GDT: Game 6: Boston vs Toronto: Keep Calm and Just Keep Be-Leaf-Ing!

[Machinae]

Win this one for Mark... no excuses you gotta play hard for your boy who took one for the team.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Fluto Shinzawa ‏@GlobeFluto 45m
Andrew Ference not present for skate.
Retweeted by Chris Johnston

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 38m
Bruins blueline getting a bit beat up. Redden missed last game and sounds like Ference could miss this one. Leafs missing Fraser and Kostka.

Gotta capitalize on likely Bartkowski-Hamilton pairing,

 

[Hurt]

Gotta capitalize on likely Bartkowski-Hamilton pairing,

Young pairing. Our second and third line have to jump on that because Kessel's line will be hounded by Chara.

 

[LV*]

#WinItForFraser #TimeToGrind

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Young pairing. Our second and third line have to jump on that because Kessel's line will be hounded by Chara.

It also means Chara will likely play 25mins+, gotta make those hard as possible.

 

[Community]

I think my two favourite Leaf motivational videos are necessary here (even though some of the players on them aren't with the Leafs anymore):



and



Let's go boys... I wanna see another round!

 

[Pi]

This is a great opportunity for Grabovski or Kadri's line.

It shouldn't be hard to exploit Bartkowski/Hamilton...both slow skaters and have a knack of making mistakes similar to Kostka/Fraser's.

We need to get Kessel some shifts against that pairing.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Losing all 3 games that you have on home ice in any playoff series is unacceptable! I guess you don't see very many absolutely dominant teams on home ice anymore, but still can't lose all 3 games in your barn. Just bad memories from 2002 ECF with Carolina.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

This is a great opportunity for Grabovski or Kadri's line.

It shouldn't be hard to exploit Bartkowski/Hamilton...both slow skaters and have a knack of making mistakes similar to Kostka/Fraser's.

We need to get Kessel some shifts against that pairing.

@NHLBruins: Pairings during rushes w/ Ference absent: Chara-Seidenberg, Bartkowski-McQuaid at one end; Johnson-Boychuk, Redden-Hamilton at the other^CS

Apparently they might even have some guy named Johnson over Hamilton (my what downfall for second coming of Orr).

 

[EDDIE20*]

Let's tie this ****er! An upset over Boston would give the team a lot of momentum and confidence.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I called the Leafs in 7 before the series started, so if we play our game tonight, we have a great chance of seeing game 7 tomorrow. I think we have the legs to do it, Bruins are an older team, and they may be wearing out. Will be an interesting match tonight. Not over yet by a longshot.

 

[mikebel111*]

happy mothers day mom

you are amazing

plus go leafs go

 

[Pi]

I called the Leafs in 7 before the series started, so if we play our game tonight, we have a great chance of seeing game 7 tomorrow. I think we have the legs to do it, Bruins are an older team, and they may be wearing out. Will be an interesting match tonight. Not over yet by a longshot.

Yeah. If we win tonight, that back to back would be in our favor.

We've got a lot of young legs with a lot of mileage left. I'd expect Gardiner to skate circles around the Bruins on Monday.

 

[Primary Assist]

My favorite part about this hit is that after Kulemin throws it he just skates away so casually, looking like he's humming some simple Russian folk-tune to himself. That and the linesman immediately protects him from McQuaid when it very obviously should have been a penalty on the delayed offside.

 

[Hurt]

Who is Johnson?

 

[Diatomic]

Gona Admit I didn't read the paragraphs in the GDT just saw the pics. Go leafs go!!!!

 

[Daisy Jane]

Yeah. If we win tonight, that back to back would be in our favor.

We've got a lot of young legs with a lot of mileage left. I'd expect Gardiner to skate circles around the Bruins on Monday.

I agree.

i also think what we seriously need to do is take advantage of that Boston pinch. they do it all the time, (you can see it with Ferrence/Bozak goal). they come in, and pinch up on us all the time, and then get set up. Our footspeed slays them all the time.

and yeah
Hammer. Chara. Hammer him HARD, and I think Jagr needs to be mugged several times too.

 

[Pi]

Who is Johnson?

Who knows? Who cares?

If the Bruins pairing consists of Chara-Seidenberg, McQuaid-Boychuk, Johnson?-Bartkowski?

We better be near 50 shots in the game and win. It's a golden opportunity to win one at home and force Game 7.

Just play Chara-Seidenberg safely and go all out on the other 2 pairings.

 

[Kibago]

I'm just proud of this team already. And they can win this game. BURN THE BOATS!

 

[Daisy Jane]

it's time to unite a city.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Yeah. If we win tonight, that back to back would be in our favor.

We've got a lot of young legs with a lot of mileage left. I'd expect Gardiner to skate circles around the Bruins on Monday.

Longer it goes certainly favours the younger team, I think the Bruins burned the kitchen sink in the 3rd on Friday, they spent a lot of petrol, it's up to us to keep the foot on the pedal. I can see Kessel, JVR, and Lupul pushing the pace with their speed. I'm going to predict Kadri will have a big game, he's due and I started seeing signs last game he is coming on.

 

[Pyromaniac3]

Ference didn't make the trip.

It's either Redden or Hamilton which is a game time decision.

Gotta take advantage of these pairings. Second line and third line I am looking at you.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Longer it goes certainly favours the younger team, I think the Bruins burned the kitchen sink in the 3rd on Friday, they spent a lot of petrol, it's up to us to keep the foot on the pedal. I can see Kessel, JVR, and Lupul pushing the pace with their speed. I'm going to predict Kadri will have a big game, he's due and I started seeing signs last game he is coming on.

You could start to see it even in Game 4 - double minor aside. I personally feel he's trying to figure out what to do, and how to be effective, but it's there. he's ready to burst.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Ference didn't make the trip.

It's either Redden or Hamilton which is a game time decision.

Gotta take advantage of these pairings. Second line and third line I am looking at you.

isn't he injured too? (I don't really remember seeing a lot of him Game 5).
Yeah - it's right there in the palm of our hands. look at that defence, and just.. blow by them.

 

[Pi]

Ference didn't make the trip.

It's either Redden or Hamilton which is a game time decision.

Gotta take advantage of these pairings. Second line and third line I am looking at you.

I just read that Redden has a separated shoulder and he's out.

It looks like some guy named Aaron Johnson will be in the line up ahead of Bobby Orr. Imagine that..