Leafs @ Canucks - Apr. 18th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[Guilt Trip]

Ok. Now the suspension was announced can we get to the injury update already?

Probably tomorrow according to Keefe.

 

[Redleaf]

Ok. Now the suspension was announced can we get to the injury update already?

Probably tomorrow according to Keefe.

I can?t help think that the injury update is somehow related to the suspension . Like wait until he?s suspended before we announce Hyman is ok. I hope I?m right about that anyways

 

[Britishbulldog]

Ok. Now the suspension was announced can we get to the injury update already?

Probably tomorrow according to Keefe.

I can?t help think that the injury update is somehow related to the suspension . Like wait until he?s suspended before we announce Hyman is ok. I hope I?m right about that anyways

That's exactly why I was thinking the injury announcement was delayed...

 

[Britishbulldog]

Maybe not, but that's why I propose trying it now to see if it might work. If he's on a line with two grinder types (Tavares and Foligno) it might open up room for him to make good use of his skillset.

When does/did Robertson burn the slide year off his contract?  10 games this year?

NVM, I just found that it has been pro-rated this year to 7 games and Robertson has played in 5 already meaning he has 2 left

Does that mean he is allowed to play 7 and when he plays in that 8th game, he burns the year?

I  know all this stuff matters to some degree, but if the Leafs consider this a "go for it" year, I don't think they can worry too much about that. If Robertson makes the team better (which I think is yet to be determined), they should just play him in a meaningful role. Not 5 minutes a night on the 4th line.

Previously it would mean that once he hit's his 7th game he burns a year hence in a typical season the media makes a big deal about a rookie playing his 10th game but I honestly don't know.

I agree with you though that if he is needed as a difference maker than play him.  If he is trying to acclimate to playing with men instead of teenagers then I would send him down to the AHL and let Engvall play instead.

If he doesn't burn a full season then his ELC ending would coincide with contracts ending for Matthews, Nylander, Muzzin and Brodie.  That's why I would prefer to send Robertson down and play Engvall, Petan, Agostino, etc instead.  Next season he could be put in and out of the lineup ad nauseum and it would affect anything team-wise with the salaries or contracts.