For this week's episode of the Rink Rat Report, the boys dig into the latest week of Leaf's action and cover the games between the Islanders, Canadiens, and Jets. We touched on some recent goaltending trends and the solid play coming from Ilya Samsanov. Then we get into some recent lineup changes including the reuniting of Auston Matthews, Michael Bunting, and Mitch Marner. Finally, we close out the show by looking at some top 6 center options for the Leafs at the trade deadline, who do you think the Leafs should acquire?
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(00:00) Introduction (01:20) Recapping the New York Islanders game (11:14) 3-2 OT loss to the Montreal Canadiens (15:24) 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets (24:56) Samsonov and goalie starting a trend and lineup changes with the bunting Matthew, and Marner line back together (45:46) Trade targets for the leafs starting with Ivan Barbashev (58:33) Ryan O'Reilly (1:11:44) Bo Horvat (1:21:29) Sean Monahan (1:29:08) Jack Roslovic