Agreed, he stepped up in a big way and showed snarl we haven't often seen from him as a Leaf. I knew he was a competitor and it was great to see him play the way he did tonight.
Post-Game Talk: IS THIS A GOOD ENOUGH PGT THREAD FOR YA BRUINS?! LEAFS WIN 4-2!
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What a game. This was a must win and glad we got it. Game 4 is going to be that much tougher and I expect a better Boston team. We need to even up this series bad going back to Boston. 1 win at a time.
Need to clean up those turnovers, PK was a mess again, and Andersen's huge save doesn't erase his earlier shakiness. Hopefully that gives him the confidence going forward but too many pucks were bouncing off of him.
Thursday can't come soon enough!
Need to clean up those turnovers, PK was a mess again, and Andersen's huge save doesn't erase his earlier shakiness. Hopefully that gives him the confidence going forward but too many pucks were bouncing off of him.
Thursday can't come soon enough!
TBH, the second goal wasn't exactly terrible. A guy like Chara, who is not renowned at all for his shot accuracy, roofs it from a near impossible angle. You can't really fault Anderson on that one, he's obviously playing the pass, since there is roughly a 1% chance Chara would score from there. Chara scored, he beat the odds. Can't fault Freddie on that one.
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Gardiner and Rielly were the 2 best defenders on the ice. If the Leafs can say that every game they will have a good chance.
Another solid game by the Bozak line. Lots of offensive zone time.
Marner line was great and the Matthews line hopefully will get going too.
Also thought Moore played well.
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I never said he was bad tonight. He was good IMO. Needs to stay that way compared to the first two games.
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I'm late cause I was eating a lot of crow. Good win boys. GLG. Nice to see plek step up
Magic Man
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I'm really glad they upped their game tonight. A sweep would have been so disappointing after the year we've had. Anaheim and LA look like they will be those teams. Better them than us!
Had to PVR this one, avoid all media like crazy, and watch it later, but so f***ing glad I did! Just finished watching, f*** YEAH LEAFS! Crazy stressful game, Bruins had some really prime chances that didn't go in, but so did we, just awesome to pull that one out.
The Marleau/Pleks/Marner line was lit, did a terrific job against Marchand/Bergeron/Pastrnak, gonna have to keep that line together. The team as a whole did a good job staying out of the box, and the other 3 lines were all good too. Andersen let in 2 garbage goals, but then made up for it with some big saves.
This series is still gonna be tough as hell, we're still very significant underdogs, but if we can win game 4 we've got a solid chance. When Naz comes back, I think I'd go:
Hyman - Matthews - Nylander
Marleau - Pleks - Marner
Johnsson - Kadri - Kapanen
JvR - Bozak - Brown
One shutdown line that's still dangerous offensively (Marleau/Pleks/Marner), and 3 other balanced lines that can score.
The Marleau/Pleks/Marner line was lit, did a terrific job against Marchand/Bergeron/Pastrnak, gonna have to keep that line together. The team as a whole did a good job staying out of the box, and the other 3 lines were all good too. Andersen let in 2 garbage goals, but then made up for it with some big saves.
This series is still gonna be tough as hell, we're still very significant underdogs, but if we can win game 4 we've got a solid chance. When Naz comes back, I think I'd go:
Hyman - Matthews - Nylander
Marleau - Pleks - Marner
Johnsson - Kadri - Kapanen
JvR - Bozak - Brown
One shutdown line that's still dangerous offensively (Marleau/Pleks/Marner), and 3 other balanced lines that can score.
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Media has been ok to him (not social media, normal media)... but Steve Simmons is an awful person and shouldn't be allowed to interview Leafs players post game.
Magic Man
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Moore was better than expected tonight. He's just got to play like that one more time before the dream returns.
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Very excited to see this Johnsson-Kadri-Kapanen line in game 5.
Plek having his beef with bergeron, matthews line comes out next, then these two high flying wingers with a center that can finish the next line...jeeeeez. JVR-Bozak have been playing just fine as well.
Just need to win game 4 and it's over. Very challenging task but I think we can do it. Probably will be a game that ends up in OT and about 7-10 posters ending up in the ER from heart and anxiety attacks.
Boston won't win the best of 3 against that depth. Krejci doesn't look like 2013 Krejci. Someone make a missing poster for him.
Plek having his beef with bergeron, matthews line comes out next, then these two high flying wingers with a center that can finish the next line...jeeeeez. JVR-Bozak have been playing just fine as well.
Just need to win game 4 and it's over. Very challenging task but I think we can do it. Probably will be a game that ends up in OT and about 7-10 posters ending up in the ER from heart and anxiety attacks.
Boston won't win the best of 3 against that depth. Krejci doesn't look like 2013 Krejci. Someone make a missing poster for him.
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Great win, but still could be better.
All the D, except for Rielly, had mediocre to bad games. They all had at least 1 glaring giveaway that couldve been a goal. And while some, mostly Gardiner, made up for it with good play for the most part, those give aways are what the Bruins were capitalizing on the first 2 games. We cant make it that easy for them.
The forwards for the most part were great, Plekanec especially had a huge redemption game.
Andy, although he came up big when needed, needs to cover the puck on the first shot. Most of the Bruins best chances came after a shot on net where Andersen missed an easy catch keeping the play alive.
All the D, except for Rielly, had mediocre to bad games. They all had at least 1 glaring giveaway that couldve been a goal. And while some, mostly Gardiner, made up for it with good play for the most part, those give aways are what the Bruins were capitalizing on the first 2 games. We cant make it that easy for them.
The forwards for the most part were great, Plekanec especially had a huge redemption game.
Andy, although he came up big when needed, needs to cover the puck on the first shot. Most of the Bruins best chances came after a shot on net where Andersen missed an easy catch keeping the play alive.
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