ECQF Game 5 : Toronto Maple Leafs @ Boston Bruins | 8 PM ET | CBC, SN, TVAS, NBC

[Mick Riddleton]

You really have to be aware that Kadri will start something and he has a history of embellishing, will the refs buy it, lest see. I hope the Bruins actually stay away from giving him that chance. Well at least till and if the game gets decided earlier for the Bruins. Stay the course, let Cassidy keep out coaching Babs and the young Bruins out perform the young Leafs.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

When he plays his game he draws way more then he takes and has done that for years. He obviously knows it's do or die for his team tonight and he will play hard but I don't expect him out of control. It's not like a play that got him suspended happens every game he plays.....

Meh, he has the third most PIM on the leafs and is well above the average PIM for a player so I’d be surprised if he actually drew more penalty minutes than he got over the course of the year. Could be the case though, there are weird stats all the time.

I would argue though if he is often penalized more than he draws, that is his game.

 

[DrJustice]

Kadri can answer for that hit next year.

The best revenge would be to send his team packing tonight, that’s much worse than any physical punishment.

 

[wintersej]

For the first time since like Bourque was around, more penalties favors Boston. I still hope the whistles are mostly put away, though.

 

[PromisedLand]

I would love to see a leafs win and force a game 6 but they really haven’t shown me anything to suggest that will happen.

As a leafs fan I must say the bruins look very dangerous. They have a great team with clutch performers

Bruins have looked average; Leafs have absolutely sucked not able to make simple plays. Babcock has sucked even more

 

[PromisedLand]

Should be interesting after Matthew's comments. Not happy with his performance the last 4 games after he was good all year and good last playoffs. Time for him and the entire team to step it up.

What did he say?

 

[AuraSphere]

What did he say?

He basically said he was going to be good for game 5

 

[TheMule93]

im gonna miss most of this game =\ i work till 10

 

[The Podium]

A lot of sour fans of random teams here. It's sad when our direct opposition is more civil than 'neutral fans'.

 

[HockeyMomx2]

This is great.......

That is amazing. Fingers crossed today is that day!

 

[TOGuy14]

Leafs fans after losing game 4 but finally getting Kadri back

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[TheDoldrums]

Meh, he has the third most PIM on the leafs and is well above the average PIM for a player so I’d be surprised if he actually drew more penalty minutes than he got over the course of the year. Could be the case though, there are weird stats all the time.

I would argue though if he is often penalized more than he draws, that is his game.

Kadri literally has the best penalty differential in the entire league since he became a full-time player lol

He's drawn 98 more penalties than he's taken since the 12-13 season started. Maybe stop talking for awhile.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Kadri literally has the best penalty differential in the entire league since he became a full-time player lol

He's drawn 98 more penalties than he's taken since the 12-13 season started. Maybe stop talking for awhile.

How’s he been this year?

 

[The Podium]

Seems terrible to me, but ill reserve judgment until I see them in play.

What I dont understand is why Babcock wont put Kapanen with Matthews. He's been buzzing all series long, and his speed has burned Chara more than once. If Cassidy is matching Chara to Matthews, why not just load that line with speed and burn him.

 

[BigGulpsEh]

Not the best way to give Matthews a kick start but otherwise I don’t hate it

 

[TheDoldrums]

How’s he been this year?

He's drawn 10 more than he's taken.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Ughhhh.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

He's drawn 10 more than he's taken.

Nice, then point conceded! Thanks for the stats!

 

[White Out 902]

I don't think there were a group of fans that were happier that the Jets were coming back to the league than Leafs fans. It gave us a fresh Canadian team in the opposite conference to cheer for. But, Jets fans just had to fit in with everyone else and **** on the Leafs every chance they could get. You guys make it real hard to cheer for you.

Let's not pretend that since Matthews Laine draft that Leafs fans haven't been insufferable and picked fights every chance they could online with Jets fans. Every God damn Jets article on Facebook is inevitably devolved in leafs fans making smarmy comments.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

A lot of sour fans of random teams here. It's sad when our direct opposition is more civil than 'neutral fans'.

The leafs victim mentality is strong as ever.

 

[justafan22]

Let's not pretend that since Matthews Laine draft that Leafs fans haven't been insufferable and picked fights every chance they could online with Jets fans. Every God damn Jets article on Facebook is inevitably devolved in leafs fans making smarmy comments.

It's been the other way too as well. It's almost like the majority of hockey fans (and sports ones to a fault, ) are insecure as hell.

I'm not talking about most of the hfboards posters, but the average fan is 100% the Facebook fans making stupid fans.

 

[Over the volcano]

You really have to be aware that Kadri will start something and he has a history of embellishing, will the refs buy it, lest see. I hope the Bruins actually stay away from giving him that chance. Well at least till and if the game gets decided earlier for the Bruins. Stay the course, let Cassidy keep out coaching Babs and the young Bruins out perform the young Leafs.

Prediction - McAvoy will be the one to blow him up and it will be clean.

 

[Matt24]

I actually think this is good. It suggests he’s just going to roll 4 lines and not chase matchups obsessively like he did in the first 2 games.

 

[BruinsDude]