Tuned in late, any reason why Samsonov is playing instead of Murray? He was supposed to be the starter based on the morning skate

Pulled during the warmups.  It's a big mystery.

Maybe a shot off the collarbone.... We'll find out after the game.

Joseph Woll time?

Tuned in late, any reason why Samsonov is playing instead of Murray? He was supposed to be the starter based on the morning skate

Kerfoot will go full McDavid mode now to make up for Matthews being out

Well that sucks. Hopefully that gives him time to potentially heal any other bumps and brusies he has though.

Let's hope.  Also they have a fairly "easy" schedule with the exception of Boston upcoming.



I mean, all those games up to Sabres/Wild are winnable even without Matthews (*Boston notwithstanding)

https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1618994657614270465

Yikes, Matthews out minimum 3 weeks

Not sure if others are experiencing this too, but when I try to go into the GDT forum, I get a message about the site being upgraded and I get pushed back to the main forums. Just an FYI. Been happening for maybe 2 days? But it looks like others have been posting there? So I am not sure. :)

Carlton banned you from there

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Lou has built quite the team there

I think they also have a pretty easy schedule down the stretch.  Might be enough to win just enough to lower their lottery odds.  I feel bad for Canucks fans and they aren't anywhere near as bad as the Blackhawks organization in my hoping they don't get Bedard, but I would rather see him elsewhere too.

Yeah, Chicago and Vancouver would certainly top the list of teams I don't want to see win the lottery, in that order. Next up would be Arizona and Montreal for different but probably obvious reasons. I actually think it'd be cool to see him in either Anaheim or San Jose. Not even just to keep him out of the East, but having a superstar in that area of the country could be really good for hockey.

I'm of the ABM philosophy for this Bedard draft, Anyone But Montreal

I was at a lunar new year celebration dinner last night so only followed the score updates. Another one of those Leafs playing down to their opponents game and the opponent playing like it's the Stanley Cup Final?

Also, I hope that whatever amount of points the Habs get playing the Leafs this year is the exact number of points they miss Bedard by. "oh, had Montreal not won those X games against the Leafs they could have finished where Arizona did and won the lottery instead!"

8-0 Leafs