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Series Talk: Leafs vs Bruins - 'ah shit here we go again' edition -- Full schedule post #933
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The fans are softer than the team. Half have already conceded defeat......pathetic
DarkKnight
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Lost in the mess last night, how good Benoit looked in place of Brodie on the PK.
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We're 8-8 all time against them, but they have won the last 5, including sweeping us in '69 and '74. Last time we won was '59.
Evilhomer
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So can't you say the exact same thing about Boston given how they ended the season?
I am not sure where the excuse is.
It's a matter of fact statement.
They look like they don't care. There was zero opinion on whether that should be tolerated or not.
Bos obviously felt the same way. Now two teams have to ramp it up because they coasted the last week of the season. Who can get there first might decide the series
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HamiltonNHL
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Lily or Tavares.
I would pre-emptively get Knies to take him out. Marchand cheap-shotted Knies this year. Time for some payback.
GlitchMarner
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One thing that I think many people may not have noticed is that Boston is not a very good possession team this year (in terms of basic possession stats like corsi at least). This is something I am definitely not used to.
It may have something to do with not having Bergeron anymore. They're also worse than Toronto in both shots for and shots against per game. They have elite goaltending and Toronto has an elite goal scorer. The teams have almost the same goal differential.
I don't think this is some big mismatch or anything. They're two pretty equal teams. Hopefully Matthews has a big series and Toronto can overcome their psychological demons against this opponent.
It may have something to do with not having Bergeron anymore. They're also worse than Toronto in both shots for and shots against per game. They have elite goaltending and Toronto has an elite goal scorer. The teams have almost the same goal differential.
I don't think this is some big mismatch or anything. They're two pretty equal teams. Hopefully Matthews has a big series and Toronto can overcome their psychological demons against this opponent.
Evilhomer
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And you figure the shot differential in a single period is a good predictor of playoff outcomes?
Fogelhund
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Who cares about one period... it too is irrelevant... I mean we were on the PK much of the period and lost momentum... who cares.
Fogelhund
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I don't think it's irrelevant completely, but I do think it isn't all that important. If I recall, that last time we lost to the Bruins in the playoffs, we handled them pretty well in the regular season.
I do think we match up better against the Bruins, than the Panthers though.... despite the record.
The good: The leafs have depth, heart and soul now with the addition of Domi, Bertuzzi, Benoit and a few other guys. This was missing big time. Big time. In order to have playoff success this is what a team needs.
The bad: The leafs defence and goaltending is quite bad. You need both to be average or above to go anywhere. The goaltending is super questionable. The defense is atrocious
The really bad: You have to listen to Jack Edwards
The bad: The leafs defence and goaltending is quite bad. You need both to be average or above to go anywhere. The goaltending is super questionable. The defense is atrocious
The really bad: You have to listen to Jack Edwards
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Bomber0104
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It's not like this is the Chara, Lucic, Thornton, Mcquaid-era Bruins where they were legitimately terrifying to play against.
It's Marchand and Frederic now lol.
People build this team up based purely on reputation.
ToneDog
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For a team that has been goalied in 7 of 8 playoff series, I am afraid of this (last 2 columns):
MSZ
Car guy
You should be able to stream the game for free on the CBC app. Unless you live south of the border.
HamiltonNHL
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the stream east dot to - listen to the American broadcasters. The Boston guy is .... ummm ...... interesting.
Lilj, he's the easy target. Boosh will have a tough go as well IMO
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Intimidation has always been a big part of the game. Aside from the licking incidents ( where he should have eaten through a straw for a month) I don’t dislike his game.
Outside of intimidation, the Bruins don’t have much, and if the Leafs don’t let it bother them they should win the series.
