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# Maple Leafs @ Jets GDT: SEASON OPENER BABY!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-jets-gdt-season-opener-baby/
- Published: 2017-10-04T21:00:01.000Z
- Updated: 2017-10-04T21:00:01.000Z
- Description: The Leafs and Jets kick off the 2017/18 season in Winnipeg to begin the great new rivalry: Babcock vs the media asking about the Matthews vs Laine rivalry.
- Author: Brian Stewart
- Tags: Game Coverage, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

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[Toronto Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) vs. [Winnipeg Jets](https://www.arcticicehockey.com/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

7:00 PM EDT

Bell MTS Place  

TV: Sportsnet   

### [Our game preview is here](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-game-preview-winnipeg-jets-auston-matthews-patrick-laine-stabbings-slurpees-cold/)

> [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) lines at morning skate:  
> Hyman-Matthews-Nylander  
> Marleau-Kadri-Komarov  
> JvR-Bozak-Marner  
> Martin-Fehr-Brown
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> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [October 4, 2017](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/915600840790102017?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

> [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) defence pairs at skate:   
> Rielly-Hainsey  
> Gardiner-Zaitsev   
> Borgman-Carrick
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [October 4, 2017](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/915601021052882945?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

THE BUDS ARE LIKE THE AIR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL DAY BABY WOOOOO!

[Corsica amalgamates a bunch of prediction models and pretty much all of them have the Jets as the favourite](http://corsica.hockey/predictions/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) \- due to home ice or they think the Jets are better? LET'S RANT AND MAKE FUN OF STAT NERDS AND WINNIPEG ANYWAYS!!

ICYMI:

[Toronto Maple Leafs 2017-2018 standings and playoff predictions](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-2017-2018-team-point-projections-standings-playoffs-atlantic-division/) \- we look at what a few prediction models think about the Leafs' chances of making the playoffs this year.

  
[We predict the 2017-18 Toronto Maple Leafs season](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-2017-18-season-predictions-nhl-season-predictions-babcock-matthews-leivo-bozak/) \- PPP's masthead makes their own predictions for the season.