Put up in the last four years fire back down to the leaf zones.
We'll see a strong leaf line up tonight and we'll get Detroit's best on Saturday.
These teams used to have a gentleman's agreement agreement Mike that they would alternate every other year.
They play their strong line up in one building and then switch the other as Marner shoots that's knocked out by Alex Lyon.
Here's Morgan Riley playing it back in.
James alluded the fact that Lion was the hero for Florida double stretch last year.
He won six consecutive starts for the Panthers as they made the playoffs.
He allowed two or fewer in all six of those wins or.
Whatever, he's not playing himself right back down to Florida with Tampa's injury situation.
He may be on waivers depending what happens in the crease with Detroit, and I don't think he would clear.
And even talk that the Red Wings might keep 3.
Because they like him so much.
Absolutely.
John Tavaro start to swing that back and foot for Max Domi.
There's another kid in the lineup.
Nate Daniels, a 19 year old first round pick of Detroit last year's draft he had his pocket picked at center ice and knee.
Lander plays that back.
Poor lawyer grass brought to Jordano.
Mark Jordano turned 40 a couple of days ago moves that back in and picked off at center ice.
Here is Danielson, thanks for Brandon in the western leg and tires that down steer by Samson on Ryan.
Jeremy Isaac got that knocked away and it's kicked ahead by Mint in the knives.
Here they go to work again.
Lyon lays that back around moved back in by Simone Benoit along the boards of turnover horse by knives.
There's Minton with another good chance.
Well, all eyes on Minton hours as well as the coaching staff, they want to see what he can do in this game.
Sheldon Keep said it's quite frankly this morning he's got to play a lot.
So here he is where it matters most for him tonight in his own end, supporting the puck from below, being in good position, getting in on the four check, but then again, making sure not to cheat for offense right back to where he should be.
The more he touched the puck, the better he's playing and you love to see him in the right spot defensively to create his chances.
That's what Sheldon Keep wants to see.
Here's McCabe jumping in.
That's worldwide by Jake McCabe at the point.
Benoit back across the McCabe keep up and shoots us tip wide by Ryan Reed.
He puts it back for camp.
Tied up there by Markville.
Casper, first draft pick of Detroit in 20/22/19.
Year old Austria was the 8th overall pick of the 2022 draft.
Spent the last few years in Sweden.
If he doesn't make the Red Wings this year, he'll play in Grand Rapids in the American Hockey League.
In comes the game, drops it off for Homburg.
Homburg winds in, pulls up towards the Lion, say Rita loosen but can't couldn't reach it.
A shift.
Here, it ranked the referee as a penalty coming to Detroit.
Got to go to Sheen for a hook.
How?
McShane goes off for Joint.
Penalty #50 has 2 minutes for slashing.
Brink gets running around in their own end and battles lost on the wrong side of pox and the Toronto plays hard.
They'll get these kind of chances and I guess that's the slashing of the hands on Bohlberg Shine was chasing.
Point shot by Martin.
Another penalty coming.
This time it's interference against Austin Matthew, so the power play ends 5 seconds in.
That didn't take long.
Trying to clear out some space knocked over Ben Sharat.
Toronto penalty #34 has 2 minutes full tender interference.
Only interference.
Only interference did.
He get to the goalie, he wins Tavares wins the face off, Matthews trying to get to the front.
Oh yeah, that's good call.
He clips feet with Alex Lyon.
He lost track of where he was on the ice.
That is the offensive player's responsibility.
Easy call to make I.
Don't want that face off back go sheet.
Goss is fair to pick it up.
Goss is fair.
The 30 year old and last year with Arizona finished the season with Carolina Philadelphia Flyer.
Nifty move by Valeno working in Valeno shoots.
That's office pick of Morgan Riley up and out of play.
TJ Brody gets caught here.
He thinks he can time this to step up on Valeno as Valeno is receiving the pass.
The problem is he doesn't hit him.
He waves at the puck, think he's got to take the puck and Valeno who is very slick with it, walks right through him with taxes triangle and off he goes.
This is a nice block by Morgan Riley gets down and take it away.
So that is a high risk defensive decision by TJ Brody.
You know he's got a great stick and it usually works, but when it doesn't leaves him in a bad spot.
Danielson toss on the face off.
So Jonathan Bergen take it mentioned Danielson was picked the 2023 draft.
He's 19 already.
He was a late birthday in 04 or just after the cut off line.
So over the ground blast and comes Mitch Marner swings that back brought with the number 2 power play in the league last year from only Edmondson.
Here is D Leonard pivots back in the corner.
D Leonard moves up and shoots Lyon makes the stop and Danielson back with it.
That's picked off by Marner around Costas Bear.
Marner slides that back knee ladder.
Come on, he is good on the wing.
He likes the wing he likes.
Four on four.
He likes the sick passes from Mitch Carter.
Rarely these guys get out in this situation.
Marner's usually with Matthews, but with Matthews in the box, the delay drives everyone way too low.
So it sets up knee Lander on the nice pass, but really the patience on the finish from Willie Kneelander to drag it all the way past.
Oh, see you later, slipping in the empty nest.
Beautiful stuff.
The regulars for Toronto board know that this is going to be their last game and they talked about it this morning.
We need to ramp it up.
We need to get going, get serious, be more focused.
So far so good.
Wire on the assist of the four on four season, Water had his first.
He had to run on his first career 40 world season last year.
Three straight 30 plus and away covers Domi, Max Domi jumping in across the line trying to thread that pass across yard throats.
Get it by the bouncy puck.
There's Dustin Hall.
The former Leaf brings it in.
Hall slides that back to Casper.
Marco Casper back around the hall, shoots have got through and Sampson off makes the save on Hollow side.
A three-year free agent deal with Detroit in the offseason.
We're talking about Fraser Minton a lot, But this means with Minton in the middle, Kneelander back to the wing.
This is four and four.
He causes the turnover, and then the patience of Mitch Martin allows Kneelander to pick up a time and space.
And because he can shoot the puff of the toe of his stick so easily, he could just hold it there.
And Lion has to respect it.
And Sharat tries to block it.
He eventually just pulled it to the open side and the empty nest.
That was some high skill stuff, a couple wingers together.
Amadeus Lombardi #78.
What a name.
Tremendous.
Move back to Mac Isaac across he goes to Rafferty and after he played a handful of games from Vancouver a couple of years ago, slides that back ahead.
Lombardi, name of Newmarket ON junior Red Wings to one point generals in the Ontario Lake the Flint Fire Bridge rather than the Ontario lake he.
Gets his own goals on.
We know what it's going to be, right?
Well, if he hits somebody, it's going to be rock me up and down, doesn't it?
We absolutely, anytime we get that in, it's got to go.
Here's Lombardi with it.
Here's The Cave.
Slides that back down to the Detroit zone.
Along the board the key Christian Fisher, the former Arizona Coyote trip missed the playoffs last year for the 7th consecutive year.
That's worded by Homburg bushel of young prospects coming down the pipeline that young stars like Lucas Raymond, the more inside and others.
It's a long process for 25 straight years in the post season.
So they're kind of trying to expedite it, though they've dipped their toes in the free agent pool last couple of summers, called for a cough and Quran and others.
There's a chance walk in Brisbane Compton to the puck by TJ Brody back at the point.
Gosses better shoot scores.
That was tipped to the high slot by the Danielson who got a piece of that and it's a one one time.
That's Danielson's second goal in five preseason games.
He's making a bid to stay with the big club as well.
Like what they've seen out of him.
Is Charles in good position right here?
No one identifies Danielson.
Brody's there, but doesn't quite get to what to take to see how high that high stick was.
Danielson's floating across, but the hash Marks and it's hard to get that far away from the net.
You see, Brody knows where he wants it.
Now that's going to be good.
Brody knows he's his guy.
But it's hard to get to a stick that far away from the net quickly.
And some 33 goals last year in 68 games of the branded Wheat Kings spent three years there.
I was going to return this year, but right now making it big to stay in the NHL.
Of course, you could play up to nine games.
It's a regular season before you burn the first year of your entry level deal, or at least a portion of it.
I think at this point it's almost more important than 41 games we'll.
Look up letters it blows a tire in the corner and some centers just missed Bergen with that pass.
Here's Bergen back with it lies that back to Ben Sharon shoots in the glove saying made by Sanchita 1337 to go in the opening.
And each team is struck once, William be landed with a beauty and Danielson with the tip.
Working out the kinks and the warm up is a well choreographed routine and when you bring someone new, like the guy who passes the fuck in the Ark shooting, he's got to know who gets it when.
And if the guy doesn't get when he wants it, Chuck, Willy, Newlander, he's banging his stick on.
He's like, hey, I get it next to his buddy Mitch Barnard.
He doesn't know that I'm supposed to have it right now.
So finally, Ryan Reeves takes, OK, I guess you can have it now and might as well give it to him when he can shoot it like that and make plays like he did for his goal.
But Ryan Reeves wants that job.
You got to pick up on the rhythm of the rotation right away.
Who warms up the goalie?
Who picks the pucks out of the net for the start of the line rushes?
There's all kinds of jobs.
What order do you go out in?
That's a big one against Toronto.
That's the kind of thing that and and generally speaking, the passer is like a a guy that's got a lot of personality that's kind of in the mix with everyone, which maybe would fit Ryan Reeves and he gets in there and he's handle the puck and dishing it out and get everyone involved.
But yes, you got to have it, got to have dialed in by next week and have guys Beaver tailing for pucks and warm up court.
And of unhappy teammates before the game starts.
Here's Tavaros with it.
Where was that required for Domi?
Gabe can't quite hold the line.
It's called Offside by Lions with Jonathan Duchamp.
So we spent a lot of time thinking about Minton playing in the middle and we're thinking about Neil and her back to the wing.
But this 4 Lions out there together right now with Tavares and Domi and Neil Ander, they've never really played together before.
Not the three of them at the same time.
So, you know, there's lots of stuff first line seems to be locked in.
Other than that, lots of stuff in flux.
Still is at least trying to finalize their roster.
Heading into the season, but as you know, over the course of the year, they'll be injuries, they'll be changes, they'll wind up playing with probably 9 or 10 line mates over the course of the year anyway.
Amazing.
Best laid plans, though.
Yeah, the whole deal about Neil Leonard in the middle, we're going to give him a good run.
He's got.
He lasted two games in eight days before situations change and all of a sudden everything was different.
Yard Brook plays that down this off by Rafferty.
Throgan Rafferty pumped off the puck there now picked up by yard Brook fed across with Riley Morgan.
Riley shoots it goes off the stick of Fisher and live and TJ Brody jumps up, picked up by Minton, spins and shoots it goes off a skate.
Now he's got us it back up, citizen.
That's got it back up.
This is not an official stat, Mike.
Yeah.
But it seems like every time Minton and Eyes are on the ice, something happens.
They're in the offensive zone and puck touches are such an important thing when you're evaluating getting someone's impact on the game, and these two get their hands on it all the time.
As see Midton off the bench, doesn't rush into play, hangs up high, creates an opportunity point shot looking for a stick on yard probe again, takes it down deep making good decisions.
He's not done anything to hurt his case so far in the game or in camp.
Sheldon Keith made the point someone asked me as a chance to make it.
Well, everyone who's still here has a chance.
Camp plays that.
Back to Brody, cross to Riley, bump there by Fisher.
Probably wouldn't say that about Detroit's camp.
They got a lot of guys around still.
I would imagine the bus to Grand Rapids will leave shortly after the charter lands in Detroit.
They'll play their top line up on Saturday night.
And the nice thing we can.
Do is to fly to Grand Rapids for everyone.
Yeah.
And then drive the people.
Back to Detroit.
These fewer guys with us.
Great setup and gut in Grand Rapids.
Long time arrangement.
The American League affiliate.
Here's Riley with it.
They also have a prospect camp in Traverse City, MI which a lot of teams go to.
Brody lines it across the line, flip set back across, flip back in front there by Bertuzzi.
That's not the way.
Here's Hall back with it.
They had the Soda Bloom and the bulky Almer Soda Bloom, all six foot eight, 246 lbs of them brings that around, back the way.
But Tuesday couldn't hold it.
Here's Lombardi.
Amadeus Lombardi spins back, throws that back.
And that shot taken by Simone Edmonson was blocked.
By the way, Lombardi was a Toronto junior Canadian, the GTHL, not a junior Redmond.
That's it.
Got to get that right.
There's a.
Grievous error on my part.
Here's Lombardi working in that's picked up and Matthew swings at ring wide to Martyr.
100 across the line with Giordano jumping in to Matthew's back.
Head shot goes wide.
What a pass by Martyr.
There's Sharat with it.
Sharat with a few veterans in the Detroit lineup tonight.
Costas Bear picks it up at center right, knocked down by Danielson.
Centering pass was off the skate of McCabe and wide.
And there's Sharat with it.
It's too weird to see someone in Detroit other than Igor Lariano ranked #8 in a long time.
But it was just synonymous with it.
Sharat ranked wide to gossip there.
That was blocked by Dobie.
Shots even A5 score tied at one here midway through the first period and should follow Detroit play just three times in the regular season.
That truck goes off a stick up and out of play with 9:50 to go here in the opening.
Molson This hockey returns to Toronto in just a moment.
I love the patience for Mitch Marner not dumping in it.
The defense are going to back up, take it and the connection between Matthews and Marner still there.
Austin Matthews spin around but pick the puck out of the air, heel it into his skate and just tuck it on the backside almost past Lyon.
I think this game is important to Matthews and Marner and Bertuzzi.
They've been around each other almost the entire camp.
They want to feel good about their games before starting the season.
Yeah, open against Montreal, It's Wednesday.
I don't think they only play three times this year.
They schedule rotation and they still play in Montreal until March.
At this point, a lot of Toronto fans will love going down there to watch the games.
Last year, the Islanders and Rangers were done by Christmas.
They only played three times at the Oilers and Flames were going to think by New Year's and.
The schedule is not an easy job, but I hear you.
There's knives on it, a few knives, pivots back in the corner.
Good move on.
Hall throws that back in for Reed just with a chance and Vinton comes in the Hall and launches into but Isaac and the puck goes back to center ice.
Another shift in the offensive zone for Minton and Nice.
Shine plays that in home burn.
They call it interference behind the play here, and Simone Benoit looks back somewhat quizzically.
Something that happens all the time, but is not always cold.
Landina, the referee, makes the call.
And so it is interference.
I think Benoit takes a bit of a ride route and forces the Detroit 4 Chequer, and that's interference.
The problem and the complaint is that's not always called interference, right?
And so if that was called every time, everyone's OK with it.
But when it's called sporadically is when guys get frustrated.
I got no problem That being interference though, if you're going to call it that way every game, all game, all for it.
So the Church of the power play, the last one lasted 5 seconds per but it shoots cars and that one lasted 6 and they scored on it.
What a RIP.
What a shot from Bergeron.
He had a breakout year last year.
Yeah, for the renders.
Scored fifteen goals in 67 games his first NHL season.
The way Toronto works the rotation, they give up that shot.
The Cave was supposed to block the far side of the net and if you beat the goaltender, that's supposed to be more on the goaltender.
Now you'd like to push him further wide.
He's quite narrow, almost on the face off circle and that's because the face off was on the other side to start the play.
But that play is the Leaf trusting their goaltender to make the save.
And now they're talking about am I supposed to be out further?
And I think you're just relying on Sampson off to make the save.
Good shot I.
Heard a second round pick of Detroit in 2018.
Now Matthews with a steal.
Matthews place it back down.
Gossip.
There's ships in it.
Here's for Tuesday on the pass from Brody.
DJ Brody back across to Riley.
Morgan.
Riley spreads that pass in but knocked away by Sherrod Drop, the second year of a four year deal he signed with the Red Wings.
Brody back with it for Riley.
Morgan Riley shoots and looks like Ox lying on a blocker on that.
Got a pretty good job on Matthews, Rather his career member of the Montreal Toronto Bubble series.
Marner plays it off the back of the net, pulls back out.
Marner back at the point.
Riley likes not to shoot, goes back in the quarter for Giordano for Marner, back in for Matthews.
Poke check by Sherrod.
Matthews got his it back up and retreats back to center Rice with Toronto changing.
Oh, you're good with it.
Trying to find tamaras.
He's a better touch on that one.
Lilgar and had Tamaras slashing on a tired group and he.
Passed best and I hear me all.
I see Detroit's bench, the Buchner, Lolano, Alex Tangay.
Second year head coach of Renderings and assistant coach in Tampa for four years.
They're in a weird spot board Detroit and they supposed to be playoff defenders this year.
Well, Steve Eisenman.
Was very careful.
To, let's say, dance with the to manage enthusiasm in training camp this year as Casper plays it back.
Oh look, reaching behind of his Samsung on there.
That sharp angle pass game from Hannah behind.
The goal is Edmondson, Edmondson having a good preseason for Detroit for last night.
Alice works back in, sends it back across and Shine missed on that all walks in and shoots.
Simpson has lost his goal stick with a triple line by Casper.
3 saves there without the stick for Samsonov.
Edmondson trying to play that back in knocks it down and sent her eyes.
Edmondson working in the back end shot stop to get my Samson off.
Give him a stick already.
Tavara's knocked the puck down and make sure Samson off can grab it.
Get a stick back to him as well.
His play has gone with 6:35 to go in the period.
What's Edmondson, his opponent who gets it for him finally is big scramble around the front of the net.
Here's the tight angle shot that deflected.
It was a pass attempt that almost climbed up the back of Samson off who had paddled down and Morris goes for a big spill causing breakdowns everywhere.
Sticks are dropped and he wants to grab it for the entry quickly by Edinson doesn't let him and gold tenders use their sticks not just to make saves but really more to balance their positioning.
They get right out of sorts, but they don't have it.
If Finton takes the defensive zone pace off there with Dee Lander and Knives lying, it's taking up behind the goal.
Carter got extended on the last shift, so Dee Leonard hadn't gotten out there.
That's why he would put out now.
Milano poke checked there by 9, knocked in by McCabe for Minton.
He and Macisaac fall behind the goal and Knives has it back, sends it back to Kneelander, holds and shoots the whistle that just wide.
Ninton's 19 but he's he's big and he's 6 foot two.
He's 200 lbs or so.
Gives him, even though he's young, a a better chance of hanging in physically.
31 goals and 57 games last year for Kamloops in the Western lake.
Not a monster year, right?
67 points, 31 goals.
Good, but not crazy.
I've brought it fired wide by Clint Cos and a good year with Edmonton last year but not going to qualify an offer from the orders.
Holbert up for Riley, Morgan Riley for David Camp, Camp working in for Riley, Chips that's just wide of the goal and raves after it laid back in the corner.
Bergen, who has the Detroit goal and the first Detroit goal plays that back.
Here's Holland power play go on the Red Wings ahead by 1.
Bergen backing up on Diaz.
All was tangled up and now McCabe has it.
Rossi goes to Lilligren inside 5 to go here in the opening.
Lilligren the Hall balancing puck.
Edmondson was being watched there by Matthews.
Simone Edmondson, the 6th overall pick of the 2021 draft, moves out across Lombardi Wings that back.
Edmondson slings it back in.
Matthews races after it.
Roger 90, Detroit here and Lombardi picks it free.
I was centering fast for Lombardi.
He's got Samsonov now trying to tuck in 80 dives across and managing to keep that up.
Again, Samsonov lost his goal stick.
Lombardi spun, couldn't get the shot away.
Now Lombardi back with it.
Lombardi's been all around the puck.
There he is again, throws it back in front, and the line, helped by Edmondson, he shoots, goes off the stick of martyr.
And this is Amadeus pinning Matthew's group in their own end.
It's been a couple shifts.
Edmondson with the steel shoots.
I was blocked by Giordano.
Samsung.
Still no goal tickets behind him.
He finally gets back to grab it.
All lines out ahead and the pass for Casper puts him offside at the Toronto line.
21 Detroit leads late in the first period.
Yeah.
Late in the preseason, we're going to see the entire 60 minutes with Ilya Sampson off, who's coming off a very good year last year for Toronto, wants to back it up and another big contract year for him.
He had to go to arbitration, got the one year deal.
He wants more next year, and he's got to be.