On the contrary, The poor view here is your failure to understand the difference between playoff hockey and hockey. First off, anyone who follows the game, would never assume players will convert at their usual average. This is the playoffs. No player converts offensively in the playoffs as much as they do in the regular season. Anyone knows that. That said the Bergie line has not adjusted its game while the Leafs have made adjustments on them. They have taken away the Bergeron Bumper shot and Pass. That down low controlling you refer to, Is fine with Toronto as they clamp down the middle and take away rebounds. While Pasta and Bergie and Marchy cycle down low tiring themselves and while Toronto then passing the stretch passes up ice while Bergie and company are coming out of ineffective down low perimiter cycles....Your Krejci point is left field, He has as many points as Bergie with all those less shots. Because his line has been somewhat defensively responsible. Nash when with him prevented at least two possible goals. The Krejci line was plus two last night. They are not scoring but are not getting scored on either. The same cant be said for the top line. They were brutal on that last PP last night. Marchand is turning the puc over, missing passes....Inability to convert is by Toronto design.......They are giving them a little and taking away alot and the Bergie line is not adjusting. These are the playoffs, the playoffs are about adjustments when you face someone 7 times they adjust to your strengths, Toronto has done it.....We have not.......
I would put Rick Nash with Bergie and Marchand and put Pasta with Krejci and DeBrusk. NASH will go in front of the net while Pasta does not. Toronto will have to adjust to that and drop down from the Bergie coverage and free him abit.......Pasta would give us a stretch pass threat and with Krejci passing it Toronto would have to respect that......HOWEVER, It is too late in the series for something drastic like this....
But Cassidy needs to do something with Bergie line and their approach....Minus 17 in the three losses is brutal. And anyone who knows how great they played all year should know that if they are minus 17 in three games that we just lost, They are doing something wrong.
Once and for all,they are not losing because of defense!!!! Bergeron,Marchand and Pastrnak and Krejci and Nash are all exceeding their reg season PPG numbers and their shots per game numbers. But they are all below their S% numbers. They have hit 7 posts. They scored 1 goal last night! Only way to win with that score is by allowing ZERO! The problem is conversion,not +-,not defense,not lack of 3 zone play,not Toronto's game plan,that's ridiculous. If the Bruins lose this series it's because of missed opportunities. I can't even read your blather anymore,it's pure rubbish,in my opinion.