Pre-Game Talk: Ottawa @ Toronto - Game 1 - Sunday 7pm

[Sypher04]

I don't know..

When he's with players he clicks with, Holmberg can protect the puck and do quite well in a cycling type of game and get on the scoresheet.

Kampf just seems to do nothing out there offensively. He is solid defensively (better than Holmberg), but I'm tired of the Leafs depth lines basically doing nothing offensively in the playoffs every year. I think I'd rather have Holmberg in the line-up than Kampf.

I think it’s something you have to at least consider to:
1) improve the defensive stability of 3rd line
2) improve the penalty kill personnel

And I don’t really think personally Holmberg is out there doing much that Kampf doesn’t offensively. Neither one is particularly good in that regard.

 

[thewave]

Easy peasy, Sens hahaha, I mean HAHAHAHAHA. Leafs Vs Tykes

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

If that’s the job just hire Tony Robbins or a drill sergeant.

Gunnery Sgt Hartman's dead now (apparently Marines actually do die). Tony Robbins was brought in to help the Kings beat the Leafs in '93. Be better.

 

[1specter]

I don't know..

When he's with players he clicks with, Holmberg can protect the puck and do quite well in a cycling type of game and get on the scoresheet.

Kampf just seems to do nothing out there offensively. He is solid defensively (better than Holmberg), but I'm tired of the Leafs depth lines basically doing nothing offensively in the playoffs every year. I think I'd rather have Holmberg in the line-up than Kampf.

Kampf has been decent in a fourth line role in the playoffs, he generally gets hard usage and handles his own. Against Florida him and Sam Lafferty were the only guys who showed up consistently every game. He was also pretty solid in the 2022 Tampa series playing 3C. Our PK has also been bad without him.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Gunnery Sgt Hartman's dead now (apparently Marines actually do die). Tony Robbins was brought in to help the Kings beat the Leafs in '93. Be better.

Marines are not allowed to die without permission!

 

[Burnie97]

Usually all weekends fly by super sonic speed.

But Sunday seems so far away. Damn it.

With having the Monday off from work as well... I need a slow burn weekend.

I'm pumped for the games but 4 days off is amazing... and being able to have a few on a Sunday night... first leaf playoff game ... is feeling pretty great.

 

[Roo]

What do you think the starting lineup looks like?

Sounds like McCabe and OEL are going to be in. Does Patches or Kampf dress, or do they stick with their forward group?

 

[Stephen]

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Ullmark has a 6-5-1 record against us all time and is on a winning streak lately. But I don’t remember him being intimidating to play against in the game he started vs Boston last year.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Kind of hoping Tkachuk is more interested in putting on a show rather than sticking to the system and being focused on the big picture. Tkachuks do love the spotlight.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Knies - Matthews - Marner
Patches - Tavares - Nylander
McMann - Holmberg/Kampf - Robertson
Domi - Laughton - Lorentz

That's how I would dictate my forwards

 

[TMLAM34]

Knies - Matthews - Marner
Patches - Tavares - Nylander
McMann - Holmberg/Kampf - Robertson
Domi - Laughton - Lorentz

That's how I would dictate my forwards

I wonder if we’ll see Patches back in the lineup.

 

[Cleetus]

I honestly could see Tkachuk doing something stupid in this series, getting himself suspended

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I honestly could see Tkachuk doing something stupid in this series, getting himself suspended

Can we sacrifice Domi to this cause because we win that exchange

 

[thewave]

I honestly could see Tkachuk doing something stupid in this series, getting himself suspended

Well he already suffers from suspended development so it wouldn't be a shock.

 

[rielledup]

Leafs in 6.

However if we do lose all bets are off.

 

[crump]

Holmberg stays in until he screws up I think. He makes McCann and Robertson more dangerous than Kampf.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Leafs in 6.

However if we do lose all bets are off.

My advice to everyone on this board is that if the Leafs lose this series PLEASE DO NOT go to the main boards until at least July. Like, under any circumstances.

 

[Cleetus]

My advice to everyone on this board is that if the Leafs lose this series PLEASE DO NOT go to the main boards until at least July. Like, under any circumstances.

I will ask one of the fine mods here to ban my account till September lol

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I will ask one of the fine mods here to ban my account till September lol

I'll just put the entire main boards on my ignore list and forget about it probably.

Hopefully it doesn't come to that.

 

[mikeyz]

Play time is over, we all knew they’d make the playoffs, now they need to prove they’re no longer post season chokers. Anything less than Conference finals is a big fail imo, not convinced they won’t choke and lose to Ottawa, at kast the goaltending has been exceptional, that might save them?

This is exactly it.

For everyone in here that has a problem with the overreaction takes. Now is the teams chance to silence those voices and make a statement and at least make the final 4.

 

[rielledup]

If we lose and mitch is just ok like usual do you think resigning him shouldn't even be a consideration anymore? Use the money to try to build the team in a different way?

 

[PanniniClaus]

I wonder if we’ll see Patches back in the lineup.

I think he sits until there is an injury or a performance issue with another winger.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

If we lose and mitch is just ok like usual do you think resigning him shouldn't even be a consideration anymore? Use the money to try to build the team in a different way?

if we lose this series we have far bigger problems than Marner alone.

At that point, you retool for 3 years and set the entire thing on fire once we have our 1sts again because enough is enough.

 

[kevsh]

My advice to everyone on this board is that if the Leafs lose this series PLEASE DO NOT go to the main boards until at least July. Like, under any circumstances.

If the Leafs lose this series, that's it, I'm out.

And unlike Lindsay Graham, I will actually mean it.

 

[rumman]

If the Leafs lose this series, that's it, I'm out.

And unlike Lindsay Graham, I will actually mean it.

Think I’m in the same place regarding this…….