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It's gotta be that Chayka doesn't want defenders who can't play defense. https://www.pasteboard.co/mM_SSViBK8M0.png Benoit has now been moved out, which leaves Carlo & Rielly as the two worst defenders (at defending) on the team. Otherwise, like everyone else here, I can't think of any good...

The way Emil Andrae is described in the tweet, it smells like a bit like the type of defender Troy Stetcher was when he had that super run after being picked up here. If we get a 24 year old version of peak Troy Stetcher (and with further upside) that's at least a big upgrade on Benoit. Might...

Neat! McKenna #1 which is looking more and more like the consensus these days. Ryan Ma makes a case for Tynan Lawrence at #3, Chase Reid at #6, and Caleb Malhotra at #13, but the fun thing is that the writeup is public so years later we can all look back and see whether he was right.

Calgary's biggest mistake was not letting Treliving trade with them. Imagine how many trades they would have won!

Hayley Wickenheiser sighting! We fans don't really know what she does (other than the horse thing at development camp) but add NHL draft preparations to her list of responsibilities I guess

Have in mind, Cowan wasn't allowed to play in the AHL during the Olympic break because someone in the front office misunderstood (or negligently overlooked) the games-played limit of the CBA in regards to two-way players last year.... by a single game. If the person on the team in charge of...

Rifai is playing so that they can keep OEL on the wrong side... meanwhile, Matt Benning was sent back to the AHL a week ago. Benning was fine against NYI, so what gives?

"Just do the exact opposite of everything Savard was telling you. Okay, meeting adjourned" Edit: It would be hilarious if they just played their normal 5-on-5 lines with 3F+2D during the PP... and it worked.

I wonder if, once they moved to 5 forwards, Marner became the de facto PP coach (more or less implicitly guiding when & what plays to run as when he had possession at the point). People say the loss of Marner's on-ice puck skills has hurt the PP, but perhaps the Leafs lost their actual PP coach...

Hmm, does the team normally hold morning practise if it's an afternoon game?

MotM: Tavares, the only member of the core who won puck battles last night HM: Berube, for finally calling out the stars in a way that Keefe was never willing to do

So the Benoit-Myers pair was +1 tomight, but do not be fooled: it was only because of the stanchion.

It's the first commercial break. and I haven't seen a single "dump the puck in to nobody and give possession away". Where is Berube and what have you done with him?

You know, Stecher+McCabe at the blueline, Rielly+OEL on the flanks, and Benoit net front might actually outperform the current PP1

Oh, good point. Maybe the Leafs can still sell by retaining a bunch of salary on three guys. The need to maximize cap space at all costs isn't mission critical with such a weak UFA pool, whereas contending teams this year still need to fit under the playoff salary cap now and perhaps will value...

The management team should institute a new policy of "trade only with Barry Trotz"

Mermis has outplayed Benoit at this point, I'd love to see a run where Mermis gets priority over Benoit too

And yet, as a sign of how sad things are around here... Ryan Reaves is doing even better (55% xGF) this year in San Jose.

Amidst all the trials and tribulations of the bad D, the bad F, the bad goaltending, the bad coaching, and the bad GMing... Matias Maccelli is quietly winning his minutes. He now leads the entire team with a 53% xGF on HockeyViz https://pasteboard.co/50ObSKZxnjj5.png

Woll played a full game (plus a minute of OT) just yesterday, so giving him a B2B here probably wasn't the plan but let's hope we see him Saturday against Connor Bedard and friends