Eastern Conference First Round: (2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs (3) Tampa Bay Lightning

[2014olympicgold]

Would love to have Bunting back for game 2. We're gonna need him

Wonder if they keep Spezza out. If it ain't broke...

For what it was worth, he was practicing with the 4th line...with Clifford.

Bunting-AM-MM
Mikheyev-JT-Kerfoot
Simmonds-Blackwell-Kase
Clifford-Kampf-Spezza
Nylander, Engvall

So we can assume Clifford is suspended. He had a hearing with DOPS (I dunno, he essentially missed the whole game...beside the point) so he's likely out. I would assume the Engvall-Kampf-Kase line gets back together, and I have no idea how you fit Nylander in there. Like he has to be in the lineup. But I don't know how you do it. Bunting is going to see how he feels tmo before they commit to him playing.

Mrazek practiced for the first time since his injury.

TBL focused a lot on PP zone entry at practice today.

[2014olympicgold]

Update:
Keefe said Nylander and Engvall are playing tmo (not a shock). So Clifford is being used as a place holder, Simmonds a placeholder for Nylander.

I have no idea how they are fitting these guys in with Bunting back.

[2014olympicgold]

Clifford suspended 1 game.

[blayze]

That's ok he's low value anyway. Simmonds brings the same grit to the table minus the lack of discipline and inexperience.

I hope Willy is slotted with JT

[LeafsDude245]

Did Corey Perry get a suspension in that game? He was doing some pretty bad roughing.

[LeafsDude245]

IMO I think that the Maple Leafs will win all of their home games and lose all of their away games vs Tampa. Or they might win 1 or something like that, away games vs Tampa.

[2014olympicgold]

Nylander had food poisoning prior to the game on Monday. Said he had bad sushi for lunch, but it's the playoffs so you got to go. Prolly why he missed practice yesterday.

[saucelife90]

Nylander had food poisoning prior to the game on Monday. Said he had bad sushi for lunch, but it's the playoffs so you got to go. Prolly why he missed practice yesterday.

Sushi before a game just seems like a terrible decision in general....

The sushi coma is real.

[rataylor22]

Sushi before a game just seems like a terrible decision in general....

The sushi coma is real.

Depends how much you eat, but this is generally my experience as well haha

[2014olympicgold]

Bunting is IN tonight.

[kovalchuk17]

wow, didnt realize bunting was signed for another season @ 950k. what a bargain.

i do expect the bolts to bounce back as they just seemed off all of game 1. some of the credit goes to toronto for that, but sometimes you just dont have it that night also

[Invictus]

Leafs in 4 Let's Go!!

[Feenom]

Bunting is IN tonight.

Leafs will need him to create space tonight. Could be a tight game.

[blayze]

Bunting is IN tonight.

Bunting baby. Let's ****ing go!

[Feenom]

Leafs looking good so far. TB needs their PP to click.