Canadiens @ Leafs - Oct. 13th, 7:00pm - SN, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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0-0-0, 0 points | 0-0-0, 0 points

Projected Lines

Toffoli-Suzuki-Caufield Drouin-Dvorak-Anderson Armia-Evans-Gallagher Perreault-Paquette-Lehkonen Kulak-Petry Chiarot-Savard Romanov-Wideman Allen ​

Ritchie-Tavares-Marner Bunting-Kerfoot-Nylander Engvall-Kampf-Kase Amadio-Spezza-Simmonds Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Sandin-Dermott Campbell​

Scratches

Alex Belzile Adam Brooks     Ryan Poehling ​

Auston Matthews Timothy Liljegren​

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Game Notes

MTL
?Allen will likely start for the Canadiens
?Former Leaf Adam Brooks will only be meeting his new team when they arrive in Toronto, so we might not be seeing him in Montreal's line-up right away

TOR
?Campbell will start for the Leafs
?The Leafs will start the season without Matthews in the line-up as he's expected to miss the first week
?Marner left practice early after a collision with Simmonds on Tuesday. It's not expected to be serious but he'll be re-evaluated Wednesday morning
Injuries

?Joel Edmundson - Undisclosed - Injured Reserve ?Paul Byron - Hip - Injured Reserve ?Mike Hoffman - Lower Body - Injured Reserve ?Sami Niku - Concussion - Injured Reserve ?Carey Price - Personal - Out indefinitely ?Shea Weber - Ankle - Out for season​

?Auston Matthews - Wrist - Day to day ?Ilya Mikheyev - Thumb - Injured Reserve      ​

Stream Options

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[WAYNEINIONA]

Let's start the season with a big win. GO LEAFS GO!!!

 

[herman]

Hey all

I'm on the road with sporadic Internet.  I have to miss the opener but I will do the MotM again.  I may be able to get online for G2.  Anyway carry on with voting as usual and I will get the thread going as soon as I can

Sent from my moto g(7) power using Tapatalk

Let me kick things off:
MotM: Nylander
HM: Bunting

 

[Zee]

Revenge game. Leafs 6 Habs 1

 

[CarltonTheBear]

For anyone still on the fence about whether or not to jump on the Bunting bandwagon, here's some pre-game reading:
https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1448270303034056715

 

[herman]

We replaced Forest Hill Hyman with Scarborough Hyman

He's going to score our Cup winning goal (from Spezza) isn't he?

 

[L K]

Marner out skating in an optional game-day skate.  Good sign that he'll be playing.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Marner out skating in an optional game-day skate.  Good sign that he'll be playing.

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1448298091480817664

 

[cujo4ever]

After watching the first four episodes of the All or Nothing series on Amazon I'm feeling optimistic about our cup chances. I will not be watching the fifth and final episode.

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[Guilt Trip]

After watching the first four episodes of the All or Nothing series on Amazon I'm feeling optimistic about our cup chances. I will not be watching the fifth and final episode.

GO LEAFS GO!

Besides the outcome, the 5th was also very good. The pure devestation that these guys felt losing was something we don't normally see.
Anybody that says or thinks these guys don't care can piss off.
After watching the series, I like these guys even more.
GLG!

 

[L K]

After watching the first four episodes of the All or Nothing series on Amazon I'm feeling optimistic about our cup chances. I will not be watching the fifth and final episode.

GO LEAFS GO!

Besides the outcome, the 5th was also very good. The pure devestation that these guys felt losing was something we don't normally see.
Anybody that says or thinks these guys don't care can piss off.
After watching the series, I like these guys even more.
GLG!

The Keefe speech is pretty solid too.  It's the one he gives before the Game 6 OT when the Leafs destroyed the Habs only for Dermott  perform a spin deke for no reason and immediately turn the puck over leading to a deflection goal.

 

[Bullfrog]

Oh, there's hockey tonight? I wonder if my wife will recognize the "coincidence" that I have to "work really late" tonight.

 

[Frank E]

Oh, there's hockey tonight? I wonder if my wife will recognize the "coincidence" that I have to "work really late" tonight.

Mrs. Frog won't let you watch it at home?

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/marnylandersen/status/1448347090174758915
Wayne tried very hard to shy away but Mitch's edge work to pick up the puck swung his head into contact.

Wouldn't be the worst thing to be extra cautious.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/MAGodin/status/1448312050346778630
L?ches!

 

[dappleganger]

https://twitter.com/MAGodin/status/1448312050346778630
L?ches!

Tabernac!

 

[L K]

Toffoli-Suzuki-Caufield
Drouin-Dvorak-Anderson
Armia-Evans-Gallagher
Perreault-Paquette-Lehkonen

Kulak-Petry
Chiarot-Savard
Romanov-Wideman

Allen

I think the Habs are going to be in tough to make the playoffs because their defense is considerably worse without Weber but am I crazy for thinking this isn't a terrible lineup?  It's not world beating by any means and its entirely contingent on guys continuing development (Suzuki/Caufield) or showing better consistency (Anderson) but I think Montreal might actually be a better team...at least offensively this year.

We still better beat them tonight without Matthews.

 

[bustaheims]

It's a decidedly "okay" lineup - which, in today's NHL, means lower end of the middle of the pack. It's not without talent, but there's not a lot of high-end potential there. Definitely relying on some progression from younger pieces upfront. Defence is weak (and, if Petry gets hurt at all, it's just plain bad), and, without Price (and even with him, considering his recent regular seasons), the goaltending is questionable - Allen had a good start to the year last season, but his track record is a mixed bag (and generally poor when he's been expected to carry the load as the starter).

 

[Bullfrog]

Oh, there's hockey tonight? I wonder if my wife will recognize the "coincidence" that I have to "work really late" tonight.

Mrs. Frog won't let you watch it at home?

I can damn well do what I......

no, no she won't.

In truth, I'm working overtime anyway and my 24" monitor at work beats watching it on my 13" laptop. We've only got one TV and it'll likely be used for Xbox or the Goldbergs.

 

[Bullfrog]

...
I think the Habs are going to be in tough to make the playoffs because their defense is considerably worse without Weber but am I crazy for thinking this isn't a terrible lineup?  It's not world beating by any means and its entirely contingent on guys continuing development (Suzuki/Caufield) or showing better consistency (Anderson) but I think Montreal might actually be a better team...at least offensively this year.

We still better beat them tonight without Matthews.

They've got some good weapons (Toffolli in particular), but just not enough overall depth I think. Definitely going to be the defense that does them in.