Sabres @ Leafs - Apr. 12th, 7:00pm - TSN4, TSN 1050

[CarltonTheBear]

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26-37-11, 63 points | 47-19-6, 100 points
Projected Lines

Skinner-Thompson-Tuch Krebs-Cozens-Hinostroza Asplund-Mittelstadt-Olofsson Girgensons-Eakin-Okposo Samuelsson-Dahlin Power-Jokiharju Butcher-Pysyk Anderson ​

Bunting-Matthews-Marner Mikheyev-Tavares-Kerfoot Nylander-Kampf-Engvall Abruzzese-Blackwell-Spezza Rielly-Liljegren Brodie-Holl Giordano-Lyubushkin Kallgren​

Scratches

Cody Eakin John Hayden Colin Miller Jacob Bryson   Casey Fitzgerald ​

Kyle Clifford Wayne Simmonds Jake Muzzin​

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Game Notes

BUF
?Anderson (14-11-2, 3.13 GAA, .899 Sv%) will likely start for the Sabres
?Owen Power, the 1st overall draft pick in the 2021 draft, is expected to make his NHL debut after his NCAA season and career came to an end earlier this month

TOR
?Kallgren (5-2-1, 2.78 GAA, .904 Sv%) will start for the Leafs
?Campbell and Muzzin are both not expected to play as they're a little banged up, although both their issues are apparently not related to their previous injuries

Injuries

?Drake Caggiula - Upper Body - Injured Reserve ?Malcolm Subban - Upper Body - Injured Reserve​

?Rasmus Sandin - Knee - Injured Reserve          ?Ondrej Kase - Head - Injured Reserve ?Petr Mrazek - Groin - Injured Reserve ?Jack Campbell - Undisclosed - Questionable ?Jake Muzzin - Undisclosed - Questionable ?Wayne Simmonds - Illness - Questionable​

Stream Options

Sportsurge.net
NHL66
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[L K]

Is Matthew Knies not playing in this game while Owen Power is dressing for the Sabres proof that the Leafs are a sham franchise who are going nowhere in the postseason this year?

 

[Bender]

Is Matthew Knies not playing in this game while Owen Power is dressing for the Sabres proof that the Leafs are a sham franchise who are going nowhere in the postseason this year?

Yes. Yes it is.

 

[Kin]

I hope the Leafs win by a sufficient margin to prove they're a good team and not one of those close wins that show that they're a fraud who'll lose in the first round. This is because I'm a normal hockey fan with very good and smart opinions.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

I just want them to be mean to a little Sabres fan.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Matthews is going to make sure that Dahlin is on the ice when he scores his 60th tonight.

 

[bustaheims]

I hope the Leafs win by a sufficient margin to prove they're a good team and not one of those close wins that show that they're a fraud who'll lose in the first round. This is because I'm a normal hockey fan with very good and smart opinions.

I also hope they don't get dominated in a single period to the tune of allowing 4 scoring chances while only having 19 themselves. Can't let teams have their way with them like that.

 

[Bill_Berg]

If the Leafs don't win by 10, they should blow it up and rebuild. 

 

[Bender]

If the Leafs don't win by 10, they should blow it up and rebuild.

New rule where if they lose this arbitrary game they get relegated to the AHL before the playoffs.

 

[Bender]

I hope the Leafs win by a sufficient margin to prove they're a good team and not one of those close wins that show that they're a fraud who'll lose in the first round. This is because I'm a normal hockey fan with very good and smart opinions.

Running up the score when I want them to proves they are a winner, but if they don't and still win it proves they are a loser.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I hope the Leafs win by a sufficient margin to prove they're a good team and not one of those close wins that show that they're a fraud who'll lose in the first round. This is because I'm a normal hockey fan with very good and smart opinions.

Running up the score when I want them to proves they are a winner, but if they don't and still win it proves they are a loser.

Easy there though don't want to score too many goals because that'll get to their heads and when the game tightens up in the playoffs they won't be able to win like that.

 

[ZBBM]

I hope the Leafs win by a sufficient margin to prove they're a good team and not one of those close wins that show that they're a fraud who'll lose in the first round. This is because I'm a normal hockey fan with very good and smart opinions.

Running up the score when I want them to proves they are a winner, but if they don't and still win it proves they are a loser.

Easy there though don't want to score too many goals because that'll get to their heads and when the game tightens up in the playoffs they won't be able to win like that.

Valid.  And solid.

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[bustaheims]

I hope the Leafs win by a sufficient margin to prove they're a good team and not one of those close wins that show that they're a fraud who'll lose in the first round. This is because I'm a normal hockey fan with very good and smart opinions.

Running up the score when I want them to proves they are a winner, but if they don't and still win it proves they are a loser.

Easy there though don't want to score too many goals because that'll get to their heads and when the game tightens up in the playoffs they won't be able to win like that.

It's also how you get punched in the face.

 

[ZBBM]

Look, let's be honest with ourselves, Kyle Dubas doesn't have time to read these boards. But I happen to know that he does have a daily Executive Summary prepared for his review, and this sort of top-shelf analysis is why.

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[Bill_Berg]

So maybe we need a 4-0 win. Good d and goaltending. We don't run up the score and get soft. And probably at least 1 goal needs to be a PP goal to prove we can be good at special teams in the playoffs. 

Anything else at all means this team is garbage and should just forfeit the rest of the season and playoffs to save us the agrivation.

 

[L K]

The takes in this GDT are disgusting. 

I expect the Leafs to win this game handily....they need to win this game by at least 2 goals.  But they also better not win by 3+ goals because that kind of showboating proves that the team doesn't take hockey seriously and aren't mature enough to win in the playoffs.

 

[cujo4ever]

GO LEAFS GO!

Err, I mean BLOW LEAFS BLOW!

 

[Redleaf]

Is Matthew Knies not playing in this game while Owen Power is dressing for the Sabres proof that the Leafs are a sham franchise who are going nowhere in the postseason this year?

Speaking of which, is there any further word from Knies about whether or not he plans on joining the Leafs this year?

 

[Frank E]

Is Matthew Knies not playing in this game while Owen Power is dressing for the Sabres proof that the Leafs are a sham franchise who are going nowhere in the postseason this year?

Speaking of which, is there any further word from Knies about whether or not he plans on joining the Leafs this year?

https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1513883416160346112

 

[Bullfrog]

The takes in this GDT are disgusting. 

I expect the Leafs to win this game handily....they need to win this game by at least 2 goals.  But they also better not win by 3+ goals because that kind of showboating proves that the team doesn't take hockey seriously and aren't mature enough to win in the playoffs.

I'll be pretty disappointed if Lyubushkin doesn't knock somebody's head off. I mean literally.