viper0220
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Get him as far away from Bergeron as they can
This. For the love of god, get the kid away from Bergeron and let him build up his confidence.
Get him as far away from Bergeron as they can
I think the narrative isn't so much "Matthews can't stop the Bergeron line" and moreso "Bergeron is stopping the Matthews line"
Not sure all the credit comes down to that line for Boston, but its definitely true that the Toronto top line has been extremely quiet
i'd try to keep any center in the world away from Bergeron, and Matthews is no exception
Where is the Tomas Plekanec option?
I heard he is centering Marner and Marleau at practice. Could be the match up against Bergy's line. Since Babcock seems intent of moving his best away from the B's best. Where Cassidy seems more confident of Bergy burning any Leafs line.
Yeah Cassidy has said before that he doesn't put much emphasis into line matching, more just focused on who is playing best and making sure the whole team is competing the right way.
When the team is winning all the board battles and competing hard, he just let's them loose. When they are not, he shortens the bench.
The splits are pretty drastic over the first 2 games:Matthews vs. Bergeron in the series so far.
12:29 ice time.
Shot attempts 18-12 Boston.
Shots on goal 10-9 Boston.
Scoring chances 13-6 Boston.
I don't really know what you can do, even though Matthews' line has been outmatched so far by the Bruins top line, they still probably give them the best chance at neutralizing them, it would've been Kadri but now at home they don't have that luxury, Bozak and Van Riemsdyk's line isn't good defensively. It sound like Babcock might be planning to match Plekanec's line against them in game 3, I know Plekanec has faced some tough defensive assignments over his career but him as the answer to shut down the Bergeron line? Good luck lol
With Riley Nash back, I don't even think the Bruins care about the forward matchups.
They don't, both are just "Nash". With the same first two letters in the first name, there's nothing that wouldn't look awkward.Sorry in that I haven't really been paying attention, but how did they handle the Rick Nash vs. Riley Nash names on the uniforms?
Primarily played Pageau against him. Bergeron dominated the possession battle but the line wasn't capitalizing on their chances, and the Pageau line did a much better job relative to the Leafs at limiting high danger opportunities.Depends- How did Ottawa get around the Bergeron factor last year?
Plekanec doing a decent job at neutralizing Bergeron’s line so far, did not expect that.