Leafs 2023-2024 Thread
- Thread starter glamphotographer
- Start date
I know but he is part of the core 4 because of his salary. It's sad to see the team captain on the third line now yet fans believe this team is a contender. No team in the league has their captain on the bottom pair.
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/winnipeg-jets/line-combinations
Adam Lowry captain of the Winnipeg Jets a very good team and a cup contender, centers the 3rd line
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations
Jordon Staal captain of the Carolina Hurricanes a very good team and a cup contender, centers the 3rd line.
https://themorningpuck.com/line-combinations/dallas-stars
Jamie Benn captain of the Dallas Stars a very good team and cup a contender, not a center but is LW on the 3rd line
At this stage Matthews and Rielly are the real captains of the team regardless.
Tavares, especially with NYI, was always able to elevate his wingers who were mostly no names.
He's there to support a rookie in McMann and a near rookie in Robertson.
The style of play between Nylander and Tavares was never the best fit.
This is an excellent move. Nylander can drive his own line.
The 3rd line was weak earlier in the year and has always been weak in the playoffs.
Especially with Kadri suspended twice and Tavares injured vs Montreal
Everyone knows playoffs you need all 4 lines.
Adam Lowry captain of the Winnipeg Jets a very good team and a cup contender, centers the 3rd line
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations
Jordon Staal captain of the Carolina Hurricanes a very good team and a cup contender, centers the 3rd line.
https://themorningpuck.com/line-combinations/dallas-stars
Jamie Benn captain of the Dallas Stars a very good team and cup a contender, not a center but is LW on the 3rd line
At this stage Matthews and Rielly are the real captains of the team regardless.
Tavares, especially with NYI, was always able to elevate his wingers who were mostly no names.
He's there to support a rookie in McMann and a near rookie in Robertson.
The style of play between Nylander and Tavares was never the best fit.
This is an excellent move. Nylander can drive his own line.
The 3rd line was weak earlier in the year and has always been weak in the playoffs.
Especially with Kadri suspended twice and Tavares injured vs Montreal
Everyone knows playoffs you need all 4 lines.
Last edited:
you called it ... again
Regulation win to boot so legit.
Domi 2 goals the night before and now Bert gets 3.
Tavares is not exclusively 3rd line center. He gets some shifts with M&M when they load it up and he was on to hold down the lead in the last 30 seconds of the game with Kampf and Nylander.
Last edited:
Maybe in terms of on ice performance they are down to a core 3. BTW, I'm a big fan of Tavares, his work ethic and his leadership. A very good captain who has the respect of his teammates and leads by example.
They're whittling away at the Boston lead. I think Boston is now 5 ahead and have played one more game. But a mini-slump by the Leafs and they're down by 9 again.
McMann is scoring at a better per game rate than all Leafs players other than the core 4 forwards.
Points leaders:
Nylander is tied for 6th
Matthews is 8th
Marner is 11th
Points leaders:
Nylander is tied for 6th
Matthews is 8th
Marner is 11th
Last edited:
Holy fuck what a tilt….Deslauries looked worse after but when you look again at the fight he might have won it.
