GDT: ECQF Game 1 | Ending Edwards | Leafs vs Bruins 8pm EST | SN, CBC, TVAS, NESN

[Mitch nylander]

GO LEAFS GO!!!

Willy and Mitch's stats are weird @Mitch nylander

I'm assuming you're from the future and they have put up 7 and 11 points in a 5 game series victory!

Haha good call, I just forgot to edit the stats from last year's game 6. Hope we see the same stat line!

Don't mean to be picky, but you shortchanged Nylander and Marner in points


Leafs hope year eight of the rebuild is a charm...

Good call, just updated it.

 

[Nineteen67]

Don't mean to be picky, but you shortchanged Nylander and Marner in points


Leafs hope year eight of the rebuild is a charm...

This is year 1 of the re-rebuild.

 

[Strangle]

Nothing else matters

The real season starts now

GO LEAFS GO!

 

[al secord]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends.

 

[Racer88]

Great game day thread by the way……

 

[ToneDog]

Guessing Coyle line vs Matthews line and Zacha line vs Tavares line. So Domi vs Rat instead of Marner vs Rat. Keefe needs to be smarter than Montgomery and double shift the 3 amigos. Sprinkle in some 88 91 16. That would be a nightmare for the Bruins.

I think most would agree, on paper:

Leafs forwards >> Bruins forwards
Bruins D > Leafs D
Bruins G >> Leafs G
Monty > Keefe

 

[Clark4Ever]

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Guessing Coyle line vs Matthews line and Zacha line vs Tavares line. So Domi vs Rat instead of Marner vs Rat. Keefe needs to be smarter than Montgomery and double shift the 3 amigos. Sprinkle in some 88 91 16. That would be a nightmare for the Bruins.

I think most would agree, on paper:

Leafs forwards >> Bruins forwards
Bruins D > Leafs D
Bruins G >> Leafs G
Monty > Keefe

On paper this is accurate, only difference is you know the Bruins forwards are gonna show up. I honestly have no idea what to expect from our core. They may put up 3 points each or they may shrivel the first time they take a hit.

 

[DarkKnight]

I couldn’t be more excited, wait all year for the playoffs, every game is epic, every shift on the edge of your seat, it doesn’t get any better! Leafs Bruins, this our time!

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Really want to see the big boys get on the board tonight and shake off any potential nerves quick.

That said I don’t give af how, just WIN!

I couldn’t be more excited, wait all year for the playoffs, every game is epic, every shift on the edge of your seat, it doesn’t get any better! Leafs Bruins, this our time!

Same here man. I can feel the butterflies starting already. Such an incredible time of the year. It really doesn’t get better like you said.

 

[LeafSteel]

 

[kevsh]

If we're not getting a Cup win this year in Toronto at least let the long-suffering Leaf Nation have a moment of joy watching the boys send Marchand & the B's home early.

That is all.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

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Line up Domi next to this clown every single shift. He has no trouble getting lippy with Mitch but gets mighty quiet against guys who'll drop the gloves.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Liquor store can’t open soon enough. Need to stock up big time

 

[Mickey Marner]

What’s with the 8pm start?

 

[TorMapleJays]

What’s with the 8pm start?

Next Saturday is 8pm too

 

[ToneDog]

What’s with the 8pm start?

Guessing it is TBD but if there is a game #7, it would be 8 pm.

 

[ACC1224]

What’s with the 8pm start?

US television rules the schedule

 

[HamiltonNHL]

What’s with the 8pm start?

Apparently they wanted me drunk for the first period ?

 

[Rob Brown]

Apparently they wanted me drunk for the first period ?

It's all relative - you'd just be drunk for the first if it was at 7pm!

 

[Evilhomer]

I think it will take about 5 minutes of watching this game to make people realize how irrelevant the last few games of the regular season were.

 

[Al14]

If our Leafs WANT this series BAD ENOUGH, they will play like they do. If they play like they are disinterested, much like Nylander sometimes does, it'll be over quickly.

Leafs, please make Toronto, and Leafs Nation, PROUD !!!

Go LEAFS Go !!!

 

[Notsince67]

Did my drinking last night. I'm going in stoned sober. Because I'm a professional

 

[Strangle]

Guessing Coyle line vs Matthews line and Zacha line vs Tavares line. So Domi vs Rat instead of Marner vs Rat. Keefe needs to be smarter than Montgomery and double shift the 3 amigos. Sprinkle in some 88 91 16. That would be a nightmare for the Bruins.

I think most would agree, on paper:

Leafs forwards >> Bruins forwards
Bruins D > Leafs D
Bruins G >> Leafs G
Monty > Keefe

This is going to be a lot about coaching and goaltending I think.

If Marner has some space and can win his matchups, if Nylander can drive his own line and if Domi can get into marchands feelings the bruins only hope is their goaltending.

Leafs need to worry about 1 line, bruins should have all they can handle trying to stop all 4 of ours.

And the top line the bruins have …. can’t compete with ours. Their depth is worse than ours.

This is Keefe’s come to Jesus moment, the players will cook, Keefe needs to put them in the best position to win.

I think the 2011-2024 Boston dies in this series

 

[ToneDog]

If our Leafs WANT this series BAD ENOUGH, they will play like they do. If they play like they are disinterested, much like Nylander sometimes does, it'll be over quickly.

Leafs, please make Toronto, and Leafs Nation, PROUD !!!

Go LEAFS Go !!!

If they have as much pride in the City and logo as the fan base does, they will dust off the Bruins in 5 or 6 and do the same in subsequent rounds. They should be embarrassed losing to Florida in 5 including all 3 games on home ice. Burns and Quinn's teams would never let that happen.