustaheims]

Halfway through the year and Kadri's matched his goals total from last season.

Amazing what happens when your shooting percentage gets back up to around your career norm.

 

[bustaheims]

Could he and not JVR be the one getting dangled...?

Unlikely. Leafs have better depth on the wing, Kadri is filling the two-way centre role exceptionally well, and has a good number of years left on his deal. He's not on the verge of becoming too expensive to retain.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Halfway through the year and Kadri's matched his goals total from last season.

Could he and not JVR be the one getting dangled...?

Nah, not a chance. I mean if someone offered a legit top pairing defencemen then sure, but I can't see anybody offering that for Kadri.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

CuMc ain't too bad so far.