Who slows down Marchand, Bergeron & Pastrnak in the Playoffs?

[Leafslet]

muzzin & zaitsev, apparently.

and probably 80% anderson.

 

[Yeti34]

Leafs have targeted Pasta which has shut him down. Marchy has been a turnover machine hes shut himself down at this point.

 

[phillyb]

Well this thread aged well.

 

[Bumper]

....Marchy has been a turnover machine hes shut himself down at this point.

he and Krug have been doing Acciari impressions too often in the series to expect to win. turnovers are a type of food, yeah? there is a Pastrnak/Dunkin joke here somewhere, I think.

 

[Mathews28]

Leafs have targeted Pasta which has shut him down. Marchy has been a turnover machine hes shut himself down at this point.

I don’t see it the same as you. Marchand has been consistent and has responded to the Leafs strong team defense by pushing forward, trying to make things happen, playing clean and keeping his emotions in check.

Leafs have forced turnovers, and Marchand is staying the course. He’s a skill player, that’s just smart.

 

[NyQuil]

Well this thread aged well.

Well this post aged well.

 

[Spectra]

Not TOR is my bet.

 

[phillyb]

Well this post aged well.

Definitely good to see them on the score sheet.

 

[bigbadbruins1]

I think Boston is smartest to keep Pasta off of the top line. It makes it easier on Babcock to manage his lines and d pairings when they are all together. Muzzin has done a good job of knocking pasta off the puck and they have been checking marchand well. Last night showed when you move him with krejci the leafs don't have enough defensively to stay with both lines now that Kadri is out.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Leafs have targeted Pasta which has shut him down. Marchy has been a turnover machine hes shut himself down at this point.

Fortunately they turned it around last night.

Force Toronto to play conservative not physical and this line will explode again. I hope last night was a start and I hope Bergeron is not injured too badly.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

This thread has aged well- it was a bit arrogant, a bit assumptive, and has now looked both good and bad. Just kinda an interesting question. Who shuts down TB's top line? Who stops Crosby? Like, you wouldn't think these things would happen, but.. they do. Good narrative, glad OP brought it up. Best series so far, looking forward to the rest of it.