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LGD: The Typhoid Ducks of Anaheim

By Jon Steitzer

Mar 24, 2016, 12:38 EDTUpdated:

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*Corey Perry emerges from a Peterborough dumpster*

“Nothing tastes as good as the garbage you eat at home.”

Hopefully all the Leafs have their vaccinations up to date because they are getting a visit from the Ducks tonight. And while that may leave us wishing the Leafs wear hazmat suits for tonight’s game, the fact that the Ducks are a pretty good team and should be capable of handing the Leafs a loss is probably a good thing. This winning record thing has been fun for a while, but Toronto is dangerously close to improving in the standings.

THE LEAFS

Oh look, Tyler Bozak is back. That’s exciting…

Okay, it really isn’t but it’s a thing that’s happening and the reason why Freddie Gauthier is back with the Marlies. The rest of the cast is still the same, and William Nylander is still incredibly good.

Lineup via Dailyfaceoff.com

LW	C	RW
Milan Michalek	Nazem Kadri	Michael Grabner
Zach Hyman	William Nylander	P.A. Parenteau
Josh Leivo	Tyler Bozak	Connor Brown
Colin Greening	Brooks Laich	Ben Smith

Defensive Pairings
Morgan Rielly	Martin Marincin
Jake Gardiner	Connor Carrick
Rinat Valiev	Frank Corrado

THE DUCKS

The Ducks have leveled off recently after their surge from awfulness. They are 5-4-1 over the last 10, so luckily they won’t be above beating the Leafs senseless to maintain home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.

Lineup via Dailyfaceoff.com

LW	C	RW
Brandon Pirri	Ryan Getzlaf	Corey Perry
Jamie McGinn	Rickard Rakell	Mike Santorelli
Andrew Cogliano	Ryan Kesler	Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie	Shawn Horcoff	Ryan Garbutt

Defensive Pairings
Cam Fowler	Simon Despres
Hampus Lindholm	Josh Manson
Korbinian Holzer	Kevin Bieksa

STARTING GOALTENDERS

VS.

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WHAT TO WATCH FOR…

William Nylander. He’s all we’ve got left. Watch him. Love him. Think about how better days are coming.
Seriously, that was it, beyond that there are plenty of other great NHL games to check out tonight.

Pens vs. Devils
Bruins vs. Panthers
Flyers vs. Avs
Or just take a well earned break from watching hockey so you’re prepared for the marathon which is the playoff season.