I just want to see the leafs go Into the corner and take a damn hit to make a positive play with the puck. Nylander is looking over his shoulder and trying to fish the puck into his skates while the Bruins are going for the hit, leaf player pulls up and the Bruins player missed the hit. HOWEVER, this gives the Bruins player excellent body positioning on the puck because they are already boxed out just by pulling up rather then skating through.
Like come on, I did the gauntlet drill in peewee. You got to keep your feet moving and push through the hit, not pull up and work from a disadvantage.
Gardner is playing point man and when the puck comes down low he is puck watching. We've been playing this entire series behind. The kids look scared and the vets look lost. We have Polak and Hyman as the only two guys working hard and paying the price to make a play.
So Hyman plays 97% of the year with Matthews. We move Hyman to play with Mitch because we are essentially saying Matthews is going to be I ineffective in Boston so we are just thing to cut our losses on that line by moving Komorov on that line. Now Matthews has no one on his line bevause Nylander has been moved too, causing everyone on the ice to key in on Matthews. The kid can't breathe out there. I really hope we stack a line tonight and just try something new, I mean, I have not witnessed a series like this ever as a Leaf fan. Stand witness indeed.
Martin gets in tonight.
He plays 10-12 minutes tonight. We need some strength out there. Someone to make Boston look over their shoulder when they are going into the corner. Right now it's just not happening.
It honestly looked like this team has given up. They need someone to rally behind.
Martin is in the lineup tonight. If he gets suspended who cares. If we lose someone else like Kadri..... I care.
Someone has to turn the tide, someone needs to step up and take this hull by the horns. We are about to see what our team is truly made of.
I like our team. It a not perfect, but we are better then what we have shown.