It's means they can beat them though.You guys are afraid of Toronto I think .Embrace it my man
I'm not afraid of the Mulchpile. I'm terrified of TB/Florida.
It's means they can beat them though.You guys are afraid of Toronto I think .Embrace it my man
Marty Biron believes Bruins will pose big problems for Leafs
B's and Leafs finish +43 and +42 in goal differential respectively.Don't think that is really true.
It's not so much the skating, it's their total disregard for team defense and eagerness to use the half ice pass up the middle. Feast or famine with these guys. I'm expecting a lot of odd man rushes on Ullmark/Swayman, but also lots of scrambling by Toronto in front of whomever their goalie du jour isWith Bertuzzi/Matthews on line 1 and their pairings as they are, I don't really see the speed in the Leafs lineup. Not like it used to be.
I think we'll skate with them just fine. Yesterday you saw what Floriday did to them with some speed.
That's also why I'm fine with Brazeau having more time to get well here.
I tend to lean towards the "defense wins championships" theory, all sports.B's and Leafs finish +43 and +42 in goal differential respectively.
B's w/ 267 GF and Leafs w/ 299.
So it's pretty simple.
Can the B's scrape together enough offense?
Can the Leafs shore up their leakiness?
Can the B's shut down the Leafs' offensive firepower?
Switch Coyle with either Geekie or BoqvistMy lineup for the series:
Heinen - Zacha - Pasta
Marchand - Coyle - Debrusk
JVR - Geekie - Frederic
Maroon - Boqvist - Beecher/Lauko/Brazeau (Hopefully back later in the series)
Lindholm - McAvoy
Grzelcyk - Carlo
Shattenkirk - Peeke
Ullmark
Swayman
Lindholm/McAvoy's job is to possess the puck and take Matthews/Marner out of the equation. This is the main matchup Monty should be chasing all series. My X factor matchup is Carlo Vs Nylander. If Carlo can take care of Nylander most nights I see this going well for the Bruins. Maroon's job is to just keep Reaves from taking out any of our star players/Hit everything. If we get anything out of Marchand and Debrusk this could be a quicker than 7 series. I haven't liked either's play in over a month. Brazeau coming back before the conclusion of the series would be a huge boost to the 4th line. Not holding my breath though.
My advice to Monty based off last years performance: Run the goalie rotation with a shorter leash on Swayman. I just think he's been leakier than Ullmark in recent weeks. Be more patient with lines, in game rotations are fine.. But don't panic switch up lines and pairings like games 5/6/7 against Florida. Trust your eyes from what you saw all year.
My prediction is Bruins in 7 (we all know this is ending game 7 at TD garden when does it not)?
Yeah my thoughts exactly and this hasn’t just been for a couple of games ,shots and traffic to the front of net ,they don’t have to be pretty.The Leafs beat Tampa that way last season,lots of shots defections and rebounds .If they dont get out of this no shot funk they wont last.
But how do they match up bs each other? That’s all that matters IMO.B's and Leafs finish +43 and +42 in goal differential respectively.
B's w/ 267 GF and Leafs w/ 299.
So it's pretty simple.
Can the B's scrape together enough offense?
Can the Leafs shore up their leakiness?
Can the B's shut down the Leafs' offensive firepower?
It's not so much the skating, it's their total disregard for team defense and eagerness to use the half ice pass up the middle. Feast or famine with these guys. I'm expecting a lot of odd man rushes on Ullmark/Swayman, but also lots of scrambling by Toronto in front of whomever their goalie du jour is
I tend to lean towards the "defense wins championships" theory, all sports.
Wouldn't surprise me to see Boqvist see shifts with Geekie and Frederic later in games. If they gotta shorten the bench and need an energy shift to swing momentum, it's gonna be those 3Switch Coyle with either Geekie or Boqvist
The Warriors kinda killed that with shooting a 3 in 90 percent of their possessions. Admittedly, I don't watch a ton of basketball these days. Later rounds, sure.I think that theory is somewhat outdated.
If it still applied the NBA title would be vacant.
Disagree.... NHL gaolers can at one point be stellar. Let's not hope it will come against the BruinsSamsonov or Woll, same thing. both suck.
Wouldn't surprise me to see Boqvist see shifts with Geekie and Frederic later in games. If they gotta shorten the bench and need an energy shift to swing momentum, it's gonna be those 3
The Warriors kinda killed that with shooting a 3 in 90 percent of their possessions. Admittedly, I don't watch a ton of basketball these days. Later rounds, sure.
Swayman timeWho starts in net, Ully or Sway?
I think the 3rd period last night was important for them, even though they couldn't get the equalizer.If they dont get out of this no shot funk they wont last.
Rather this matchup than TB tbhOof. Didn’t like how the Bruins finished the season to end up with this matchup. Need to start sorting crap out this week. PP and lines 3 & 4.
Doing things like this can come back and bite you in the ass.Bruins blatantly lost the last couple on purpose to draw Leafs. Should be a very delicious series. Bruins in 6.
Leafs scored four goals this year on him in 3 games. 1,1,2,1.Swayman time
Bruins often lose game 1 in a series. Ullmark has been better lately but start Swayman in game 1 . If they lose come back with your better goalie in Ullmark.Swayman time
Leafs havent scored a first period goal against Boston all year.Bruins better figure out how to start a game, they have come out flat way too often.
True , I highly doubt Samsonov or Woll could sustain it though. They could play well enough to beat the Bruins but they aren’t getting past Florida or Tampa in my opinion.Disagree.... NHL gaolers can at one point be stellar. Let's not hope it will come against the Bruins
Rotate them for the first two games and then later in the series when it’s crunch time you go with the hot hand.I think if they start a guy game 1, and he gets a shutout, he starts game 2.
Any single other permutation, they will rotate. A nice win or a loss. They'll rotate.
In a way that makes it easy. It'll get more messy if one goalie always wins and one always loses.
Rather this matchup than TB tbh
Tampa has 2 of the top 3 Fs, better goalie, and even though Hedman hasn't been himself this year, he's at worse on par with McAvoy.
For a team struggling recently to create offense, TB would've been a tough draw