Avalanche @ Leafs - Nov. 17th, 7:30pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

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7-9-1, 15 points | 5-9-4, 14 points

Projected Lines

Grigorenko-MacKinnon-Duchene Comeau-Soderberg-Iginla McLeod-Mitchell-Martinsen Everberg-Wagner-Skille Beauchemin-Johnson Holden-Barrie Gormley-Guenin Berra ​

JVR-Kadri-Komarov     Matthias-Bozak-Parenteau    Winnik-Spaling-Lupul Grabner-Froese-Holland Gardiner-Phaneuf Hunwick-Rielly Harrington-Polak Reimer​

Scratches

Gabriel Landeskog Zach Redmond Ben Street ​

Martin Marincin    Frank Corrado Brad Boyes​

Line-up Notes

COL
?Reto Berra (4-3, .953 Sv%, 1.50 GAA) likely starts for Colorado
?Gabriel Landeskog will miss tonights game serving the 2nd of his 2-game suspension for an illegal hit to the head
?The Avs are coming off an impressed 6-1 win over Montreal that saw their top line score a combined 9 points

TOR
?Reimer will start for the Leafs
Injuries

?Semyon Varlamov - Groin - Injured Reserve ?Alex Tanguay - Knee - Injured Reserve ?Jesse Winchester - Concussion - Injured Reserve​

?Stephane Robidas - Old - Out indefinitely            ​

Stream Options

https://www.reddit.com/r/NHLstreams
http://vaughnlive.tv/leafstreamer
http://gofirstrow.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html
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[CarltonTheBear]

Jonas Siegel @jonasTSN1050
Based on line rushes this morning Brad Boyes will replace Nick Spaling tonight. Also appears that one of Marincin or Corrado will draw in.

Glad to see Boyes and (hopefully) Corrado in the line-up. Although this likely means that Froese is our 3C for the time being.

Spaling's gone from playing 18-20 minutes in 3 of 4 games to being demoted and then scratched.

 

[Boston Leaf]

Wait wasn't Lou just praising Spalling in the Sun today? i know it is not his decision.. But well ok.

 

[Frank E]

Jonas Siegel @jonasTSN1050
Based on line rushes this morning Brad Boyes will replace Nick Spaling tonight. Also appears that one of Marincin or Corrado will draw in.

Glad to see Boyes and (hopefully) Corrado in the line-up. Although this likely means that Froese is our 3C for the time being.

Spaling's gone from playing 18-20 minutes in 3 of 4 games to being demoted and then scratched.

I think Babcock is really waiting for one of the, I don't know, 6 guys that have rotated through scratching is going to emerge as a consistent contributor. 

 

[bustaheims]

Don't really understand what Babcock sees in Froese, but, he hasn't been noticeably bad for a while now . . . in fact, he hasn't really been noticeable at all, which, as a 4th line centre, is not a bad thing.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Don't really understand what Babcock sees in Froese, but, he hasn't been noticeably bad for a while now . . . in fact, he hasn't really been noticeable at all, which, as a 4th line centre, is not a bad thing.

My guess would be that he jumps into that 3C position now though with Spaling sitting. At least that's how things shook out on Sunday when Spaling was dropped to the 4th line.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Sounds like it'll be Harrington sitting and Marincin playing with Polak tonight. That's not entirely surprising since Polak played 17:47 on Sunday while Harrington was at just 8:41. But still disappointing all the same, Harrington's play has been a bright spot this season.

So the projected lines would be:

JVR-Kadri-Komarov
Matthias-Bozak-Parenteau
Winnik-Froese-Lupul
Grabner-Holland-Boyes

Gardiner-Phaneuf
Hunwick-Rielly
Marincin-Polak

Reimer

 

[bustaheims]

My guess would be that he jumps into that 3C position now though with Spaling sitting. At least that's how things shook out on Sunday when Spaling was dropped to the 4th line.

If I had any expectations of success from the team, that would be concerning, but, since I don't, enh. I expect, the longer he's in that role, the more he'll get exposed, but, other than it not being great for his future in the NHL, not a big deal.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Spaling's gone from playing 18-20 minutes in 3 of 4 games to being demoted and then scratched.

He's got some sort of injury apparently and couldn't take many faceoffs as a result.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

He's got some sort of injury apparently and couldn't take many faceoffs as a result.

Ah well that makes sense then.

 

[ZBBM]

I get the desire to rotate guys in and out but all the same Harrington has been better than Marincin so far.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I get the desire to rotate guys in and out but all the same Harrington has been better than Marincin so far.

If you want to rotate guys for the sake of rotating guys then it should have been Corrado finally getting a shot with Polak sitting.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Hasn't been this much Polak criticism since Season 2 of The Wire.

 

[Frank E]

Hasn't been this much Polak criticism since Season 2 of The Wire.

He's here all week folks, put your hands together...

 

[L K]

Hasn't been this much Polak criticism since Season 2 of The Wire.

Unpopular opinions? Season 2 was actually my favourite season of the Wire.

 

[Kin]

Hasn't been this much Polak criticism since Season 2 of The Wire.

Unpopular opinions? Season 2 was actually my favourite season of the Wire.

Your opinion is bad and you, well, you know the rest.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I got the impression Harrington has been one of the better dmen this year, always making smart decisions and he moves the puck the other way quickly. Since that was more of just a feel, I wanted to take a look at the D's possession numbers 5v5 to see if there was more to it.

Yes, there is by the looks of it, surprisingly Marincin has the best numbers through the ten games he has played, I'm sure playing against the bottom of the other teams lineup probably helps him. I've noticed Marincin getting caught or almost getting caught at the opposition blueline, I wonder if this is because he plays so aggressively which overall has a net positive impact when he is on the ice.

Gardiner and Harrington follow closely behind as the only other two positive possession dmen, Rielly isn't far off, which is impressive considering who he has played against and that he's also averaging 1.39 Pts/60.

I was surprised to see Hunwick so low on the list, but he and Dion had some real horror shows in this regard when paired together to start the year, that probably accounts for most of it.

I hope they are banging down doors trying to trade Polak.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Hasn't been this much Polak criticism since Season 2 of The Wire.

Unpopular opinions? Season 2 was actually my favourite season of the Wire.

Your opinion is bad and you, well, you know the rest.

I binge watched the show over a few week period and at that point Season 2 was my least favorite. I've gone back and watched the entire things another two to three times since and I like Season 2 a lot more. In hindsight, you see that it sets the scene for a lot of what comes after and the story of Frank Sobotka has almost Shakespearean depth, he became one of my favorite characters the second time around.

 

[Kin]

I binge watched the show over a few week period and at that point Season 2 was my least favorite. I've gone back and watched the entire things another two to three times since and I like Season 2 a lot more. In hindsight, you see that it sets the scene for a lot of what comes after and the story of Frank Sobotka has almost Shakespearean depth, he became one of my favorite characters the second time around.

Don't get me wrong, every season is very good. I even like 5.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I binge watched the show over a few week period and at that point Season 2 was my least favorite. I've gone back and watched the entire things another two to three times since and I like Season 2 a lot more. In hindsight, you see that it sets the scene for a lot of what comes after and the story of Frank Sobotka has almost Shakespearean depth, he became one of my favorite characters the second time around.

Don't get me wrong, every season is very good. I even like 5.