PRE-SEASON--St. Louis Blues @ Toronto Maple Leafs--7:30pm EST, Sept. 29/08
 

Blue at Leafs. Let's have it.

Blues have terrible D...

mostly due to injury.. but whatever.

I'm going to say 5-4 Toronto. 2 early goals for the Leafs, a comeback, a tie, and the go-ahead comes early in the 3rd.


anyone know how many rooks the Blues plan on sending out there?

Is it Vesa or Cujo for this one? Vesa, isn't it?

What do you think our lines will look like?

I think Cujo has the go in this one.

I assume the next round of cuts is coming after tonights game. Anyone hear anything?

actually you might end up being surprised.

Scratch that, it's Toskala tonight.

Some players who may not play due to soreness: Finger, Moore, Stajan and Blake

So my guess is maybe something like:

Antropov - Grabo - Kulemin
Hagman - Steen - Tlusty
Mayers - Bell - Hollweg
Earl - Mitchell - Williams

Kaberle - Schenn
Stralman - Frogren
Kronwall - Colaiacovo
Sifers

Toskala
Cujo

What's Finger sore from?

I'm going down to this one, hoping to see some of the Blues young players play too. Really want to see Perron.

Took a shot off the foot on Friday it said in the paper so they may keep him out of the lineup just so he can fully heal it.

Here's the exact quote:

the injuries over all the teams this preseason has to be a record. players are dropping like flies.

At least, for now, the Leafs injuries aren't too serious.

They'd be dressing if it was regular season games. Since these games don't matter its no biggie to sit them out.

Ya keep an eye on Perron, hes coming into his sophmore season and is a dandy.. Also, Im assuming both Oshie and Berglund will be dressed, the Blues 2 big rooks.. Berglund is often compared to a young Sundin, so keep an eye on him..

Very excited to see all three of those out there.

I haven't seen Oshie since WJ's a couple years back if I remember correctly..

If he can be compared to a young Sundin then we won't have to make a special effort to look for him.

Ya, he's quite a talent...I love the direction the Blues are going in great youth and team that could surprise this year...ya, I said it!

The Blues for some reason have selected quite a few prospects i like recently.Perron, Lemtyugov, Oshie, etc.
Should be interesting to get a look at some of them.
How is Lemtyugov doing?

Is it just me or does anyone else think both Tlusty and Kulemin would benefit from switching lines.

Kulemin started the pre-season on that line but Wilson took him off.

I don't know.That line of Tlusty Steen and Hagman is a nice blend of scoring potential that should be solid defensively as well.

Berglund is the player that I had hoped our Leafs would select when we selected Jiri Tlusty. Tlusty was the highest rated by CSB but I would have gone with the big Swede instead if I was Leafs Director of Amateur scouting.. :)

Always been a big fan of the Patty Berglund even before he was drafted.

PS. Interesting story attached to the 2006 draft .. Barry Trapp was just released and JFJ replaced him with Dave Morrison as Dir of Amateur Scouting.. Trapp came on for an interview after the draft and said he would have selected Anthony Stewart little brother Chris Stewart (Kingston Frontenacs OHL), with that pick.

go leafs go get taveres

As we reach the mid-point of the Leafs Exhibition season tonight here is a summary of the first 4 games players stats.

September 22, 2008 - Maple Leafs 7, Sabres 4

1. Dominic Moore - (Unassisted)
2. Carlo Colaiacovo - (Unassisted)
3. Boyd Devereaux - (Assist: Mark Bell, Carlo Colaiacovo)
4. Robert Earl - (Assist: Ian White, Jason Blake)
5. Matt Stajan - power play (Assist: Jason Blake, Jiri Tlusty)
6. Dominic Moore - (Assist: Ben Ondrus, Jeff Finger)
7 Jiri Tlusty - empty net (Unassisted)

September 24, 2008 - Penguins 3, Maple Leafs 2

1. Alexei Ponikarovsky - power play (Assist: Josef Boumedienne, Mike Van Ryn)
2. Mikhail Grabovski - (Assist: Nikolai Kulemin, Jason Blake)

September 26, 2008 - Penguins 5, Maple Leafs 4

1. Dominic Moore - shorthanded (Assist: Jamal Mayers)
2. Alexei Ponikarovsky (Assist: Carlo Colaiacovo, Tomas Kaberle)
3. Luke Schenn (Assist: Nik Antropov, Tomas Kaberle)
4. Tomas Kaberle (Unassisted)

September 27, 2008 - Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 2, OT

1. Ian White - power play (Unassisted)
2. Pavel Kubina - power play (Assist: John Mitchell, Alexei Ponikarovsky)

Leafs Preseason Scoring Leaders

1. Dominic Moore ........... 2 games .. 3 - 0 - 3 points
2. Alexei Ponikarovsky..... 2 games .. 2 - 1 - 3 points
3. Tomas Kaberle .......... 2 games .. 1 - 2 - 3 points
4. Carlo Colaiacovo ....... 2 games .. 1 - 2 - 3 points
5. Jason Blake .............. 3 games .. 0 - 3 - 3 points
6. Jiri Tlusty ................ 2 games .. 1 - 1 - 2 points
7. Ian White ................ 2 games .. 1 - 1 - 2 points
8. Mikhail Grabovski ....... 3 games .. 1 - 0 - 1 point
9. Matt Stajan ............. 2 games .. 1 - 0 - 1 point
10. Robert Earl ............. 2 games .. 1 - 0 - 1 point
11. Boyd Devereaux....... 2 games .. 1 - 0 - 1 point
12. Luke Schenn .......... 3 games .. 1 - 0 - 1 point
13. Pavel Kubina .......... 2 games .. 1 - 0 - 1 point
14. Mark Bell ............... 2 games .. 0 - 1 - 1 point
15. Ben Ondrus ............ 1 game ... 0 - 1 - 1 point
16. Jeff Finger ............. 1 game ... 0 - 1 - 1 point
17. Josef Boumedienne ...1 game ... 0 - 1 - 1 point
18. Mike Van Ryn ......... 2 games .. 0 - 1 - 1 point
19. Nikolai Kulemin ........ 3 games .. 0 - 1 - 1 point
20. Jamal Mayers...........2 games .. 0 - 1 - 1 point
21. Nik Antropov............2 games .. 0 - 1 - 1 point
22. John Mitchell............3 games .. 0 - 1 - 1 point

Knock on wood, but this has been the healthiest pre-season in a decade for the Leafs.

Lines I'd like to see: