GDT: Leafs @ Habs - HNIC - 7pm

[57 Years No Cup]

Im ready.

 

[DarkKnight]

Do we have the lines yet?

 

[conFABulator]

Sitting him in Montreal is wrong unless he is injured or sick.

I agree with that and said it in the first sentence of my post.

Moving past that I was simply talking about the line up we do have tonight

 

[keonsbitterness]

GO LEAFS GO!!!

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Do we have the lines yet?

They're posted earlier in this thread. Marner and Gregor out Dewar and Holmberg in I'm pretty sure.

 

[DarkKnight]

They're posted earlier in this thread. Marner and Gregor out Dewar and Holmberg in I'm pretty sure.

Thanks didn't see it.

 

[Strangle]

This raises an interesting philosophical problem for me.

As a fan, I obviously want to see the Leafs beat the living crap out of Boston, Tampa, Florida, and what have you. Heavy on heavies, stars on stars, line brawls, hits, etc. Out Bruin the Bruins, out Lightning the Lightning, beat up the Panthers at their own game. That's the nature of sports rivalry, playoff heat, etc.

On the other hand, you could argue the Leafs top end is not designed to play that way, and any attempt to match Boston, Tampa and Florida is actually a losing proposition.

If the Leafs were able to dictate a low emotion, low intensity, fun puck possession game and Harlem Globetrotter style game where their stars thrive, that would actually be the ultimate success. Negate all of the other teams strengths, play a style you're comfortable with, and win to the tune of Hall and Oates.

Anyway, just something to think about. We're always premised on the idea of trying to match someone else's game plan.

The Leafs game plan was flawed from the start. They intended to play this way and feast on the powerplay while the other team chased them around the ice.

Dubas and Keefe didn’t really think the league would call the least amount of penalties on leaf opponents, though

I agree that on paper that sounds wonderful, but in reality it doesn’t work because the league doesn’t officiate the game by the rules

 

[al secord]

GO LEAFS GO!!!

This.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

One way or another. someone will do this.

 

[Macallan18]

Do we have the lines yet?

Yup team decimated by flu and injuries don’t expect much

 

[Strangle]

Yea, I don't know where the search for heart comments are coming from.

Yesterday despite the lost was the most heart this team has shown in a while. Bertuzzi, Domi threw down. Several scrums. Marchand got jumped twice.

Great, do it again tonight. And then again on Thursday, and again and again

The no heart comments come from the past performances of this team. To change that you can’t just have one scrappy game where you get your ass kicked.

Do it 25 times now

 

[Nineteen67]

Healthy scratch their best Dman?

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Everyone knows that but you can’t change the players

Sarcasm?

 

[al secord]

Healthy scratch their best Dman?

Scratch the f*** outta all their Dmen, I say.

 

[DarkKnight]

Yup team decimated by flu and injuries don’t expect much

Didn't hear the flu was still affecting guys, luckily it's the Habs. Their fans are so up for this game, it's so deliciously sad.

 

[Macallan18]

Didn't hear the flu was still affecting guys, luckily it's the Habs. Their fans are so up for this game, it's so deliciously sad.

Just watching Matthews can’t believe he’s not sick

 

[Strangle]

This is the toughest team the Leafs have had in decades. It sucks Benoit is not playing

At least two decades …. And Jesus that’s f***ing sad to say

I’ve been watching 20 years of leafs teams that have been …. Softer than this?! Ugh

 

[DarkKnight]

Just watching Matthews can’t believe he’s not sick

I was certain he was, but I guess not and Keefe last post game downplayed it as an excuse saying "it's really only a couple guys".

 

[Confucius]

Mathews with 3 tonight would be great

 

[LeafsFan89]

Hope we dominate, but I am ready to be disappointed.

 

[al secord]

Matthews will go full sick Jordan tonight

 

[DarkKnight]

Matthews will go full sick Jordan tonight

Top 5 performances all time in sport

 

[BTP]

Dewar interviews like a serial killer lol

 

[Commander Clueless]

Put Benoit with Matthews and Marner

 

[al secord]

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Top 5 performances all time in sport

Remind me never to order pizza in Utah