Pre-Game Talk: ECQF GAME 7 5/4 8:14 PM - Good News as Game 7 is at TD Garden, Bad News Game 7 is at TD Garden - ABC, ESPN+, CBC, SN, TVAS, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[NDiesel]

Damn people let's root for our team here, anyone who thought Bruins v Leafs was ending before game 7 was kidding themselves from day 1.

Team better come to play the first period tomorrow and get the first goal.

 

[caz16]

It all comes down to one game, can the Bruins win? Of course they can. To those quitting on the team and saying they aren't going to bother watching, no problem, hopefully the GDT will be more positive.

It hasn't been fun the last two games to put it mildly but the Bruins also hold the record of playing the most game 7's and winning the Cup, while being down 2-0 games in two of those series. Never say never. I will gladly take another round against the Panthers. I want as much Bruins hockey as possible because October is a long way off.

GO BRUINS!

 

[bp14]

Coming in with Good Friday vibes and trying to correct my mindset.

They HAVE to win game 7. Time to see what this group is really made of.

You found out what they were made of in Game 5. They’re done.

And let’s be honest-either of these teams is easy pickings for Florida anyway.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

All the talk about lessons learned from last season and yet here we are again..

Can they win tomorrow? Absolutely, but can anyone really say they feel good about it?

No , but I’m not giving up until it’s over . I don’t like the way we have arrived at a game 7 , obviously but is anyone truly surprised this series has gone 7 ?

 

[analyser]

It is unrealistic to me how Mariner had or has an injured ankle, Mathews and Nylander missed more than 1 game in the series and here we are 3-3. In comparison we are missing Heinen and Peeke but still cannot get the job done.

Every time Monty faces controversy he looks like a deer in the headlights and has no answer or even attempt to rectify.

Thanks goodness this series will be over tomorrow.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

 

[NDiesel]

Enjoy watching game 7 everyone because I am done watching this group, I feel so bad for Swayman as he has played his heart out but his teammates can't help him by scoring. The centennial season looks to be yet another disappointment. Booooooooooooo to the Bruins!!!

Make sure you keep that same energy if they win game 7 and stay away then

 

[Guelph Bruin]

Simple...keep it simple....dump, chase, forecheck....Pasta needs a breakout game, Swayman needs same excellent effort, McAvoy needs to calm himself, I think we get more powerplays than the leafs next game ..shit evens out. I'm not confident but I am hopeful... Best effort is a must win or lose.

 

[TD Charlie]

Could Jack get on Twitter or Instagram or something, and livestream a broadcast of game 7 from his living room?

 

[PaulD]

If the Leafs pull this off, this is their version of 1988 Bruins Habs.

and wipes out the epic 2013 choke .....woukd that be a choke-wash?

The problem is people make politics and political parties their entire personality

well put

 

[BB79]

Bruins are cooked. Unbelievable.

It really is. 2 chances to put them away and failed. It's not that they failed that's the worst part. It's how they did. Came out with a horrible start in game 5, sputtered, sorta tried in the 3rd. Rinse and repeat for game 6. Those two games pretty much killed any energy I had going forward. Even if they win game 7, imagine playing like that in front of the Panthers, a much harder hitting and well oiled machine of a team compared to Toronto? Not a whole lot to be excited about.

I hope they win but the enthusiasm is long gone.

 

[PaulD]

It is unrealistic to me how Mariner had or has an injured ankle, Mathews and Nylander missed more than 1 game in the series and here we are 3-3. In comparison we are missing Heinen and Peeke but still cannot get the job done.

Every time Monty faces controversy he looks like a deer in the headlights and has no answer or even attempt to rectify.

Thanks goodness this series will be over tomorrow.

Looks like a big disconnect between coaching snd players.
I dont see this "game plan" being taken to the ice .
Coach just watches the game like the rest of us and then comments on what he didn't like.
McAvoy and Monty alergic to play off hockey or what?

 

[SPLBRUIN]

Simple...keep it simple....dump, chase, forecheck....Pasta needs a breakout game, Swayman needs same excellent effort, McAvoy needs to calm himself, I think we get more powerplays than the leafs next game ..shit evens out. I'm not confident but I am hopeful... Best effort is a must win or lose.

The 1st goal is everything tomorrow night, whoever gets it probably has an 80% chance of winning. Unfortunately the Bruins under Monty in their elimination games are incredibly slow starters which dosen't bode well.

 

[TD Charlie]

You think 2 shots in the first was bad? 1 shot?

Hold my beer

 

[BigGoalBrad]

It really is. 2 chances to put them away and failed. It's not that they failed that's the worst part. It's how they did. Came out with a horrible start in game 5, sputtered, sorta tried in the 3rd. Rinse and repeat for game 6. Those two games pretty much killed any energy I had going forward. Even if they win game 7, imagine playing like that in front of the Panthers, a much harder hitting and well oiled machine of a team compared to Toronto? Not a whole lot to be excited about.

I hope they win but the enthusiasm is long gone.

I think our plug forwards are a little bigger and actually OK matching up with the Panthers.

D is fine. Goalie an edge. We'll take 1/2 in Florida if we advance.

The disgusting pathetic effort in Game 5 will be the reason we lose but Game 6 we were vastly superior to Toronto and they stole it with a fluke goal after a should be PP it was like the Acciari goal vs St Louis. Game 7 hasn't been played. Maybe we make Woll look like a superstar again IDK but Toronto is missing too much firepower to totally run us out of the building.

 

[Therick67]

You think 2 shots in the first was bad? 1 shot?

Hold my beer

They do this again tomorrow and the Garden will get ugly real fast..

 

[bobber]

I miss the old days when people would bicker about stupid elections for the week of them then we'd all go back to resigning ourselves to being the ants squashed under the thumb of bastard billionaires on both sides that we are.

The billionaires that own these teams are smiling from ear to ear at every extra game the teams play. I doubt they really have real empathy for the fans cheering on multi million dollar players dressed in thousand dollar suits. The fans are the ones that pay the freight and give a crap.

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

They do this again tomorrow and the Garden will get ugly real fast..

I actually thought they played well defensively for most of the game just couldn’t get any traction offensively. Need to change it up, too many shots getting blocked. Shouldn’t they be practicing today working on important adjustments for game 7 ?

 

[PaulD]

The problem is people make politics and political parties their entire personality

well put

 

[analyser]

I think our plug forwards are a little bigger and actually OK matching up with the Panthers.

D is fine. Goalie an edge. We'll take 1/2 in Florida if we advance.

The disgusting pathetic effort in Game 5 will be the reason we lose but Game 6 we were vastly superior to Toronto and they stole it with a fluke goal after a should be PP it was like the Acciari goal vs St Louis. Game 7 hasn't been played. Maybe we make Woll look like a superstar again IDK but Toronto is missing too much firepower to totally run us out of the building.

Vastly superior and could not even score a goal until the bitter end? They had no answer for the Leafs blocking shots in their defensive zone.

 

[PaulD]

I actually thought they played well defensively for most of the game just couldn’t get any traction offensively. Need to change it up, too many shots getting blocked. Shouldn’t they be practicing today working on important adjustments for game 7 ?

the way they played the last 6 or 7 periods the Bruins would not have beaten the Marlies.
Without a first line center or a true number one Dman ......your goalie can only do so much.
Marchand .....seems to have no leadership partners, no leadership from coaching , or a competent centerman. He's trying but the Bs just lost too much.
Hell of a ride though.

 

[bobber]

They do this again tomorrow and the Garden will get ugly real fast..

Keefe is reading Monty's play book like a genius. Neely Sweeney and the other pigeons up in the rafters are watching a rerun of last season's play offs. I don't understand how the Bruins look like world beaters in some cames out skating Leafs to pucks. Next game they look like the Arizona Coyotes. Can't get out of their end. In the regular season the break out looked smooth. Last night it was a dogs breakfast. You could tell early in the first period the Bruins and fans were in for a disappointment.

 

[Therick67]

Keefe is reading Monty's play book like a genius. Neely Sweeney and the other pigeons up in the rafters are watching a rerun of last season's play offs. I don't understand how the Bruins look like world beaters in some cames out skating Leafs to pucks. Next game they look like the Arizona Coyotes. Can't get out of their end. In the regular season the break out looked smooth. Last night it was a dogs breakfast. You could tell early in the first period the Bruins and fans were in for a disappointment.

I think Monty's playbook is one page written in crayon. He just doesn't seem to have any answers once things start to go bad..

 

[Cam14b]

I am hopeful but realistic. If they don't pull this off, changes must happen. I don't see the angst with 73 and the rest of our Dmen. They are making clears and breaking up plays regularly but our forwards can't produce.
Brick made a great point about the high slot area. The forwards think going to the net means skating hard and ending up with 2-3 ,behind the net and no one in the slot to score on crosses rebounds etc. Some of this has to be on Monty, who must know he isn't safe if they don't pull it out.

Hoping for an early goal by Pasta or Zacha and a soul crushing win of the leafs!!
Go B'ssss!!

 

[wintersej]

On the rare positive side. Lorhei looks ready for heavy duty next year.