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LGD- Battle of The Unwatchables

By Adam Laskaris

Mar 11, 2015, 13:00 EDTUpdated:

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On Friday, first-place Toronto visits third-place Buffalo in one of the hottest games of the year.

But unless you’re a follower of the National Lacrosse League, you’re stuck with the less-exciting Toronto-Buffalo matchup of the week, with the Sabres coming to visit the Maple Leafs tonight.

The Sabres

Projected Lineup via DailyFaceoff.com

Matt Moulson	Johan Larsson	Tyler Ennis
Marcus Foligno	Phil Varone	Brian Gionta
Nicolas Deslauriers	Tim Schaller	Cody Hodgson
Jerry D’Amigo	Matt Ellis	Zac Dalpe

Defensive Pairings
Andre Benoit	Zach Bogosian
Mike Weber	Rasmus Ristolainen
Nikita Zadorov	Tyson Strachan

A fun game to play is, “How many Buffalo Sabres players have you never heard of?” I’m at 8. Fun fact- 25 NHL defencemen currently have more points this season than anyone on the Buffalo Sabres. Hey, Jerry D’Amigo!

Evander Kane and next year’s high draft pick, whoever that may be, should make this team a little more exciting to watch come the fall. For now…? They’re stuck with the hard-hitting Buffalo media.

(In all seriousness though, the kid did a pretty good job.)

The Leafs

Projected Lineup via DailyFaceoff.com

Joffrey Lupul	Tyler Bozak	Phil Kessel
James van Riemsdyk	Peter Holland	Richard Panik
Leo Komarov	Trevor Smith	David Booth
Joakim Lindstrom	Zach Sill	Brandon Kozun

Defensive Pairings
Jake Gardiner	Dion Phaneuf
Eric Brewer	Morgan Rielly
Tim Erixon	Petter Granberg

It’s interesting how the top two defensive pairings are both made up of “young defenceman who is much better than their veteran partner.”

Andrew MacWilliam actually slots in for Petter Granberg, while Nazem Kadri is apparently 33% of the way through what sounds like a team-enforced suspension.