Preseason LGD: A Sens Of Things To Come
By ThatsKappy
5 years agoIt’s (Preseason) Game Day!
Get excited, folk’s. The Toronto Maple Leafs – with a background cast of AHLers in tow – take on the Ottawa Senators tonight, who are all pretty much AHLers to begin with.
This should be a fun way to kick things off. Let’s get down to business.
Leafs Lines
Some thoughts…
- No Semyon Der-Arguchintsev is lame; it would have been nice to ease him into some “NHL” action against the Senators.
- We get our first look at Ygor Ozhiganov tonight, which is cool. Most still consider him a long-shot to crack the big club, but every look is a chance to impress, I suppose.
- It’ll be nice to see Garret Sparks in a Leafs sweater tonight; hopefully as a preview for a full season of Sparks finally joining the big boys.
- Who is “Tavares”? Does anybody know?
Senators Lines
The sad thing is I wouldn’t even be surprised if this closely resembled the Senators opening night lineup. Like, at all.
Side note: I wonder what Mark Borowiecki thinks about tonight’s preseason opener.
Starting Goalies
I’d bank on McElhinney versus Condon, at least to start things off. Although we’ll likely get a look at Sparks and whoever the hell else plays in net for the Senators later on in the game, as these pre-season games tend to go.
Puck Drop is at 7:30pm ET on Sportsnet Ontario, for Kraft Hockeyville 2018 out of Lucan, ON.
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