Buffalo Sabres @ Toronto Maple Leafs
Air Canada Centre; Toronto, ON
7:00 PM ET; CBC/City TV (National)
SBN Opposing Views: Die By The Blade
Preview
The Sabres face the Leafs in a matchup that is completely inconsequential to anything in the standings.
The Leafs season has been like:
But their end goal was to be bad and hopefully win the draft lottery, so sitting in last actually has us like:
Meanwhile, the Sabres- who did the same thing last year- are trying to be better this year and aren't by much. Remember when we got Mike Babcock and they didn't? Man. They were all:
They questioned the integrity of Babcock after a year in which they begged the NHL not to change the lottery rules so they could do a blatant full-season tank, which had us all like:
Probable Leafs Lineup
Leo Komarov and Brooks Laich are injured. Frederik Gauthier makes his Leafs debut, which is something I guess.
Nikita Soshnikov - Nazem Kadri - Michael Grabner
P.A. Parenteau - William Nylander - Zach Hyman
Josh Leivo - Frederik Gauthier - Connor Brown
Colin Greening - Ben Smith - Milan Michalek
Morgan Rielly - Martin Marincin
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick
Rinat Valiev - Frank Corrado
Garret Sparks
Probable Buffalo LIneup
Buffalo played last night and beat Ottawa 3-1. Despite some solid pieces, the overall lineup- especially the defense- is still:
Evander Kane - Ryan O'Reilly - Nicolas Deslauriers
Zemgus Girgensons - Jack Eichel - Sam Reinhart
Marcus Foligno - Johan Larsson - Brian Gionta
Cal O'Reilly - David Legwand - Matt Moulson
Josh Gorges - Rasmus Ristolainen
Also, if you think I've forgot what you did, Brian Gionta, just remember:
Prediction
You'll be watching the game like:
