Toronto Maple Leafs

[Pengwin7]

^Ah - that would make a lot of sense. Prevent "waiver churning".
That said - maybe NJ knows they are in for missing playoffs in the East.
I mean, the division is brutal and Hischier is out.

Maybe though... it's a "long-play".
Also - maybe it's a "Seattle play".

Three teams are bound to lose a decent goalie to Seattle.
And who comes to the rescue... well it's the New Jersey Devils!!!

[Side thought: Senn likely to go to AHL... but the other two, Comrie/Dell, on Taxi Squad have got to be like "What the fugg is this all about?"]

[Dennis]

luke fox@lukefoxjukebox

Maple Leafs will go with the same 11/7 lineup against the Oilers, giving Mikko Lehtonen another look.

[lucafen4]

I actually think this might be the best look for the Leafs moving forward. They often have a D struggle mid-game. A 7th D alleviates that problem a bit.

Leaves Hyman as a real swiss-army-knife to use throughout the line up on really any of the 4 lines. Over 18min last game & 10 SOG flipping between 3rd & 1st lines spelling Thornton.

[Dennis]

On top of that Brodie looked weak on the 2nd power-play unit when he manned it. I only remember Lehtonen getting 30 seconds or so PP against the Jets but it was the best he looked all game.

[2014olympicgold]

Matthews, Marner, JT can all double shift on the 4th line and be fine. 11F/7D should be how they move forward for the majority of the season