Blue Jackets vs. Maple Leafs - Feb. 10th, 7:00pm - TSN4, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

Columbus Blue Jackets 15-32-4, 34 points	vs.	Toronto Maple Leafs 31-13-8, 70 points
	Projected Lineups
Gaudreau-Jenner-Laine Johnson-Sillinger-Marchenko Bemstrom-Roslovic-Foudy Robinson-Kuraly-Olivier Gavrikov-Peeke Berni-Gudbranson Blankenburg-Boqvist Merzlikins		Bunting-Tavares-Marner Jarnkrok-Kerfoot-Nylander Engvall-Kampf-Anderson ZAR-Holmberg-Steeves Rielly-Brodie Giordano-Holl Sandin-Liljegren Samsonov
	Scratches
Lane Pederson Gavin Gayreuther		Wayne Simmonds Jordie Benn Conor Timmins
	Injuries
•Yegor Chinakhov - Ankle - Injured Reserve •Gustav Nyquist - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Jakub Voracek - Concussion - Injured Reserve •Zach Werenski - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Jake Bean - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Adam Boqvist - Upper Body - Injured Reserve		•Victor Mete - Lower Body - Injured Reserve •Jake Muzzin - Neck - Injured Reserve •Auston Matthews - Knee - Injured Reserve •Nick Robertson - Shoulder - Injured Reserve •Matt Murray - Ankle - Questionable
	Game notes

CBJ
•Elvis Merzlikins (5-14-0, 4.42 GAA, .870 Sv%) will likely start for the Blue Jackets

TOR
•Ilya Samsonov (17-6-2, 2.42 GAA, .913 Sv%) will likely start for the Maple Leafs

	Streams
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[Zee]

Both myself and Samsonov do not want to hear the cannon tonight.

[Highlander]

Still waiting for Gaudette!

[L K]

At what point do we start looking unfavourably at the Matt Murray deal again?

Second trip to LTIR on the season.  When healthy he's been pretty solid and he has played in 19 games so it isn't like he hasn't been a contributor.  Samsonov has been the better of the two goalies on the whole anyway so if it ends up in a 50/30 split of games that doesn't seem that far out of reasonable but we do have Murray locked in for next season and he's not exactly a cheap backup if we have to pay Samsonov a lot more next year.

[Nik]

At what point do we start looking unfavourably at the Matt Murray deal again?

Second trip to LTIR on the season.  When healthy he's been pretty solid and he has played in 19 games so it isn't like he hasn't been a contributor.  Samsonov has been the better of the two goalies on the whole anyway so if it ends up in a 50/30 split of games that doesn't seem that far out of reasonable but we do have Murray locked in for next season and he's not exactly a cheap backup if we have to pay Samsonov a lot more next year.

But on that same tip, if Murray does keep up his fairly solid play if you need to move him to accommodate a cheaper back-up it shouldn't be that hard.

[Bender]

Thats a terrible lineup for Columbus.

[Andy]

Thats a terrible lineup for Columbus.

Agreed.

Clb 5 Tor 2

[L K]

At what point do we start looking unfavourably at the Matt Murray deal again?

Second trip to LTIR on the season.  When healthy he's been pretty solid and he has played in 19 games so it isn't like he hasn't been a contributor.  Samsonov has been the better of the two goalies on the whole anyway so if it ends up in a 50/30 split of games that doesn't seem that far out of reasonable but we do have Murray locked in for next season and he's not exactly a cheap backup if we have to pay Samsonov a lot more next year.

But on that same tip, if Murray does keep up his fairly solid play if you need to move him to accommodate a cheaper back-up it shouldn't be that hard.

Sure, and I'm not trying to say we should be concerned at this point but if Murray doesn't have a good second half when he comes back from injury he might not be easy to move

[Frank E]

I'm looking forward to seeing Gavrikov.

First game back from the break...trap.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

I'm looking forward to seeing Gavrikov.

First game back from the break...trap.

I think they need to treat this as a test drive of Gavrikov.

Maybe invite him over to our locker room during the first intermission for hors d'oeuvres and some mulled cider.

I believe if you keep the menu simple enough, it's not tampering.  But I defer to you, Frank — this is your wheelhouse.

[Downtown]

Feels like forever since there was a Leafs game. Hope those lazy bums enjoyed their vacations :P

Go Leafs Go!

[Bill33]

Thats a terrible lineup for Columbus.

Which, knowing the leafs, pretty much guarantees a bluejackets win

[Arn]

Another chance to see why we should have taken Laine ahead of Matthews.

[Significantly Insignificant]

Another chance to see why we should have taken Laine ahead of Matthews.

I'm flying to Germany tomorrow night, and I will be in France on Wednesday, so I will feel your pain Arn.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

BTW CTB, this is an away game.