GDT: Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins 7 PM CBC

[PhiladelphiaKessel]

Marincin the tank commander coming from the Oilers

He was leading their tank for years, he's certainly brought that experience to the leafs

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

tank tank baby!


really clutch tonight.

 

[Mats13]

Some people are just ridiculous.

How on earth is that Bernier's fault??!!

That was all Marincin, Bernier played a hell of a game. At this point some people just blame him for everything

 

[Atomos2]

The funniest part of that marchand goal was hnic blaming Rielly on the bench for a Bernier/Marincin miscommunication. What a joke

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[garce]

bernier has been impressive to me.

How on earth do people blame that on Bernier?

How can Maracin play in front of Corrado, Percy or Loov. And as a person with a giant head it's not easy finding a helmet.

 

[Kelly]

Brutal Marcinin

 

[thewave]

right? what if he wore it, and fell and hurt his head?
or got a puck on the head?

Healy needs to shut up.

What if it was game 7? Sometimes you gotta just do it. Mari is a trashy D no idea how he plays over the Marlies

 

[PhiladelphiaKessel]

The funniest part of that marchand goal was hnic blaming Rielly on the bench for a Bernier/Marincin miscommunication. What a joke

Yah it's Reilly's fault cause he wasn't on the ice to prevent that. Apparently none of our other D can be trusted ..

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Spooner is better than koko

I like spooner since he was a frontenac but I dunno man I feel like Khokhlachev can be a better player and has more talent although no doubt Spooner has been good for you guys.

 

[RASHBEEP]

Um you would expect your defensman to not pass it straight up the middle

People just looking for reasons to blame Bernier at this point.

Well look who you're quoting lol.

Hilarious game though, both teams were playing to lose.

 

[burpsalot]

How on earth do people blame that on Bernier?

Less than a minute left in the game, comes out of his net, gets in the way of his own D that takes his sweet frikking time to get back in net.

The guy is a dunce & plays with his head in the clouds.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

That's partially on Bernier because he didn't get to position fast enough. Of course that's still mostly marincin's fault

 

[Daisy Jane]

Re-watched the goal. Marincin is more of an idiot on that play than Bernier. Yeah bud, just throw it blindly up the boards. That'll turn out well.

true. but Bernier for a while for me - isn't strong with his puck play, maybe it would have behooved him to just stay in the net?

 

[Leaf Rocket]

How can Maracin play in front of Corrado, Percy or Loov. And as a person with a giant head it's not easy finding a helmet.

I was pumped about him I really was but I dunno how he is ahead of Corrado atm... I mean we must be missing something HUGE in the practices to have Babs let him play constantly...or our worst case dream has come true and Marcincin is Bab's Johnny Malkin.

 

[ULF_55]

Might as well call that an empty net goal while it is a tied game.

 

[eddieO]

Um you would expect your defensman to not pass it straight up the middle

People just looking for reasons to blame Bernier at this point.

Yeah it's not totally on Bernier but to say he's absolved of any responsibility for the goal is a joke.

Stay in your net. It's not that hard. He's not great at handling the puck behind the net anyway. There was really no reason to play the puck in that instance. You have both your Dmen arriving anyway from each side. It's a tie game late in the game. Why not play conservative, let you d handle it and get the point?

The giveaway was ugly but jeez, it's completely fine to blame the goalie. If Reimer did that, he's to be blamed as well.

 

[LeafSadist]

At least Montreal lost, albeit in overtime.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

What if it was game 7? Sometimes you gotta just do it. Mari is a trashy D no idea how he plays over the Marlies

It wasn't.

I'm sure if the stakes were that high Rielly would've taken Corrado's helmet and been back over the boards in no time. As it stands, this really was an inconsequential game in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Nithoniniel]

Less than a minute left in the game, comes out of his net, gets in the way of his own D that takes his sweet frikking time to get back in net.

The guy is a dunce & plays with his head in the clouds.

He made a routine play. Jeez.

He could make the same play in the same situation a thousand times over without it being a problem.

 

[LeafsMonster]

true. but Bernier for a while for me - isn't strong with his puck play, maybe it would have behooved him to just stay in the net?

Yeah, i agree that marincin is an idiot with that play, but bernier has to be more aware as to when to come out of the net, especially to go behind his net. There where two leafs and a bruin there, thats just too risky. There's no need for it.

 

[Ovate]

Why the funk is Marini on this team. Someone explain to me how a guy couldn't cut in DC starved Edmonton but we think he is NHL worthy.

Tank or no tank guys like this should not be around this team. Give his minutes to Harrington, Corrado, Percy, Loov anyone who needs to get NHL minutes

Took me a while to realize you were talking about Marincin.

He's better than he looks. Very good positioning and use of his reach to affect the play, though not as flashy as the big hits type of defenseman. Certainly not a top 4, but a decent #6 or passable #5 is pretty reasonable.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

At least Montreal lost, albeit in overtime.

I want them to not lose as much...so they dont get a good draft pick but lose enough so they miss the playoffs

 

[IBeL34f]

That's partially on Bernier because he didn't get to position fast enough. Of course that's still mostly marincin's fault

This is the correct answer.

Terrible way to lose. We didn't deserve a win, or even a point, but man that's a bummer.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Back to last in the division, one point back of 30th