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Canadiens @ Leafs - May 8th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

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Tatar-Danault-Caufield
Toffoli-Suzuki-Armia
Lehkonen-Kotkaniemi-Anderson
Staal-Evans-Perry

Edmundson-Petry
Kulak-Chiarot
Romanov-Merrill

Allen

             
Thornton-Matthews-Marner
Galchenyuk-Tavares-Nylander
Engvall-Kerfoot-Mikheyev
Simmonds-Brooks-Spezza

Rielly-Brodie
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Hutton-Dermott

Campbell

Scratches

Erik Gustafsson
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Stefan Noesen 



Taxi Squad

Michael Frolik
Alex Belzile
Joel Teasdale
              Michael Pezzetta
Charlie Lindgren

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Semyon Der-Arguchintsev
Rasmus Sandin
Teemu Kivihalme
Timothy Liljegren
Michael Hutchinson
Game Notes

MTL
?Allen (11-11-4, 2.62 GAA, .909 Sv%) will likely start for the Canadiens
?Danault left Thursday's game with an injury in the first period. He was to be evaluated today but so far no update on his status for Saturday's game

TOR
?Campbell (16-2-2, 2.11 GAA, .924 Sv%) will likely start for the Leafs
?Brooks will come back in for Noesen, while Hutton will take Sandin's spot on the blue line. Keefe wanted everyone to know that Sandin coming out was primarily due to cap reasons
?This will be the final regular season game against the Habs. The Leafs have a 6-2-1 record against them so far and while it's a little less certain than it was a week or two ago it's still likely they'll face Montreal in the 1st round of the playoffs
Injuries

?Phillip Danault - Upper Body - Questionable Saturday
?Shea Weber - Upper Body - Day to day
?Paul Byron - Lower Body - Injured Reserve
?Carey Price - Concussion - Injured Reserve
?Brendan Gallagher - Thumb - Injured Reserve
?Jonathan Drouin - Personal - Out indefinitely
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?Nick Foligno - Upper Body - Day to day
?Zach Bogosian - Upper Body - Injured Reserve
?Zach Hyman - Knee - Injured Reserve
?Frederik Andersen - Lower Body - Injured Reserve 
?Riley Nash - Knee - Injured Reserve
?Scott Sabourin - Hand - Injured Reserve
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I missed the last thread. Who is Noesen? Where did he come from. It is rare that a guy appears in the Leafs lineup I?ve never ever heard of ...
 
princedpw said:
I missed the last thread. Who is Noesen? Where did he come from. It is rare that a guy appears in the Leafs lineup I?ve never ever heard of ...

He's a former 1st round pick(all the way back in 2011) that the Leafs acquired in the Foligno deal from San Jose. He's been a fringe NHL'er/AHLer who's bounced around a bit.
 
princedpw said:
I missed the last thread. Who is Noesen? Where did he come from. It is rare that a guy appears in the Leafs lineup I?ve never ever heard of ...

A throw-in with Foligno.  Former first-rounder, never really made it. 

I think they ought to start Rittich, not Campbell.  Why take chances with another injury?
 
Nik said:
princedpw said:
I missed the last thread. Who is Noesen? Where did he come from. It is rare that a guy appears in the Leafs lineup I?ve never ever heard of ...

He's a former 1st round pick(all the way back in 2011) that the Leafs acquired in the Foligno deal from San Jose. He's been a fringe NHL'er/AHLer who's bounced around a bit.

Thanks!
 
This post tracks the season?s moves in somewhat simplistic fashion.

Or better yet: Capfriendly?s trade history tab

Fun: Foligno and Noesen were both former sens first round picks.

Most of the Leafs roster are former first rounders, or end of the draft, or outside the draft completely. 2nd-3rd rounders tend to be trade capital.

1st: Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander, Thornton, Spezza, Foligno, Noesen, Galchenyuk, Nash, Rielly, Bogosian, Sandin, Liljegren, Campbell

2-3: Simmonds, Dermott, Robertson, Holl, Andersen, Hutchinson

4-7: Hyman, Kerfoot, Engvall, Brooks, Muzzin, Brodie, Hutton

Undrafted: Mikheyev, Rittich
 
Montreal's missing quite a few guys, a bit hard to get a sense of how good they can be really but here's hoping we put them away.
 
Bender said:
Montreal's missing quite a few guys, a bit hard to get a sense of how good they can be really but here's hoping we put them away.

Even when they are healthy, Montreal is the kind of team build that takes the media's belief that goaltending and depth wins playoffs to the nth degree (forgetting about the scoring talent bit). Their team is goaltender (Price) + a lot of depth/average NHLers. If they can shutdown another team's star scorers for a bit and lean on their goalie to make some extra saves, they can be a handful and an annoying out but it's hard to say they're ever going to be a long drive threat with this type of roster.
 
herman said:
Bender said:
Montreal's missing quite a few guys, a bit hard to get a sense of how good they can be really but here's hoping we put them away.

Even when they are healthy, Montreal is the kind of team build that takes the media's belief that goaltending and depth wins playoffs to the nth degree (forgetting about the scoring talent bit). Their team is goaltender (Price) + a lot of depth/average NHLers. If they can shutdown another team's star scorers for a bit and lean on their goalie to make some extra saves, they can be a handful and an annoying out but it's hard to say they're ever going to be a long drive threat with this type of roster.

In fairness to that Columbus knocked out Tampa and the Leafs with that model.  It?s still one that can give teams fits if the goaltender stands on its head.  Gallagher is really an underrated player too.  Earlier in the year he was second in even strength goals over the last two seasons in the NHL
 
Season?s almost over, and without their dominance of Vancouver, they?re a sub .500 team. In a normal season, they?d be nowhere near a playoff spot.
 
OTOH the Leafs could be pointed to as an example of a team that looks like it should go deep but doesn't because of sketchy goaltending and other issues.  It looks like Dubas has made a credible attempt to fix the latter, and even the former to the extent of getting a decent backup in Campbell.  But until they can prove they can win a round ...

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These games have been really tame given we are probably playing each other in the postseason. 
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Well Kelly, who WOULD you like to face in the playoffs?
I was just thinking the same thing! Don't wanna face McDavid, Don't wanna face Hellebuyck, don't wanna face Montreal defense. Like come on.
 
Bender said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Well Kelly, who WOULD you like to face in the playoffs?
I was just thinking the same thing! Don't wanna face McDavid, Don't wanna face Hellebuyck, don't wanna face Montreal defense. Like come on.

I get the team needs to win in the playoffs to close doubts but it?s kind of silly how the team that has led the division all year needs to worry so much about all of these teams. 
 
L K said:
Bender said:
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Well Kelly, who WOULD you like to face in the playoffs?
I was just thinking the same thing! Don't wanna face McDavid, Don't wanna face Hellebuyck, don't wanna face Montreal defense. Like come on.

I get the team needs to win in the playoffs to close doubts but it?s kind of silly how the team that has led the division all year needs to worry so much about all of these teams. 
These guys aren't worried about anyone they face. This team is different whether they have success or not. We'll see how it goes.
 

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