Pre-Game Talk: Leafs vs Habs- game 2

[stickty111]

Good move by Keefe. I was fine with Nash but when you lose one of your main offensive players, you need to introduce more offense.

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[dubplatepressure]

Good move by Keefe. I was fine with Nash but when you lose one of your main offensive players, you need to introduce more offense.

Also the dude has absolutely no legs under him yet.

 

[Maplebeasts]

Good on him for putting Chucky back in. Never deserved to be taken out in the first place.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Anyways as I said elsewhere, get Nash the hell out of the lineup. Literally one of the worst offensive players in the league, we don't need a shutdown guy against a team of 3rd liners

Also I love Dubas but not getting Hall looked stupid before and worse now that we've lost an offensive star

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Why!?!?!?

 

[Nooodles]

Good move by Keefe. I was fine with Nash but when you lose one of your main offensive players, you need to introduce more offense.

Good start, now please bench Thornton and give me some Robertson.

 

[Maplebeasts]

I just noticed that Nash had a 4% xGf% last night. Mikheyev was at 8 and Joe was at 16. JFC no wonder we lost. The entire bottom six got lit up like a Christmas tree.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Also Sticky I think you can change the topic to pregame thread from thread tools but I’m not 100% sure.

 

[stickty111]

Also Sticky I think you can change the topic to pregame thread from thread tools but I’m not 100% sure.

Haha thanks. I didn't realize I put post game..

 

[Wrong Wilson]

Why!?!?!?

Andersen starting game 2?

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Very surprised to see Sandin, Jumbo and Mik .. i hope they don't cost us game 2 as well .. oh well if it happens then Dubie/Keefer are done in Leafland and maybe Shanny too

 

[Garthinater]

Why!?!?!?

Is he hurt??

 

[stickty111]

Also Sticky I think you can change the topic to pregame thread from thread tools but I’m not 100% sure.

Also I'm fine with the lines. The 4th isn't good but when the organization got these veterans, you know they were playing them.

 

[stickty111]

Andersen starting game 2?

No news on Jack.

 

[disgruntleddave]

Hopefully maintenance day only...

 

[TheDoldrums]

If Campbell is actually hurt we are officially cursed

 

[Stringer Bell]

I like Nash, but we should not need him to get by Montreal. Give him more time to skate and get his legs under him and if we have additional players go down or make it to the second round he is a terrific player to sub in. But if he's not at 100 percent no way a player who has had no time to play and mesh with the team and who does not have his legs under him should be in there.

Hammer into Engvall and Galchenyuk that playing a defensively responsible game needs to be a priority. But right now I have more faith in Galchehyuk finding and burying a rebound to the slot and Engvall's speed causing disruptions and odd man rushes.

 

[Dreakmur]

Good move by Keefe. I was fine with Nash but when you lose one of your main offensive players, you need to introduce more offense.

Thornton was the worst player on the ice last night. Simmonds close behind. Nash wasn’t good, but not nearly as bad as those two.

 

[BTP]

CAMPBELL?!!??

jesus christ..

homie better just be resting

 

[hamzarocks]

Dermott should be playing. He has experience over Sabdin and him and Bogo were a great 3rd pair for most of the regular season.

Joe and Simmonds shouldn't play much on the PP.

1st unit don't put Joe on it. Go

Nylander- Matthews - Hyman

Rielly - Marner

This is must win for me. Can't go down 2-0 to this Habs team. We should be winning this in 5. Price and some posts got them game 1 but now they shouldn't win another game this series

 

[Advanced stats]

Love those lines.

This is the part in the story where Foligno becomes well worth a 1st+

Last year with Columbus in the playoffs he played center and averaged 23 minutes a game.

Edit, I stand slightly correct... Foligno only took about 30 faceoffs in the playoffs last year so didn't play a lot of center, but the year previous he was Columbus's 1B center.
Point still stands that he's fully capable of being a 2c.

 

[saffronleaf]

Hoping we can steal at least 1 game for JT, but not expecting too much. Just go out and have fun, stay safe.

 

[SeenSchenn2]

Love those lines.

This is the part in the story where Foligno becomes well worth a 1st+

Last year with Columbus in the playoffs he played center and averaged 23 minutes a game.

Definitely time for him to show something. But I think he played on the wing with Wennberg (C) and Atkinson (RW).

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I just noticed that Nash had a 4% xGf% last night. Mikheyev was at 8 and Joe was at 16. JFC no wonder we lost. The entire bottom six got lit up like a Christmas tree.

At least with Nash and Mikheyev it was because they were doing absolutely nothing offensively, but were also giving up very little defensively.

Thornton was one of our worst defensively while still not doing much offensively.

The optics look bad yanking Thornton after just one playoff game, which is why he survives, but if he continues to play like this and we are struggling to win then Keefe must take him out. Especially with Tavares out and us needing our 12 best forwards on every given night. Thornton is not one of the 12 best forwards even with Tavares' injury.

 

[Rob Brown]

Hoping we can steal at least 1 game for JT, but not expecting too much. Just go out and have fun, stay safe.

You actually think they're getting swept? Or you just looking for attention?