herman
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Koblar will get a chance to stand out. The more telling line up is game 3/4.
2026 Training Camp Thread
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I really don't see that. Koblar's made a big stride over the past year. Even if he's NHL-ish ready (incredibly doubtful as a 19-year old) he's still better off continuing to develop his overall game by playing bigger, more opportunistic minutes in the AHL or SHL, than throwing him into a heavy defensive bottom-6 role.
herman
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McCabe-Tanev reunited for the matchups
Raddysh will be with whichever one of Rielly/OEL feels like it for the fun minutes
YYZ
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herman
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I think that is the appropriate path for him. I'd still like to see him make the decision more difficult for the front office given the age and ricketiness of the roster.
A younger Nick Paul that can float between top 6/bottom 6 C or W (or giant and meaner Alex Kerfoot if you prefer) is going to be very useful. Taking a year more to make sure Koblar is solid and ready and confident (I don't think he needs much help there) is worthwhile.
herman
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First look at the Maple Leafs’ training-camp lines: McKenna joins Tavares-Nylander, Roslovic with Matthews & Knies, McCabe-Tanev reunited
Our first meaningful clues about Jim Hiller’s vision for the Maple Leafs’ opening night lineup arrived with the first practice of camp on Thursday morning. As always, opening-day training-camp lines are written in pencil. The combinations will change throughout camp, especially with Morgan...
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Arn
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I don’t think that L2 plans to do much defending, which probably is ok with the more rounded bottom 2 lines.Aside from the very fun L2, this was my main interest. I like that they rotated the Cs with Cowan's flexibility to line up on either wing.First look at the Maple Leafs’ training-camp lines: McKenna joins Tavares-Nylander, Roslovic with Matthews & Knies, McCabe-Tanev reunited
Our first meaningful clues about Jim Hiller’s vision for the Maple Leafs’ opening night lineup arrived with the first practice of camp on Thursday morning. As always, opening-day training-camp lines are written in pencil. The combinations will change throughout camp, especially with Morgan...
Arn
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Yes, I think as YYZ alluded to we swung far too far the other way and killed the joy.
There is a happy medium, hopefully
herman
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If you need to shelter some players, might as well put them all together. And if they're also the type of players that rip pucks into the net at an alarming rate, and the downside is some chances against at only a semi-alarming rate, then that's a pretty good trade off. It's way better than that previous sheltered line of Domi-Robertson that needed sheltering because they gave up a lot, but also didn't really score.
YYZ
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Interviews with L2.
Bender
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One more day til we get some split squad games 
Will be really interesting to see how they do that.
Will be really interesting to see how they do that.
YYZ
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One more day til we get some split squad games
Leave it to the NHL to come up with more stupid crap.
herman
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lol is this another tax evasion tactic? the equipment is probably all from sponsorship deals and he volunteers to house rookies (and his agent's son) etc. to indoctrinate them into the various product lines he shills for has an ownership stake in believes in
kidding aside, I think this is a very extra nice perk of being a Toronto Maple Leaf rookie, getting to see a borderline Leafs legend up close everyday on and off the ice who cares about you as a person and player/teammate and your career path.
kidding aside, I think this is a very extra nice perk of being a Toronto Maple Leaf rookie, getting to see a borderline Leafs legend up close everyday on and off the ice who cares about you as a person and player/teammate and your career path.
In this specific case I think it's more accurately described as a very nice extra perk of being the son of the most powerful player agent in the sport.
L K
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Not just a powerful player agent....but the agent of the John Tavares. Pretty easy to get a favour for your kid from a client.
herman
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Why have we been greasing the Brisson family palms so much lately
This also brings to mind that time Brian Burke thought it would be good to billet rookie Nazem Kadri with a former cop to keep him in line. Yeesh.
This also brings to mind that time Brian Burke thought it would be good to billet rookie Nazem Kadri with a former cop to keep him in line. Yeesh.
Also McKenna's agent, so I mean yeah I'm totally fine with Brendan getting treated well.
Rielly with the main group now, and interestingly starting on the 3rd pair with Andrae (possibly on the right side too).
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