Pre-Game Talk: Game 2: Leafs @ Bruins - Show some urgency

[LeafOfBread]

Ottawa has Karlsson moving the puck out of the zone like a beast...we have Fraser

Yeah, we need to give more minutes to Liles, he's perfectly capable of handling 2nd pairing duties.

 

[leafspring*]

A funny thing happened last night. I calmly turned the TV of and laughed"that'll teach them".

 

[Mikeyg]

RC is getting a bit crazy these days, sorry but fraser franson is a THIRD pairing not a 2nd one, 2nd NEEDS to be liles gardiner or we will lose. its really that simple

 

[AlwaysBeleaf]

A funny thing happened last night. I calmly turned the TV of and laughed"that'll teach them".

Wow, you sure showed them who's boss!

 

[shibbiness]

Anyone catch the office today? Andy used and explained the "Burn the Boats" phrase lol, I immediately thought of HFBoards.

 

[Diatomic]

RC is getting a bit crazy these days, sorry but fraser franson is a THIRD pairing not a 2nd one, 2nd NEEDS to be liles gardiner or we will lose. its really that simple

This. Even O'Bryne played 20+ mins in Colorado he's cable of being a 2nd pairing. Randy is losing his mind day by day.

 

[Alerion]

Anyone catch the office today? Andy used and explained the "Burn the Boats" phrase lol, I immediately thought of HFBoards.

Literally watched him explain that quote one minute ago and thought of HFBoards.

Freaky.

 

[ConnorTO]

if there was one positive
is they got the taste of a playoff game

am sure other games around the league were no where as tough
the Bruins are easily one of the best playoff teams

 

[p.l.f.]

Is franson ok ?

 

[Daisy Jane]

Is franson ok ?

Bruised foot

so, TML on facebook posted what happened on Wednesday

here are some positives that i'd really like to see:

1: we beat them on faceoffs. (i'm really surprised about that)
2: 80.0% on the PK. (bless you McClemment)
3: out hit them by 7. (37 to 30)

and again. the 1 powerplay goal.
so yes. minute, sure, but always something good to take it out of a game, IMO.

and crikey moses dont' you all WORK or something? you make it hard for a girl to catch up! lol

 

[hackm]

Our problem for the last fifteen days has been simple: neutral zone turnovers.

What causes those? A poor breakout.

What causes a poor breakout? No first pass.

Why? Two or three AHL d-men in each game not having adequate skill/decision making.

 

[SeenSchenn2]

Kostka has shown this WHOLE season why he got cut by 7 teams and has been i nthe AHL since, but for some reason Carlyle kept playing him. I really don't get it

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

This wait will be the death of me. Still another 43 hours before puck drop. I can't stand it.

 

[Penalty Kill Icing*]

Leafs need to man up against the Bruins like Blues did against Kings. Kings had won 8 straight against Blues and are now trailing 0-2 in series.

Having said that, Blues and Leafs are playing on totally different level.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I expect big bounce back games from Naz and Lupul.

 

[Crispy Crust]

I'm expecting another monster game from JVR. I think Grabo and Phaneuf have big games as well.

 

[Daisy Jane]

I expect big bounce back games from Naz and Lupul.

yeah. we need them to be their amazing selves.

 

[TMLife*]

JVR-Bozak-Kessel(20 mins)
Lupul-Kadri-MacA(14 mins)
Mcclement-Grabovski-Komarov(20 mins)
Frattin-Colborne-Orr(6 mins)

That shutdown line worked great, why not roll with it all the time instead of third periods when we never have the lead to protect?
And you can't play our top line 13 minutes, that gives chara 13 minutes extra to shut down another line. Kessel needs to eat up charas minutes so our other lines can cash in.

Gunnar-Phaneuf(25 mins)
Liles-o'byrne(20 mins)
Fraser-Franson(15 mins)

Obviously times change due to pp and pk but I don't want to see Fraser get more minutes then dion. I don't care what the stats about dion say, we need him out there shutting people down. Leave the offense to the offense.

Gards in if franson can't go.

 

[DD03]

Why not just double shift Kessel with Orr and McClement?

 

[legendinblue]

There will be changes.
Perhaps even a few surprising ones.

As a result, Carlyle hinted that Ryan O’Byrne and Jake Gardiner will likely draw back into the lineup, which would mark the first time in more than two weeks that both were dressed for a game.
Among the forwards, there’s a switch-up coming, too, with big bodies like Ryan Hamilton and Joe Colborne getting a long look in practice.
“There will be some changes up front†was all Carlyle would offer.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...both-ends-of-rink-for-game-2/article11692952/

 

[HellasLEAF]

All I know is Gardner should be playing 100%. We need to take a chance on him he can actually make a difference if he plays well.

 

[CBinTokyo]

Chris Johnston ‏@reporterchris 2m

Mike Kostka broke a finger last night.

Orr punch him in the nose?

 

[Mojo19]

More shots on net would be nice. In fact, let's try to out-shoot the B's for once.
Fellas gotta stop relying on Reimer so much.

 

[jimmycarter]

thought today was thursday, was wondering how i could possibly wait until saturday and what a long week of work this has been...and then boom i realize it's friday. last day of work and the buds play tommorow.

go leafs go

 

[The Winter Soldier]

From the sounds of it, there are going to be atleast 3 insertions, probably 4 for Saturday night. The biggest Colborne and Frattin, I think Colborne can really help us down the middle, not sure who other than Mclaren is coming out, but this is a significant move.

I would also expect Liles to come out, and Gardiner and ROB coming in as a #2 unit. Fraser and Franson need to move down the the #3 Unit to where they were so great this year.

Bottom line, everyone has to play better, the 4 add ons will hopefully give us a spark, but they can't win the game singlehandedly.

I think we will play better, it's just about gaining experience, and getting back to your game.

Mcclement-Komarov-Orr on the 3rd line if Colborne-Frattin-Macarthur are the 4th. Does Grabo sit? I would be very comfortable with:

Bozak-Kessel-JVR
Kadri-Lupul-Kule
Mcclement-Orr-Komarov(played well in the Florida stretch)
Colborne-Frattin-Macarthur(same as above)