GDT: Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins 7 PM CBC

[eddieO]

Yet Rielly maybe gets 5 seconds of PP time if he's lucky.

My one significant complaint about Babcock.

Didn't he say he's doing it for a reason? To have Morgan focus on D etc

 

[Apotheosis]

Imagine how many points Rielly could have generated in that PP time...

 

[yubbers]

Yet Rielly maybe gets 5 seconds of PP time if he's lucky.

My one significant complaint about Babcock.

Meh

I'm convinced Babcock is doing all he can to bring Dions value up to move him.

I can get on board with that

 

[Pholus]

No Don Cherry, the NHL would never agree to anything that would make the all-star game terrific.

 

[Apotheosis]

Didn't he say he's doing it for a reason? To have Morgan focus on D etc

That's the only thing I don't understand. Why does playing on the PP have to hamper Morgan's focus on D? He's clearly an offence first defence man, why not just him PP time while also having him play the shutdown minutes too?

 

[Swervin81]

Meh

I'm convinced Babcock is doing all he can to bring Dions value up to move him.

I can get on board with that

I'd agree, but not at the expense of Rielly's development. That's where I don't like it.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Cherry's voice is gone.

 

[OvenMittz*]

Yet Rielly maybe gets 5 seconds of PP time if he's lucky.

My one significant complaint about Babcock.

It could be a few things.

Show casing other players like Gardiner, while developing Reilly's Defense and giving him the time to rest to take on the heavier load through the rest of the game.

 

[Al14]

Cherry's voice is gone.

Some would say his mind has too!

 

[Daisy Jane]

Yet Rielly maybe gets 5 seconds of PP time if he's lucky.

My one significant complaint about Babcock.

meh not really.

if you want to take it as facevalue - we know he can score and he can get easy points, so let him concentrate on the defense/well rounded.

if you want to take the political route - keep the point totals down to justify a lower cap hit AND push Dion as a PP guy (even though he sucks) and we can trade him.

 

[Warden of the North]

Meh

I'm convinced Babcock is doing all he can to bring Dions value up to move him.

I can get on board with that

Byproduct is keeping Rielly's point totals down which will help in contract negotiations.

 

[Swervin81]

It could be a few things.

Show casing other players like Gardiner, while developing Reilly's Defense and giving him the time to rest to take on the heavier load through the rest of the game.

You could always put Rielly out there instead of a 4th forward on one of the units and run with 4 forwards on the other.

I kinda understand saving him for 5 on 5, but still.

 

[Pholus]

That's the only thing I don't understand. Why does playing on the PP have to hamper Morgan's focus on D? He's clearly an offence first defence man, why not just him PP time while also having him play the shutdown minutes too?

Because he's not ready to play 28 mins a game. Any pp time he gets will end up coming out of his pk/shutdown 5-on-5 ice time.

 

[Nithoniniel]

You also don't just walz out and play some PP. Putting him on a PP unit also means focus on the PP at practice instead of areas he needs to fix. It means he'll feel the pressure to be an offensive contributor.

They don't really limit his development. They focus it.

 

[Daisy Jane]

that was fast

 

[Swervin81]

For ****s sakes.

39 seconds in this time.

 

[OvenMittz*]

You could always put Rielly out there instead of a 4th forward on one of the units and run with 4 forwards on the other.

I kinda understand saving him for 5 on 5, but still.

yea but 4F 1D is how he always does his PP. I doubt its going to change

 

[tml19]

Tipped 4 times

 

[WMT]

that was fast

Seems like the start of every period we are giving up a goal.

 

[Al14]

What's with Bernier and the 1st shots in a period going in?

 

[hamzarocks]

that was a ugly goal

 

[Apotheosis]

Because he's not ready to play 28 mins a game. Any pp time he gets will end up coming out of his pk/shutdown 5-on-5 ice time.

So what's the difference? Why not just shuffle the PP and the PK while letting him play the tough 5 on 5 minutes?

 

[OvenMittz*]

what happened?

 

[burpsalot]

What's with Bernier and the 1st shots in a period going in?

We have to start with the back up until the other team gets a shot on net, then put Bernier in.

 

[Nithoniniel]

what happened?

Chara shot, it got deflected, then deflected, then hit Bernier on the shoulder, bounced into the bar, down on the ice and then in.