Leafs at Sens: Third Time's a Charm
by Chemmy on Sep 29, 2010 1:23 PM EDT
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This is the third time the Leafs have played the Senators this preseason. The two teams have each won a game but the first two contests heavily featured rookies for both teams. Tonight's Leafs lineup sees most of Toronto's starters with the exception of Luke Schenn who has a hurt back and Kris Versteeg who is in Chicago getting a Stanley Cup ring.
The lines according to AM640's Jonas Siegel are:
Forwards: Kadri, Bozak, Kessel. Kulemin, Grabovski, MacArthur. Sjostrom, Brent, Armstrong. Orr, Mitchell, Rosehill.
Defense: Beauchemin-Phaneuf. Kaberle-Komisarek. Gunnarsson-Holzer.
Apparently one of Kulemin or MacArthur is out and will be replaced by Luca Caputi and J.S. Giguere will get the start in net across from Pascal Leclaire.From Sportsnet's Ian Mendes:
Fisher will play tonight, centering line with Kovalev/Foligno. Michalek-Spezza-Alfredsson also going tonight. Leclaire gets start in goal.
The big story is going to be Nazem Kadri taking a spot on the left wing with Kessel and Bozak. Kadri's a left handed shot which would break up the trio of righties in Versteeg, Bozak and Kessel and it's not uncommon for offense first centers in junior to become wings in the NHL (e.g.: Phil Kessel).
If Kadri produces tonight I think there's going to be a long debate about what happens with him but the puck's in his zone. He needs to do something with it.
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Luke Schenn is our Atlas.
It’s a tough job, but he’s up for it.
I am Mikhail Grabovski's smirking revenge.
by kidkawartha on Sep 29, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
holy f’n rec’d
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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 29, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Caputi
I hope it’s MacArthur sitting because I’m very interested to see what a Kulemin – Grabovski – Caputi line could do.
Experimenting with Kadri on the top line at this point seems like it will only cause problems.
- If it doesn’t work then the squawking like yesterday’s garbage article in the Sun will only intensify, because Kadri will have been given chances to impress with every regular “Top 6” forward we have.
- If it does work and Wilson decides he wants to start Kadri with Bozak and Kessel, then he just wasted the last week putting together line combinations to try and build chemistry.
- Even if it does work initially, if they cool off after a couple games what does Wilson do then?
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by CanadianMaple09 on Sep 29, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
And then what do you do with the extra winger? I guess you can take Rosehill out and put one of McArthur or Sjostrom on the fourth line. That still leaves Tim Brent as our third-line centre.
I have a feeling it will be hard for Kadri not to succeed on a line with Bozak and Kessel. If he doesn’t, then Marlies for sure, but if he does, is that a real indicator of his development?
by Leaf in Habland on Sep 29, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I was thinking the same thing.
If Kadri can play the wing and successfully, then I would assume Wilson tries him on the 2nd line with Grabovski and Kulemin. MacArthur would be the odd man out of the top 6.
Of course this is all insanity. I have given up on Kadri for training camp 2010. He needs 3 months in the AHL.
Wilson always wastes his time making line combinations.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok! Phil, Colton and Keith Acton you’re up on the PP!
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by Jo4nny on Sep 29, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes, your princess will be present for the game thread.
"I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember, I can rip your throat out if I need to."
by Wrap Around Curl on Sep 29, 2010 2:45 PM EDT reply actions
plebians.
"I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember, I can rip your throat out if I need to."
by Wrap Around Curl on Sep 29, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions
perhaps
"I don’t know what it is about me that makes people think I want to hear their problems. Maybe I smile too much. Maybe I wear too much pink. But please remember, I can rip your throat out if I need to."
by Wrap Around Curl on Sep 29, 2010 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
ill be at the game tonight :)
wish kadri was not playing though.
its funny, a week ago i would have been excited to see that he is playing, but he’s proven he’s not ready yet..wish that night moves was in instead
Take pictures for us!
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by Wrap Around Curl on Sep 29, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Kadri was waiting for you to show up.
Kadri’s going to make you forget Night Moves’ name.
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by Chemmy on Sep 29, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I hope you’re right Chemmy.
I’m taking a beating over at Battle of Ontario!
I’m surprised Wilson waited this long to try Kadri on the wing. Seems like a better place for him. I just hope he comes to the game with a little piss and vinegar in his step and just plays HIS game. This whole “looking for a pass when one isn’t there” crap isn’t Nazem. He has to be selfish and try and score every time he gets the puck. He’s a winger now!
As mediocre of a performance Kadri has put on, I’ve seen nothing impressive from Jared Cowen either.
20 miles to Legoland!
by nhlcheapshot on Sep 29, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Their stud rookie forwards are all shit and don’t even have the pedigree of Kadri.
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Ya, try telling that to them.
They were all mute until Kadri had a crappy pre-season. Now they think they are dancing on his grave. It’s typical.
What would give me some real ammo would be a great game by Kadri.
So Nazem, if you’re reading this, smarten the hell up and play like a top prospect already.
sad fact is it is pretty much you, and very rarely me VS THM and a plethora of mouth breathing hate the leafs more than i love my own team sens fans over there
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
i find that is the case with a lot of people. They dont for any team is particular all that much, but HATE the leafs
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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pretty much, i mean i get people hate the leafs, good for them, but if all you have is hate and spend more time bashing another team than talking about your own then you have an issue
i swear some people became sens/habs/whatever fans JUST so they could justify bashing the leafs
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I have one dude on my facebook who comments on anything i put up that is hockey related JUST so he can make fun of the leafs. Yes he is a Sens fan
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 29, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Facebook has this wonderful “Delete” feature for getting rid of people like that.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Sep 29, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Some people just can’t stand the big city. It’s annoying
BS
by MapleLeafMole on Sep 29, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
My mother says there are two types of people. Leaf Fans, and wannabe Leaf fans.
by Nigel Cadbury on Sep 29, 2010 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
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Although it would be far more epic if my last name was Cadbury or Gump.
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by CanadianMaple09 on Sep 29, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, there are some good Sens fans there. They are pretty level-headed and just like to talk hockey. Enjoyed this summer actually.
It would help a great deal if the Leafs win some games this year. Hard to “battle” when your team is in 29th and gives opposition fans something new to laugh about every game.
God I hope that’s all over now.
Sens lines
anyone know if the Sens regulars have much ice time yet?
They’ve barely played. In fact, i think some of them haven’t played at all before today.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
didnt catch the lineup for the game in Dundas last night, im assuming none of their ‘big guns’ played last night either then
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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 29, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
The Isles suffer and the Leafs prosper
As a result of this bare Isles lineup, NHL Network has dropped the game from its lineup tonight, opting to show Ottawa and Toronto instead.
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by A Lindros Jaw on Sep 29, 2010 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
NHL Net is showing the Leafs tonight, Friday, and Saturday now for all of us US viewers.
Negative. I am a meat popsicle.
The bumped the sabres off saturday, too, because they are jerks.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon.
Everything wrong with the Sabres is Drew Stafford's fault.
and nobody cares about them or the city of Buffalo for that matter
Fairweather fans can go to hell
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by leafer1984 on Sep 29, 2010 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m glad you said something. I could have sworn this game wasn’t going to be televised but when I checked NHL.com it said it was. Ok!
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by article1 on Sep 29, 2010 4:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
PREDICTION
Kadri will have a 2 point game. 1 goal 1 assist, 2 PIM and a plethora of strong checks.
THE SEASON IS COMING! THE SEASON IS COMING!
Waaaay too much Versteez.
Colton Orr is a Beauty.
any details on Schenn’s back? the twitter link does not work.
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Nope. No info yet
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Nothing yet, just the “back injury” tweet. We don’t even know what happened to him.
by Marc Pilgrim on Sep 29, 2010 4:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Maybe he offered Wellwood a piggyback?
Waaaay too much Versteez.
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by happiergilmore on Sep 29, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I love me a good Wellwood joke, but I revert to previous statement: Back injuries are scary as fuck. Just can’t laugh here, till we find out it’s some minor sprain and he’s going to be ok.
You just don’t mess with backs, not if you want a career as a professional anything-that-can’t-be-done-while-stationary.
The good news is that we have 4 NHL d-men to fill in for him. So he can take his time.
I have a fucked back and I can tell you that the best thing is to not ever rush it. I came back to my own hockey league prematurely and crawled off my first shift and couldn’t skate again for 3 months. Best to play it safe.
Very excited for the game, will be rocking my retro sweater in section 308 of the Scotiabank place repping PPP.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 29, 2010 5:22 PM EDT reply actions
bring a sign!
Waaaay too much Versteez.
Colton Orr is a Beauty.
by happiergilmore on Sep 29, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I brought a giant AFRAIDSSON sign to a Sens game two seasons ago and that ended up being the game Bell fucked him up.
So be careful, writing PPP on a sign might send this place back to the DOS ages!
Eh, signs aren’t really my scene.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Sep 29, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, signs aren’t really my scene.
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 29, 2010 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Make a sign that says that ^^^^^
Quotations fucking things up again
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 29, 2010 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions
My friend brought a “Phaneuf Train” sign to a game last year; we kicked Ottawa’s ass and after the game some loser decided to snatch the sign and rip it up. The cops intervened once the drunken pushing and shoving became too much. I miss living in Ottawa.
I miss living in Ottawa.
Does not compute.
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by Karina on Sep 29, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I was at another game in Ottawa where Toronto won, start of March. My brother and I both rocked our Kessel jerseys, and my brother pretended to fly around the front of the arena wearing my Leafs flag as a cape. We got into it with a bunch of people at the bus stop, they were just as bad as you’d expect from mouth-breathers, really terrible insults and tear downs, these focusing on how Burke and Wilson couldn’t win gold…
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by BetterThanBester on Sep 29, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah they are idiots, I’ve been to 5 games there in the last 2 years and we’ve been involved in verbal or physical altercations in the Bathroom after the game, the bus before, the bus after, in our seats, and the one I described above which was in the concourse.
The last time I went, aside from the instance at the bus, was incredible though… we ended up surrounded by Leafs fans or overly timid Sens fans, that it ended up being a great time… lots of honking and cheering from people as we walked to the bus, etc. I’m hoping to get a night out to take over a pub in the market, probably put up a post on here to get a crowd out
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by BetterThanBester on Sep 29, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
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