ECQF: Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs (Series Tied 3-3)
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BostonBob
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It's when the Head Coach tells his players that while it is optional he also " highly suggests " they participate.
D Wakaluk
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Agreed. Once again AM was a playoff beast. He had a game high five Auston Matthews NHL shots and was a total force out there. Actually, if you adjust the goals, he had two last night and is tied with Debrusk at the moment. Not too shabby for a first game
Probably not a good sign for the Leaf’s that the Bruins not playing nearly their best still led to a 5-1 easy victory, no?
Also apparently the Leafs aren’t going to “bully their way” to victory now are they
leafs fans can hope to win only if Bruins fall apart and choke and the goalies all of a suddent suck. .
They have lost 5 straight to Bruins this season......all of a sudden they are gonna win 4 outta 6?
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Go back further. The Leafs haven't beaten the Bruins since November 2022. That's 8 straight L's. Think these guys are in their nightmares yet?
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I appreciate your self portrait but I enjoyed the NHL analysis more, got some more of that?
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I've wondered if the team chemistry is off a bit. Every year they just shuffle a few deck chairs around. With so much tied up in their core, they have yet to build a consistent supporting cast. Competent coaching would probably alleviate this, but most Leafs fans seem to believe Keefe is not that guy
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Nylander's absence in game 1 revealed.
He was put in charge of preparing the Leaf parade vehicles!
He was put in charge of preparing the Leaf parade vehicles!
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Surprised the Leafs got 1 that game. Better than I thought. Maybe they can push this to game 5!
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In 5 meetings this season, the Leafs haven't had the lead for a single second.
If they want to change the script that's where it starts. Especially against this years Bruins, giving up the first goal is the worst thing you can do. Outside of those couple clusters of OT games the Bruins had this season, they score first they win like 90% of the time.
If they want to change the script that's where it starts. Especially against this years Bruins, giving up the first goal is the worst thing you can do. Outside of those couple clusters of OT games the Bruins had this season, they score first they win like 90% of the time.
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I'm a little surprised leafs (and their fans) are happy with their game last night. Yeah they dominated some of the stats but it was 4-0 already and the game was done. The ice will be tilted 99% of the time if that's the scoreline, the leading team is trying to kill the clock.
Offensive stats after losing 4-0 are beyond meaningless.
Offensive stats after losing 4-0 are beyond meaningless.
wintersej
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i seen this then looking at the score of the actual game again.... yikes lol
Don’t think that does a good job of taking score effects into account. Bruins didn’t muster much after they got up big.
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I feel like once you get to like 20 games left in the season, you have to make a decision on your Playoff Goaltender (always subject to change, but I don't think you can keep doing the alternating thing at that point). The situation is just too weird. If Swayman plays pretty well, not amazing and they lose 2-1, do they go back to Ullmark? What if he plays alright, but not great and they win 4-3? Doesn't make a lot of sense to not be more firm on where they're at.
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Not sure where this is coming from - that was as good a game as the Bruins have played all season
We're not happy with losing the game. We're happy with the compete level (except Marner) and the amount of chances they generated, without Nylander. They controlled the puck for majority of the game, they need to tighten up a bit though. Can't take dumb penalties and start getting guys in front of the net. At the end of the day if you lose 10-0 or 1-0 it's 1 game. As road underdogs, playing without our 2nd best player, a game 1 loss was likely. It's not the end of the series like a lot of "neutral" fans are claiming. Boston literally scored on their 1st shot on net after not being able to touch the puck.
Shots were 6-0 to start, Boston had 1 rush chance after being hemmed in their own zone and they capitalized. They scored on their second shot of the second period as well.
Swayman was just better than our scorers and Sammy sucked.
Just tighten up and get ready for game 2
That's why fans of losing teams love it so much, since the meter always shows their team having enormous chances at the end of the game, although the winning team was just turtling and not seriously trying score. Recalling that early season thread where some Leafs fans were arguing that Florida barely beat them because they so badly "out-chanced" Florida. Yeah, "out-chanced" after each game was effectively in the books already.
they were dominant at multiple points in the game before 4-0. no excuses though they have to find a way to score its not enough to get chances they have to convert.
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