Re: Toronto Maple Leafs
This could be easily just for Game 1. Give Thornton the opening faceoff.
I found Hyman on the RW weirder than Thornton on L1. But Thornton was like top 20 in takeaways last yr playing with like Labanc and someone else (also against lesser opponents).
I can see Thornton, Simmonds, Vesey, Babarov (?), and Spezza and being rotated with Robertson getting looks too.
Thornton getting the top line, could result in the Leafs getting more powerplays too. Vet lobbying the refs on that top line for the hooks/slashes that Matthews and Marner always receive.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll