Mike Augello: Toronto Maple Leafs Prospects - #7; Leafs vs. Canadiens

should be interesting with the Marlies playing tonight

also NO yielding top spot to our thiccc nnneeecccckkkkk ffffaaaannnnnn 👊🏾

Will the OctoCup be ours?

Nice, exciting lineup tonight



I’m curious to see how Robertson does tonight

Nice, exciting lineup tonight



I’m curious to see how Robertson does tonight
- Dozzer

The lack of centre depth is really apparent when you see that lineup.

The lack of centre depth is really apparent when you see that lineup.
- AdamFrench

Some marlies trades getting some disappointing spares will happen through the season lol

should be interesting with the Marlies playing tonight

also NO yielding top spot to our thiccc nnneeecccckkkkk ffffaaaannnnnn 👊🏾
- dmnted

Nice, exciting lineup tonight



I’m curious to see how Robertson does tonight
- Dozzer

People talk about how they hate the preseason, but I find lots of it interesting. It's not necessarily exciting or good, but there's a lot to pay attention to.

Robertson looked good in the last game. Given that Montreal will dress most of their regular lineup at home, this one is about seeing who really steps up and looks good when you are the lesser line-up.

Robertson has looked good at times during camp. Cowan has sort of failed to impress. He's had his moments, but he's not there yet. I've liked Knies' game - how does he fare without Matthews or Marner? Lorentz looks to be B-squaded, so with a PTO does he have a chance of making the team? I haven't noticed much of Nylander this camp, so the kid is about to be a Marlie unless he has something more to show.

On D I think we're all fairly certain Benoit makes the team - but how does Timmins look? How does Niemela fare? I'm curious about Timmins mostly because I'd like to believe he could supplant Liljegren. Someone has to go and make room. If Timmins can succeed over Liljegren, there's $1.9m in cap savings and Pacioretty can be signed. So, likely, could Lorentz if he shows well.

The thing with Liljegren for me is that he's 25 years old - he's probably better than Timmins. Maybe he suddenly pulls an inner Vince Dunn out of his ass, but it doesn't seem like he can or will and his defensive weaknesses are still very noticeable and will likely become more glaring if the team starts to play a harder D style under Berube (and I have noted previously that Berube isn't who everyone thinks he is as a coach - he's not Brophy. His 2019 cup Winning Blues featured Parayko - Pietrangelo / Edmundson - Bouwmeester; Dunn - Gunnarsson - and Parayko and Pietrangelo threw fewer hits/60 than any of them). You have to win your battles and that's where Liljegren fails. He fixes that and he becomes a top asset, but for a lot of people that ship sailed.

People talk about how they hate the preseason, but I find lots of it interesting. It's not necessarily exciting or good, but there's a lot to pay attention to.

Robertson looked good in the last game. Given that Montreal will dress most of their regular lineup at home, this one is about seeing who really steps up and looks good when you are the lesser line-up.

Robertson has looked good at times during camp. Cowan has sort of failed to impress. He's had his moments, but he's not there yet. I've liked Knies' game - how does he fare without Matthews or Marner? Lorentz looks to be B-squaded, so with a PTO does he have a chance of making the team? I haven't noticed much of Nylander this camp, so the kid is about to be a Marlie unless he has something more to show.

On D I think we're all fairly certain Benoit makes the team - but how does Timmins look? How does Niemela fare? I'm curious about Timmins mostly because I'd like to believe he could supplant Liljegren. Someone has to go and make room. If Timmins can succeed over Liljegren, there's $1.9m in cap savings and Pacioretty can be signed. So, likely, could Lorentz if he shows well.

The thing with Liljegren for me is that he's 25 years old - he's probably better than Timmins. Maybe he suddenly pulls an inner Vince Dunn out of his ass, but it doesn't seem like he can or will and his defensive weaknesses are still very noticeable and will likely become more glaring if the team starts to play a harder D style under Berube (and I have noted previously that Berube isn't who everyone thinks he is as a coach - he's not Brophy. His 2019 cup Winning Blues featured Parayko - Pietrangelo / Edmundson - Bouwmeester; Dunn - Gunnarsson - and Parayko and Pietrangelo threw fewer hits/60 than any of them). You have to win your battles and that's where Liljegren fails. He fixes that and he becomes a top asset, but for a lot of people that ship sailed.
- Monkeypunk

They say dmen take longer to mature, but it feels like we now know what Lily is. I think at this point, he is what he's going to be. Barring a miraculous revelation of play, he's a #6/7 getting paid like a #4. And he doesn't seem to excel in any one thing.

Nice, exciting lineup tonight



I’m curious to see how Robertson does tonight
- Dozzer

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lineup

Cole Caufield Nick Suzuki Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhok Kirby Dach Patrik Laine
Joshua Roy Owen Beck Josh Anderson
Sean Farrell Lucas Condotta Jared Davidson

Mike Matheson David Reinbacher
Lane Hutson David Savard
Arber Xhekaj Logan Mailloux

Samuel Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Montreal Canadiens Projected Lineup

Cole Caufield Nick Suzuki Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhok Kirby Dach Patrik Laine
Joshua Roy Owen Beck Josh Anderson
Sean Farrell Lucas Condotta Jared Davidson

Mike Matheson David Reinbacher
Lane Hutson David Savard
Arber Xhekaj Logan Mailloux

Samuel Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
- dmnted

should've picked Laine

should've picked Laine
- 21peter

Leafs going on a 7 minute pp

should've picked Laine
- 21peter

They can probably get him for cheap now. That knee did NOT look good.

bobbyson with a pp goal

Chiefs new plan: Ulf Samuelsson hockey plus skill should put the Leafs Over the Top like Stallone.

The Marlies are gonna beat an NHL squad tonight.

Chiefs new plan: Ulf Samuelsson hockey plus skill should put the Leafs Over the Top like Stallone.
- DrunkenCanuck

- dmnted

Shoot for the stars

I missed the 1st. What happened at 4:47? It shows The Xylephone guy got 2 misconducts and an instigator and another Montreal guy got a fighting major but doesn't list any Leaf penalty. Did he fight himself? Did they get confused and fight each other?

What did the Xhekaj fight look like?

What did the Xhekaj fight look like?
- GalacticStone

Pare caught Laine with a knee - I think it was more inadvertent here, and I don't really care about Pare one way or the other, so I think it's a relatively objective view of it - he doesn't really move the leg, it's planted for the hit and Laine dodges and doesn't get out of the way. https://x.com/i/status/1840168395649503520

Xhehaj later assaults Pare for it: https://x.com/i/status/1840175031478816830

Edit: On another angle, Pare leans into him with the knee.

Pare caught Laine with a knee -

Edit: On another angle, Pare leans into him with the knee.
- Monkeypunk

Correct. Then he turtles like a (frank)ing coward when the bell tolls.

Pare caught Laine with a knee - I think it was more inadvertent here, and I don't really care about Pare one way or the other, so I think it's a relatively objective view of it - he doesn't really move the leg, it's planted for the hit and Laine dodges and doesn't get out of the way. https://x.com/i/status/1840168395649503520

Xhehaj later assaults Pare for it: https://x.com/i/status/1840175031478816830

Edit: On another angle, Pare leans into him with the knee.
- Monkeypunk

Ouch. Yeah, you hate to see this kind of thing. I don't know if the intent was there, but it's another case of a scrub taking out a "star" in a meaningless game. I don't fault Xhehajmictsb1234 for the ambush. That's kinda his job, well that and pretending to be a NHL defenseman.