That's not all your hearing, you and others just ignore the match up...
Fact the Leafs are a lousy cycle team with there offensive zone play, fact the Bruins are one of the best cycles teams in the league with solid goaltending that could nullify the opportunistic offense of the Leafs. Rope & dope wont work vs Boston. The way the Leafs are structured to play with very little of a green light for the D to join the attack or worst don't dress the best puck moving D men the Leafs have (Gardiner) plays right into the strength of Boston's game that will wear the Leafs down. The Leafs have to some how turn the fortunes and start spending more time in the offensive zone and they can't do that without an active D.
If the strategy doesn't change Reimer will have to be 1st. 2nd, and 3rd star of the series for the Leafs to win and hope Rask becomes Lalime of Ottawa years past
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I hope I'm wrong. I hope they out play Boston and win the series. I just don't like the match up on how both teams are structured to play cause it favors the Bruins and you know it.
The only thing close about the 4 games the Leafs had with the Bruins this year was the score. They we're thoroughly out played in each game that this board had the venom out for the Leafs best players in each of those games.
Go back & and read the GDT of those games you wont come out of it with the impression the Leafs played good games.