Panthers @ Leafs - Mar. 25th, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[Highlander]

why aren't they resting Anderson a bit? Especially as the Panthers are head hunting.

No reason to pull a goaltender in a game he is scheduled to get a win in.  Teams just don't do that.

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Why not, in baseball they pull a pitcher when he is well ahead to rest him. It all BS, macho hockey shit.  They need to start adopting what the Raptors have been doing with load management. Hell Marleau looked like an all-star after the break...rest Freddo more, and Hainsey and Marleau a lot before the battle with Boston.

I actually agree with you.  That being said I think it's kind of funny with all the "do what the Raptors are doing" talk that this is being declared before it has won them anything.  The Raptors lost out on home court throughout the playoffs by using load management and they haven't won a playoff game yet let alone a playoff series to tell if it will actually amount to anything.

I agree with you too. They are vastly different games. Leonard is not that old so they are injury managing him through games off. In Leaf land what does it really hurt to rest Marleau and Hainsey for the last three games?
and let Sparks have two or three starts

 

[Guilt Trip]

Funny game. JT's line both great offensively and not so good in their own end.

 

[Bender]

Obviously need to tighten up defensively. It's funny with this team either it's super low scoring or they play great D but can't buy a goal or it's a track meet.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1110373614933757952

Matthews? Nylander?s line stuffing Barkov meant Tavares? got to go off on lesser competition in Trocheck.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/theflintor/status/1110357057071267840

;D

 

[princedpw]

why aren't they resting Anderson a bit? Especially as the Panthers are head hunting.

No reason to pull a goaltender in a game he is scheduled to get a win in.  Teams just don't do that.

f
Why not, in baseball they pull a pitcher when he is well ahead to rest him. It all BS, macho hockey shit.  They need to start adopting what the Raptors have been doing with load management. Hell Marleau looked like an all-star after the break...rest Freddo more, and Hainsey and Marleau a lot before the battle with Boston.

I actually agree with you.  That being said I think it's kind of funny with all the "do what the Raptors are doing" talk that this is being declared before it has won them anything.  The Raptors lost out on home court throughout the playoffs by using load management and they haven't won a playoff game yet let alone a playoff series to tell if it will actually amount to anything.

I agree with you too. They are vastly different games. Leonard is not that old so they are injury managing him through games off. In Leaf land what does it really hurt to rest Marleau and Hainsey for the last three games?
and let Sparks have two or three starts

There are a lot of factors that determine whether the raptors (or any other team) win. So we shouldn?t decide on whether load management is successful based on whether they win.

 

[herman]

So the Panthers will actually have someone named Samuel Montembeault in net tonight. Apparently Reimer is injured and they want Luongo in net tomorrow night vs. Montreal.

Montembeault, who I used copy and paste to post his name both times, has an 0.893 save percentage in 8 NHL games this season, a 0.901 save percentage in 37 AHL games this season, and a 0.896 save percentage in 41 AHL games last season.

We're going to get pwn'd.

Boy, was I ever wrong about this  ;D I was ready with Mutumbo gifs any time we got stuffed on a good chance.

 

[Bullfrog]

I do agree with Bob McKenzie about Marleau. Actually, I agree with him about banning the term "load management." I mean, at least it's grammatically correct. I can't believe people are still using "compete level" as if compete is a noun.

It's not.

It's a verb.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

So the Panthers will actually have someone named Samuel Montembeault in net tonight. Apparently Reimer is injured and they want Luongo in net tomorrow night vs. Montreal.

Montembeault, who I used copy and paste to post his name both times, has an 0.893 save percentage in 8 NHL games this season, a 0.901 save percentage in 37 AHL games this season, and a 0.896 save percentage in 41 AHL games last season.

We're going to get pwn'd.

Boy, was I ever wrong about this  ;D I was ready with Mutumbo gifs any time we got stuffed on a good chance.

I think that if someone told him before the game that he'd only give up 2 goals against the Leafs he'd probably have been thrilled.

 

[L K]

It's still perplexing to me that Nylander is getting ice time in the 13 minute range from Babcock.  Is he watching a different game than the rest of us?

 

[herman]

I think that if someone told him before the game that he'd only give up 2 goals against the Leafs he'd probably have been thrilled.

lc9 would've been mad. Giving up 2 goals is a cardinal sin.

 

[herman]

It's still perplexing to me that Nylander is getting ice time in the 13 minute range from Babcock.  Is he watching a different game than the rest of us?

Babcock declared it Nylander's best game (EVAR).

 

[CarltonTheBear]

It's still perplexing to me that Nylander is getting ice time in the 13 minute range from Babcock.  Is he watching a different game than the rest of us?

Last nights ice-time was certainly bizarre, but prior to that he was averaging 18:11 a game in the 7 games since being reunited with Matthews.

 

[herman]

Like JvR before him, when our score is high, Nylander's minutes are lowered. That's probably why he doesn't bother scoring himself because he knows he's just cutting into his own ice time. (He's also coming off an illness that he missed practice for).

On the other hand, if the 4th line scores a couple of goals, guess who's getting 20 minutes that night.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/LeafsNews/status/1110356703386710017
haha

 

[herman]

Zach ?the Hands? Hyman with 20

The casual push away of the stick Luongo lost on Marner?s shot sort of sealed it.

https://twitter.com/LeafsNews/status/1110349787809878018

Lol, seeing this again now, Hyman blocks the defenseman from bumping Lu's stick back to him.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/TheFlintor/status/1110354973601075200
https://twitter.com/TheFlintor/status/1110355680479723520
Hawryluk's elbow to Tavares' head started the whole thing. Good on Ron for the response, a rarity with the Buds. JT appreciated it as well, as we see with the stick tap. Reminds me of Naz's response in the playoffs to the Marner double-team in Game 1, which was good. Except for the 3 game suspension. Which was bad.

 

[cabber24]

It's ridiculous how Anderson was just beat down in that game with no reaction from our D. Get him out of there! He looks exhausted and frustrated. Protect him. We're absolutely screwed if he gets hurt.

 

[cabber24]

Hyman's 20 goals is quite the accomplishment. I wonder if it can be replicated? He does seem to have that extra drive to win a lot of puck battles and has actually made some very skilled plays of late. Is this his peak? I hope it doesn't go the way of Brown post-20-goal-season but I wouldn't be overly surprised if it did. Remove his 6 empty net goals and those 6 shots, his shooting percentage drops from 15.4% to 11.3%.

 

[Chris]

Hyman's 20 goals is quite the accomplishment. I wonder if it can be replicated? He does seem to have that extra drive to win a lot of puck battles and has actually made some very skilled plays of late. Is this his peak? I hope it doesn't go the way of Brown post-20-goal-season but I wouldn't be overly surprised if it did. Remove his 6 empty net goals and those 6 shots, his shooting percentage drops from 15.4% to 11.3%.

I don't know if we should expect him to be a regular 20 goal scorer, but he's definitely worked on his game and looks more
comfortable with the puck on his stick. If he sticks with Marner and Tavares there might be enough goal-mouth opportunities for
him to be close to 20 every year. If he keeps developing his skills, who knows? Grit, speed, tenacity, just keep working on those
skills.