maplesyrup
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I read Frattin had a "personal day."
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Kessel Run
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Busta Reims said:
Didn't the Marlies just get back from a month long road trip? Doesn't really matter now anyway as the Leafs are already in Nashville.
bustaheims
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Kessel Run said:
Still have another game left on it before it's over.
GhostofPotvin29
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Busta Reims said:
Although with 5 days off between the last game of the road trip and the 2nd last game, the Marlies were actually back in Toronto.
As you can see..
Bender said:
Sounds like he's going to be good to go for the Marlies next game on Friday.
During Grabo's absence, I would like to see the following lines:
Lupul Connolly Kessel
MacArthur/Lombardi (if Mac injured) Bozak Kulemin
Kadri/Colborne/Frattin (kid line...see who plays best...and who has chemistry?)
Lombardi (or anyone but Dupuis) / Steckel / Brown
A big problem, however, I see with this current edition of the team is the lack of what Burkie said he wanted in the beginning - truculence. This is especially true with Armstrong out of the line-up.
A big reason for the last pretty successful Leafs squad was they had punishing guys like Roberts, Tucker, Corson, Domi, etc. that would pound away at the opposition. I'm convinced that was the difference between the Leafs and the Sens during all those playoff match-ups as the Sens were very skilled but couldn't match the Leafs in the trenches, that along with our goaltending advantage.
I think the problem is Burkie can't simply find enough truculence in the trade market, people don't want to give that up without a big return. He scored Phaneuf on the back-end, and to some degree Komi now playing better. But upfront their is little to intimidate the opposition. The Bruins have guys like Lucic in particular and others upfront who will throw their weight around.
I think Burkie is trying to address this somewhat through the draft, by getting guys like Tyler Biggs and Brad Ross, but they are quite a ways away. This teams needs some more toughness up front, but talented toughness. No easy solutions in sight.
Lupul Connolly Kessel
MacArthur/Lombardi (if Mac injured) Bozak Kulemin
Kadri/Colborne/Frattin (kid line...see who plays best...and who has chemistry?)
Lombardi (or anyone but Dupuis) / Steckel / Brown
A big problem, however, I see with this current edition of the team is the lack of what Burkie said he wanted in the beginning - truculence. This is especially true with Armstrong out of the line-up.
A big reason for the last pretty successful Leafs squad was they had punishing guys like Roberts, Tucker, Corson, Domi, etc. that would pound away at the opposition. I'm convinced that was the difference between the Leafs and the Sens during all those playoff match-ups as the Sens were very skilled but couldn't match the Leafs in the trenches, that along with our goaltending advantage.
I think the problem is Burkie can't simply find enough truculence in the trade market, people don't want to give that up without a big return. He scored Phaneuf on the back-end, and to some degree Komi now playing better. But upfront their is little to intimidate the opposition. The Bruins have guys like Lucic in particular and others upfront who will throw their weight around.
I think Burkie is trying to address this somewhat through the draft, by getting guys like Tyler Biggs and Brad Ross, but they are quite a ways away. This teams needs some more toughness up front, but talented toughness. No easy solutions in sight.
Optimus Reimer
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Bullfrog said:
I'd like to waive good bye to Komisarek
GhostofPotvin29
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Stebro
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I hope that Colborne will get to play with some sort of offensive talent...
L K
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Potvin29 said:
With so many injuries in the top 9 (Grabbo, MacArthur and Armstrong) I really think they should have called up both Kadri and Colborne. Throwing an injured Mike Brown into the top 9 or playing Rosehill with a regular shift isn't going to solve the Leafs lack of scoring.
L K said:
Agreed. Right now it's looking like Connolly will stay with Kulemin and Frattin, leaving Colborne to play with 4th liners (unless he and Crabb can re-create some magic). If we were only calling up one guy for the 3rd line I would have preferred it to be Boyce or Zigomanis, at least that's a role they can play.
So no offense from the bottom-6 again.
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