maplesyrup
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YES!... I missed the game... What happened to Frattin?
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Sarge said:
On the empty net goal he was taken hard into the net as he was being chased by Barons defenceman Dylan Yeo. He slid feet first into the net, which didn't move; tough to tell on the replay which part of the body was hurt. He left the game right after - didn't stay for the handshake line and wasn't available to the media.
maplesyrup
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Crud.
crazyperfectdevil
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Sarge said:
he does have a week to get better though ..i think the first game is next friday
barney_rebel
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We rule man...
hockeyfan1
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Congratulations, Marlies!!
Some playoff stats to be even prouder of:
- when scoring first, the Marlies sport an 8-0 record
- when scoring in the first period, Marlies are 7-0
- in one-goal games, they are 4-0
...bring on the Admirals! GO MARLIES GO!
BTW Game #1 in Norfolk starts June 1st (Friday). The Calder Cup Final will again follow a 2-3-2 format.
Source: CBC Sports
Some playoff stats to be even prouder of:
- when scoring first, the Marlies sport an 8-0 record
- when scoring in the first period, Marlies are 7-0
- in one-goal games, they are 4-0
...bring on the Admirals! GO MARLIES GO!
BTW Game #1 in Norfolk starts June 1st (Friday). The Calder Cup Final will again follow a 2-3-2 format.
Source: CBC Sports
Mike In New York City
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On to the Calder Cup finals! Go Marlies!
crazyperfectdevil
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One? that doesn't sound good at all
crazyperfectdevil said:
We really need Kadri or Zigomanis back. Mueller and Ashton really haven't been big parts of this playoff run, and those filling in for them have done pretty good jobs. But Zigomanis is the teams top centre in all situations, and Kadri is arguably the most talented forward on the team.
crazyperfectdevil said:
It does not.
Heard it at the tail end of this interview:
http://video.mapleleafs.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=800&id=179327&lang=en
He also said they're holding a couple of others together with duct tape and he doesn't know how they've been able to play with those injuries.
Injuries are a part of the playoffs. But when I looked a few years back at NHL playoffs, there was a strong pattern favoring the healthy teams to reinforce the somewhat obvious logic.
This Norfork team looks dominant - a cut above the rest. The Marlies need their top six scoring forwards back pretty badly. Here's hoping for a medical miracle.
L K said:
For sure. But their talent has been dropping off due to injury as the games progressed.
Near the deadline, they swapped Aulie for Norfolk's Ashton. Norfollk added a fringe NHL vet named Segal. The Marlies added Frattin, Gardiner & Fraser. So the Marlies narrowed the talent gap relative to the overall regular season. EDIT: and they got Lashoff back who missed most of the season.
I couldn't find any significant injuries on Norfolk. The Marlies face playing the finals without Zigomanis, Kadri, Mueller, Ashton and we don't know about Frattin's late game injury - with maybe one of those guys returning sometime during the final. On paper, the talent gap has spread due to those injuries.
The good news is that their dmen (aside from Blacker), goalie and defensive forwards seem to be healthy so they should be able to keep the games close - which gives them a chance to steal.
But when you're up against a team that has only lost 3 games in their last 40+ and you're having to play a depth dman at 4th line center, as they did with Engel the last couple of games, I'd say the injury situation with their top 6/forwards is getting rather desperate and seriously threatening to have an impact on their chances.
Even healthy, I would not have picked them as the favorite in this series. As banged up as they are, particularly in an area where they're weakest in terms of scoring talent, they're in a really tough situation.
maplesyrup
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maplesyrup
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OH NOOOOOOS! 
James Mirtle @mirtle
Kadri, Frattin and Zigomanis are all missing from Marlies practice today via @KyleTheReporter. Injuries could kill them in final
James Mirtle @mirtle
Kadri, Frattin and Zigomanis are all missing from Marlies practice today via @KyleTheReporter. Injuries could kill them in final
It's only Monday, I wouldn't be too worried yet. Holzer and Fraser both aren't at practice either.
With the Memorial Cup under wraps and London's season finished, Greg McKegg has joined the Toronto Marlies. It'll be interesting to see how effective he'll be if he gets any playing time. He certainly wasn't very impressive in the later portions of the OHL playoffs. But the more bodies for Eakins the better right now.