Pre-Game Talk: Bruins @ Leafs - Sat Oct. 25 CBC

[Murphy Blue]

Good chance we can take this game with Chara out. Boston wasn't looking great to start the year and that was with him performing in beast mode.

Will be interesting to see what their blueline looks like without him

 

[Trapper]

Good chance we can take this game with Chara out. Boston wasn't looking great to start the year and that was with him performing in beast mode.

Will be interesting to see what their blueline looks like without him

I am feeling a Leaf payback beat down for the Bruins.
Kessel with a hat trick.

 

[ACC1224]

While it's nice they don't have to face Chara, who do they have to keep Lucic in check?

 

[Darkside Blue]

While it's nice they don't have to face Chara, who do they have to keep Lucic in check?

Polak. I guarantee he won't be thrown to the ice like Gunnar was in the 2012 playoffs. Which helped spark the Bruins' comeback, IMO.

 

[ACC1224]

Polak. I guarantee he won't be thrown to the ice like Gunnar was in the 2012 playoffs. Which helped spark the Bruins' comeback, IMO.

For sure he can stand tougher but I still don't think he can keep Lucic honest. He tends to run around at will whenever he faces the Leafs.

 

[Delicious Dangles*]

While it's nice they don't have to face Chara, who do they have to keep Lucic in check?

Lucic has been pretty bad this year.

They can't afford Lucic just running around on that line anymore either, now that they don't really have anybody on the other side.

 

[zeke]

It'll be interesting to see just how big a part of their team he is.

On paper, their blueline looks pretty much awful without him.

 

[TLeafsFan]

#FreeKessel!

Chara just did!

 

[Trapper]

Lucic has been pretty bad this year.

They can't afford Lucic just running around on that line anymore either, now that they don't really have anybody on the other side.

The game plan should be to skate this time right into the ice. Speed,speed and more speed.

 

[Mess]

Big opportunity for the boys to take 2 points from the perennial division champs while their ailing.

 

[J1S]

It'll be interesting to watch the Bruins without Zdeno for the next month or so.
#thrilledforphil

 

[paulhiggins]

I would bring up one of our tough guys for this game. Panik can sit.

 

[jasonleaffan]

It's too bad we dont play all our games against the bruins this season in the next 4-6 weeks.

 

[Brock Radunske]

This is great news. No Chara or Boychuk. These Bruins are as soft as they're going to be for a while so the Leafs need to get at them quick.
And I completely agree about bring the goon-squad up for this game. It's not like the 4th line gets played anyway.
If Lucic starts running wild, put Orr up with Santo and Leo and let him chase Lucic around all night.
Phil's got this.

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

Polak. I guarantee he won't be thrown to the ice like Gunnar was in the 2012 playoffs. Which helped spark the Bruins' comeback, IMO.

Man, that image will never leave me when I think about Gunnar. And that happened to him on a few occasions, where he would just get dummied in his own zone where guys would throw up him down like a baby. That's why I like the trade because Polak is a beast to play against, the opposite of Gunnar.

 

[cookie]

No Chara, no Boychuk, Seidenberg struggling early, Lucic also struggling.

This sounds like a bounce-back game for the Bruins.

 

[SprDaVE]

No Chara, no Boychuk, Seidenberg struggling early, Lucic also struggling.

This sounds like a bounce-back game for the Bruins.

Rask as also been average...

Expect a shutout!

 

[Al14]

I want the Leafs to learn how to beat the Bruins with Chara in the lineup!

They need to be able to do what the Habs are able to do against them!

However, it'll be an opportunity for Kessel, to show what he can do without wearing Chara as costume jewelery! Let's see what you've got Kessel. It's all on you Saturday night buddy. You better get the job done!

 

[ACC1224]

Lucic has been pretty bad this year.

They can't afford Lucic just running around on that line anymore either, now that they don't really have anybody on the other side.

Love to see Komarov catch him early then Lucic can spend the rest of the game chasing him around. He seems like such a tool.

 

[Swervin81]

Rask as also been average...

Expect a shutout!

Quick, someone give Rask a peace offering of Haribo sugar-free gummy bears!

 

[TheThrill81*]

Rask as also been average...

Expect a shutout!

Just like we should've expected Colorado to go on a scoring spree after a slow start to the season? Or that the Islanders would get a blowout win vs the Leafs?

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Caught a huge break with Chara out, Kessel will be happy.

 

[mcleex]

Not gonna lie, I am so happy Chara is injured. ****ing hate that guy

 

[Drew311]

While it's nice they don't have to face Chara, who do they have to keep Lucic in check?

It's so easy to throw Lucic off his game these days, just look how the Habs did it. Agitate the hell out of him and then skate circles around him. He's just coming off wrist surgery so he's not fighting. Teams know this and have been using it to their advantage.

 

[Darkside Blue]

Love to see Komarov catch him early then Lucic can spend the rest of the game chasing him around. He seems like such a tool.

or maybe Cody will remember he's 6-5 and 215, and nail Lucic on the boards. After watching Cody drop Chara in that last game against Boston last year, I began to see what Randy sees in Cody - I just wish he brought in every game.