GDT: Game 5 | Leafs @ Bruins | COME BACK BEGINS - WAKE UP EDITION | Tuesday, Apr. 30 7 p.m. EST | Leafs trail series 1-3

[BraveCanadian]

See Leafs had the puck a lot and solid shots, but nothing dangerous. That has to change.

It is groundhog day... again..

CRASH THE NET YOU BUMS

 

[Anthrax442]

If this is how well they play without Matthews, imagine how well they will play without Marner too

 

[Sniper99]

This pp is gonna be the reason we lose the series

we should have 2-3 more goals and that alone changes the entirety of the series depending on when they go in

40m for 1 pp goal…

Its been terrible. Can we please stop with the skating up to center and dropping it back to our blueline. It doestnt throw off their defense and we dont have the forward to fly into their zone with it. We get to the blueline and then cough it up

 

[PromisedLand]

A lot of shots but not many great chances. The Bruins lone chance was way better than any of ours

Gotta keep throwing pucks on net.

- Bruise the bruins
- Get Swayman tired
- And we may even get a bounce here or there and the puck may go in

Can't be looking for pretty plays. Margin of error to little especially down 1-3. We got 3 more games to win

 

[GoonieFace]

Every team will tell you that they also need some luck to go along with success. The leafs have whatever the opposite of luck is

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness.

 

[fahad203]

come on boys. Do something improbable.

They'll score 3 goals tonight don't worry.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Keefe is too wedded to the PP lineup he's basically been using without adjustments for three years running. It's not balanced and it's been a long, long time since it's worked really well, but he pretty much refuses to change it (yeah, no Matthews means they had to make an adjustment, but the adjustment is simply sticking Domi in Matthews' spot like the PP was working and they just need a quick swap).

He should run two units like boston

For now have Marner-Tavares-Liljegren and Nylander-Bertuzzi-Rielly as the pieces of the two. Fill domi, Robertson, knies, and jarnkrok in wherever you see fit

This right here just isn’t working

 

[Lightsol]

Tavares = PP2.

It’s been discussed for months now.

Yes, because Bertuzzi is a million times better at the role Keefe asks Tavares to play on PP1. This was obvious for the whole month Keefe was forced to make some adjustments due to injuries.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Its been terrible. Can we please stop with the skating up to center and dropping it back to our blueline. It doestnt throw off their defense and we dont have the forward to fly into their zone with it. We get to the blueline and then cough it up

This x 1000.. been saying it for months.. years maybe?

 

[Sniper99]

This x 1000.. been saying it for months.. years maybe?

It works for some teams but definitely not us.

 

[Lightsol]

There is no such thing as luck, merely opportunity meeting preparedness.

I'd agree with that if I didn't spend an entire series watching Boston score goals without really having to do much of anything... That Frederic goal? That's the definition of lucky goal.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Its been terrible. Can we please stop with the skating up to center and dropping it back to our blueline. It doestnt throw off their defense and we dont have the forward to fly into their zone with it. We get to the blueline and then cough it up

Honestly I think it does the opposite of throwing their defence off

There’s no way we 100% willingly go towards tavares’s side everytime even though he handles the puck like an ahler on the half wall. Boston probably pushes us that way knowing they can recover the puck at a higher rate

 

[Lightsol]

Its been terrible. Can we please stop with the skating up to center and dropping it back to our blueline. It doestnt throw off their defense and we dont have the forward to fly into their zone with it. We get to the blueline and then cough it up

That apparently is Guy Boucher's addition to our PP plan...

 

[TorMapleJays]

They'll score 3 goals tonight don't worry.

I was in the building the last time they scored four.

 

[Sniper99]

That apparently is Guy Boucher's addition to our PP plan...

God help us all.

 

[Lightsol]

Honestly I think it does the opposite of throwing their defence off

There’s no way we 100% willingly go towards tavares’s side everytime even though he handles the puck like an ahler on the half wall. Boston probably pushes us that way knowing they can recover the puck at a higher rate

Oh, they absolutely do. Only an idiot wouldn't realize by now that the easiest way to shut down the PP is to force the puck to Tavares.

 

[ACC1224]

Imagine watching that period and all you can think of is “how can I shit on Marner?”
Some people should wear helmets 24/7.

 

[PromisedLand]

I think Boston is playing their game. Clogging the front of the net, blocking everything and anything. Leafs have nothing from the point. No 2nd chances and a lot of it from the outside. It's going to take a lot of good shots and 2nd efforts to score. All Boston needs is a couple looks, we need a barrage of shots to hope.

thats why I want our points to just slap the F outta the puck. Force them to block the shots. Lets see how "brave" they really are. And give them some bruises

 

[TorMapleJays]

That apparently is Guy Boucher's addition to our PP plan...

That move was here long before Bouch. See Kerfoot drop pass.

 

[SprDaVE]

It works for some teams but definitely not us.

Every single team does this. I read this all the time that they should stop but it's clearly the thing to do.

It backs off the neutral zone forwards enough so that the player that receives the drop pass can enter the zone with speed, or make a play.

 

[Strangle]

My middle daughter is layering 3 different leafs jerseys for the game tonight

Trying everything she possibly can think of to will the leafs to victory. She’s 8, and came up with this on her own

I wish I thought of that last game

 

[likecheese]

It works for some teams but definitely not us.

They execute it like garbage, the initial guy is no threat to skate it in, too slow, the passbacks are almost always off target which slows it down again.... people need to be fired for this farce.

 

[Lightsol]

Imagine watching that period and all you can think of is “how can I shit on Marner?”
Some people should wear helmets 24/7.

If someone's trying to shit on Marner for that period, they're just hating.

 

[fahad203]

We scoring 3 goals this period.
F U haters

If you don't believe, you don't have to be here

 

[mcleex]

Oh look Shanahan decided to show up, maybe the spineless core will show up