You could see how happy Pasta was for Brad.
You could see how happy Pasta was for Brad.
Watch that replay & u see Reilly diving instead of just coming and wiping Marchand out .He slid right by him
He is on an 18 goal pace so not easy .Jury still out but he is hard to handle down low.Brazzeau can easily pop 20 . He has the tools.
I like Peake for no other reason than I can’t remember him making me say oh ffs.Peake steady back there hes an important foundation piece back there. Hope for a healthy season for him . Hes becoming my favorite with his no nonsense clear out from D zone.
Watching the powerplay on Pastrnak's goal for a moment I thought I was watching the Dallas pp. The Bruins moved the puck quickly from man to man not holding on to it too long and kept Toronto off balance. Made me wonder if the Bruins watched the tape of the Dallas game and told the powerplay unit this is how you need to move the puck.Back from one of their better efforts so far this season. Still a bunch of room for improvement but they played with focus and intensity for long stretches.
Some thoughts
-the Matthews ot giveaway was egregious - loved it
-almost as bad was the Bs prevent defense near the end of the third
-Sway is building his game back to last seasons form
-Marchand had a true Jekyll and Hyde night - ot winner and a beautiful pass to set up the Pasta goal, on the other side of the ledger were a number of major muffed plays including one on an empty net
-Liked seeing young players like Beecher and Poitras playing well and with confidence
-Kastelic has been a major plus so far - like how he plays
-can we PLEASE change up the pp- it baffles me that Monty will change lines and d-pairs at will while trotting out the same predictable and bordering on dysfunctional power play
-and finally-looks like the Monty watch gets put on ice for a while
Night all
The thing with Brazeau is (and I don’t know if I can say this about any Bruins forward right now) that he routinely makes 4-6 plays a game that make me say “f*** yeah, look at Brazeau”.
One of the things tonight was as the third period was winding down and the Bruins were in prevent defense, (I can’t remember who it was) a Leafs player was trying to break out the puck in the centre of his own zone… and Brazeau is in there hounding him, making him turn, skate all the way back to behind his own net, where Brazeau continues to impose and take the puck.
Nothing came of it, but it made me go “f*** yeah Brazeau”. Just dogging on the forecheck and not letting the Leafs make an easy play. I love that shit.
I can’t remember the last time I had a moment like that with (for example) Morgan Geekie. Or Freddy. Coyle only sporadically. And yet Brazeau seems to be able to do it every game.
Photo from Jaws is for - “We are going to need a bigger boat?”25 !
Great graphic. He can rip that jersey because we own it.
Carlo with the least amount of ice time among the defensemen
Because he stinks this seasonCarlo with the least amount of ice time among the defensemen
I was sitting directly in back of the net and all 5 guys were moving and the Leafs guys clearly having trouble trying to simultaneously know where they were in relation to the puckWatching the powerplay on Pastrnak's goal for a moment I thought I was watching the Dallas pp. The Bruins moved the puck quickly from man to man not holding on to it too long and kept Toronto off balance. Made me wonder if the Bruins watched the tape of the Dallas game and told the powerplay unit this is how you need to move the puck.
It was refreshing to see.