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Pre-Game Talk: Redemption against the Bruins
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Stephen
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Bruins are weak this year but I don’t think the Leafs are ready to snap out of it on Saturday.
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They will. We are end of October now. This is when the team starts getting hot and gives us all hope again
Stephen
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I think they heat up sometime next week. They haven’t hit rock bottom yet despite the last two.
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TheDoldrums
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Lorentz is as 4th liner as a 4th liner comes. He's not someone that should ever be moved up.
Holmberg needs to see a press box for at least a game, he's been bad.
What's up with Dewar? Feels like he's been practicing for awhile, not sure if it's cap gymnastics preventing them from activating him but he could be a spark for the bottom 6.
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Disappointing to see them going with the same lines.
I really think Berube had predetermined to see a set amount of games before he makes a decision.
Whether that is 10, 20, 41.
It is too emotional of a response to make changes everytime something doesn't work out. Now, he can make in game changes when it is warranted but most coaches are going to want to truly assess their new team over an extended period before he picks the lines he wants.
As for the PP non changes. That is baffling. Although he was quick to replace Rielly with OEL
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Yes, he would have given himself some time to evaluate and I'm not suggesting changing things 'everytime.....' but this isn't an evaluation issue. He needs to make a statement that it's his team and you need to play his way. Icetime and line mates is the easiest way he can make this statement.
Matthews and Marner have been terrible and Domi/Nylander have little interest in playing any defense. I'd change them all up.
Domi and Nylander have been winning their matchups pretty much every night. Seems a little exaggerated to say they are not interested.
Even the last 2 games where the entire team has been poor they have only been on the ice for 2 goals against.
I agree with you that he should let them know it is his team though.
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We need a 2C.
Knies Matthews Domi
McMann ______ Nylander
Pacioretty Tavares Marner
Lorentz Dewar Holmberg/Reaves
Rielly Tanev
OEL McCabe
Benoit Hakanpaa
Trade: Robertson, Kampf, 2nd round pick, Jarnkrok, Liljegren, Timmins
No idea what options are there but that is what the lines should be
Knies Matthews Domi
McMann ______ Nylander
Pacioretty Tavares Marner
Lorentz Dewar Holmberg/Reaves
Rielly Tanev
OEL McCabe
Benoit Hakanpaa
Trade: Robertson, Kampf, 2nd round pick, Jarnkrok, Liljegren, Timmins
No idea what options are there but that is what the lines should be
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Stephen
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That Nylander Liljegren tiff looks more intense than real game action.
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Why the f*** are we still rolling these garbage lines? The bottom six has zero offense with this current setup
Yeah dont get hopes up for this one. All the images you might have of opening puck drop redemption and domination will come crashing down when that first hand grenade flutters in front of the net. I think they'll be mad and come out with energy , but so will Boston and Leafs are too fragile too match desperate teams who close hard.
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If the Leafs aren’t going to switch around the lineup they could at least break up the top PP unit and spread the wealth.
PP1
Knies
Matthews - Domi - Nylander
Ekman-Larsson
PP2
McMann
Tavares - Marner - Robertson
Rielly
And of course they don’t.Knies
Matthews - Domi - Nylander
Ekman-Larsson
PP2
McMann
Tavares - Marner - Robertson
Rielly
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I swear to god people used to cry that Keefe blended the lines too much now this lol
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Don't be obtuse. It's the refusal to split up combos like Matthews and Marner or balance the lineup better. Currently the bottom six is a black hole while the second line is a gas can defensively, and M+M can't learn to play a different way. We also have evidence that Matthews can still perform with other players, so it doesn't make sense that we abandoned that.
Also Keefe would only mix up lines for half a period before going back to what he was comfortable with. He only tried new combinations like Bert-Matthews-Domi when he had to because of injuries.
