[PGT] Toronto 6 Calgary 3

[Badgers Nose]

This seems like a pretty balanced forward lineup if we do get him:

Zary - Cozens - Coronato
Huby - Kadri - Farabee
Sharangovich - Frost - Klapka/Pospisil
Coleman - Backlund - Pospisil/Klapka

I don't really see any weakness there, so minutes could be a bit more even/rolling lines, and there are kids coming or already here that will pressure Kadri, Coleman and Backs.

[SemicolonD]

Forget Cozens what about the D

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by SemicolonD

Forget Cozens what about the D

This is crazy, and probably too much to expect from kids:

This year:
Bahl - Anderson
Kuznetzov - Weegar
Solo - Pachal
Hanley

Next year:
Bahl - Anderson
Weegar - Parekh
Solo/Kuznetzov - Pachal
Solo/Kuznetzov

[saillias]

Time to try Poirier and Solovyov.

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by 3rd liner

Bandwagoners. Sure there are your die-hard leafs fans there that have been fans for many years in attendance, but lots of sudden leaf fans due to their regular season success and guys like Matthews/Nylander/Marner.

Same reason there are so many disgusting hideous orange and blue jerseys when the No-goods play here. High profile players and success=bandwagon fans. I'd bet many of those white and blue jerseys have Marner, Matthews or Nylander on the back.

I'm not trolling either, happens in every professional sports league. Combine that with a large number of easterners that moved here for work.

Sorry gotta chime in here. Leaf fans are a lot of things...but bandwagoners?!? This team consistently loses in the first round. We all wish we could get on another wagon but we're loyal to a fault.

[Rick M.]

After the Nucks shut out the Avs, we’re going to see an angry Colorado team on Thursday.

[Scooter]

Originally Posted by 3rd liner

Bandwagoners. Sure there are your die-hard leafs fans there that have been fans for many years in attendance, but lots of sudden leaf fans due to their regular season success and guys like Matthews/Nylander/Marner.

Same reason there are so many disgusting hideous orange and blue jerseys when the No-goods play here. High profile players and success=bandwagon fans. I'd bet many of those white and blue jerseys have Marner, Matthews or Nylander on the back.

I'm not trolling either, happens in every professional sports league. Combine that with a large number of easterners that moved here for work.

Saw Bower, Gilmour, Sittler, Kessel, Tucker, Clark jerseys as well, eh!

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Weird game. I would not be upset if that's the end of Barrie and Bean. There has to be some better option out there. Bahl back soon will be welcome.

They need a better option than Rooney as well. I sure hope Backlund heals over the break because he is looking very timid out there.

The team looked tired after the busy schedule with travel. I wonder if they will practice or rest tomorrow.

Bean has been an excellent pairing for Weegar since they made that move.

I'd give him more rope and see if he's close to finding that 1st rounder mojo.

Weegar is a stud, but he couldn't drag Miromanov up, lets give Bean more time. They may be uncovering a 4/5 option here.

[8sPOT]

Is Barrie just that bad or is he injured? He stood out like a sore thumb back there. Responsible for maybe 3 goals against?

No way he can continue playing on the team if they actually want to compete. Bring someone up, anyone.

[Toonage]

Not injured. Just slower, older.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by 3rd liner

Bandwagoners. Sure there are your die-hard leafs fans there that have been fans for many years in attendance, but lots of sudden leaf fans due to their regular season success and guys like Matthews/Nylander/Marner.

I really doubt many born and bred Calgarians have become Leafs fans.

Originally Posted by 3rd liner

Combine that with a large number of easterners that moved here for work.

This is the reason. It also includes people whose parents moved here from the east 40 years ago. I’d wager at least 20 per cent of Calgarians have origins in Ontario.

[Wastedyouth]

Happy for Farabee!

Hopefully the team doesn't play this loose against the Avs or they might lose by 10

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Bean has been an excellent pairing for Weegar since they made that move.

I'd give him more rope and see if he's close to finding that 1st rounder mojo.

Weegar is a stud, but he couldn't drag Miromanov up, lets give Bean more time. They may be uncovering a 4/5 option here.

Yeah Bean and Weegar have 64% xGF together and have looked fine as a pair, Bean got too much blame last night for things that were more the fault of the team not playing their structure as a whole.

Bahl - Andersson
Bean - Weegar
???/Hanley - Pachal

Personally I'd love to see one of Solovyov, Kuznetsov, or Poirier get that look beside Pachal on the third pair.

Barrie can either be traded for future considerations or bought out so a team can sign him as playoff depth if they want.

[Canada 02]

Frost was 57% on faceoffs. No other center was above 50

[Buff]

The Leafs fans take over the building of all the other Canadian teams... and Buffalo's building too.


Really, the Leafs have more home games than any other team when you consider fan support.


The Canadiens fans are similar.

[kobasew19]

Can Frost kill penalties? Backlund loses too many defensive zone draws on the pk for my liking.

[Toonage]

Steinberg mentioned last night that this wasn't something Frost did much of any with Philadelphia

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Yeah Bean and Weegar have 64% xGF together and have looked fine as a pair, Bean got too much blame last night for things that were more the fault of the team not playing their structure as a whole.

Bahl - Andersson
Bean - Weegar
???/Hanley - Pachal

Personally I'd love to see one of Solovyov, Kuznetsov, or Poirier get that look beside Pachal on the third pair.

Barrie can either be traded for future considerations or bought out so a team can sign him as playoff depth if they want.

That's what kills the team, the bottom d-men are truly bottom d-men and they start to suffer when they play more, esp. in consecutive games.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by butterfly

I'm curious how you plan to do that. When you sell your tickets, do you say "but you have to be a Flames fan"? Whoever is willing to pay gets them.

Only sell to people you know for those games. Or, just go the game yourself.

[CroFlames]

Barrie was terrible. And has been terrible since his return, despite the odd point.

Kadri was buzzing all game (maybe showcasing himself?) and Coronato was really good. Huberdeau continues to be a solid player compared to his first couple years here.

I understand more and more why STHs sell their tickets. That atmosphere sucks with all the Leaf fans. I hate it. I doubt I'll go to another Leaf game here.