So with Leafs new lines-does it look like Babcock plans to match Plekanic to Bergy or Krejci?
I would imagine he will try to mismatch Matthews against our bottom 6 and/or bottom pair when he can.
But seems like the challenge for Toronto is shutting down the Bergy line and getting the Leafs top line scoring.
-Bozak line needs sheltering
4th line isn’t good enough to go against Bergeron or Krejci lines
That leaves (fir tonight atleast)
Matthews line and Plek line to go against Bergeron and Krejci lines
So not much of an advantage IMO. From Boston’s POV it’s not anything worst.
The idea was that Bozak line will win their match ups and score heavily if Matthews and Kadri/2nd Line was a stalemate but of course that hasn’t been the case