GDT: SCQF Game 1 | Leafs vs Habs - 5/20/21 @ 7:30pm - CBC, SN, TVAS

[PromisedLand]

Simmonds didn't wanna do that interview. He looked PISSED

"We gotta win this for Johnny"

Thats waht every Leafs should be feeling. GET PISSED OFF. Win it for JT. And tell the habs to F right the F off

 

[Mess]

Leafs look nervous as Montreal carried more of the play that 1st period.

 

[Alerion]

you don’t think he was f***ing trying? Tavares is stronger than him and pushing him away. Look at how many people had to come to keep him down, it took 4 people to keep him down. Go read up on when someone gets knocked out. Your brain doesn’t process anything that recently happened. When he comes back to earth his instinct is to keep playing.

If he's incapable then get a different trainer or have 2 trainers respond? I understand how players react and the staff's first job is to prevent that from happening because there's a major risk for worsening the injury, which we saw when JT fell over backwards. It was horrific and I think it was avoidable.

 

[DarkKnight]

If you’ve already jumped off the deep end, after one period, under those circumstances, it actually says more about your weaknesses and why you’ve never been successful at ANYTHING in you “life”.

Relax.

 

[sxvnert]

Nylander matthews marner
Kerfoot foligno hyman
Mik nash simmonds
Thornton spezza

 

[LeafsFan89]

Ok Thorton. Reach in deep like All Might and become a hero.

 

[Notsince67]

I would go

Hyman-Matthews-Nylander
Foligno-Kerfoot-Marner
Mikheyev-Nash-Simmonds

Rotate:

Thornton-Spezza-Marner
Thornton-Matthews-Spezza

I might try
Foligno, Matthews, Hyman
Nylander, Kerfoot, Marner
1st line....big man line.
Second line has decent quickness and Willy has actually played better on the left

 

[IPS]

Perry ran into him on purpose, of course he didn't mean to injure him like that. But he totally meant to bump him.

The Tavares injury is no excuse for losing this game though, stuff like that happens all the time. Pacioretty got his face caved in by Chara. Only losers would wilt instead of using it as motivation.

It's not even possible to make that decision in that split half a second.

I swear some of you have never played a sport in your life.

 

[Dave92]

yeah hes pretty calm with the puck and seems to move it quick when need be, Rielly holds onto it till its too late.

He made a really nice play to keep the puck in.

 

[moon111]

Literally your first job as a trainer there is to keep the player still while you assess the situation. Keeping the player down is his job, he failed to do it and risked worsening the injury.

Maybe he should of decked him and knocked him out completely.

 

[Sypher04]

I'd love to know how I get a job as a hit counter for an NHL team because clearly being good at the job is not a requirement.

 

[Nooodles]

Why the f*** are they showing it? Are they really this Pejorative Slured?

 

[mrbagina]

Another shit period, another shit powerplay.

No way the Leafs wins this series.

Wow...really? really?....wow

 

[Cecithepylon]

Let’s go leafs !

 

[Brobust]

Don’t be surprised if we see old Thornton stepping up. I bet he steps in and takes that 2nd line spot and puts up points.

Yeah, the team's f***ed.

 

[smokes lets go]

I don't think Perry intentionally kneed him in the face but I don't think it's a stretch to think he intended to get a piece of Tavares. Nobody is going to convince me a professional hockey player cannot recognize that situation developing and avoid all contact if they want. Put another way, it's not a coincidence it was Perry.

It happened way to fast for me to think Perry had any sort of intent on that.

 

[Aashir]

Ok Thorton. Reach in deep like All Might and become a hero.

Lol. I think Thornton’s already passed on his powers to a man named Mitch Marner.

 

[Pi]

I don't even care about this particular game. We'll probably still win this series without Tavares but one of our strengths was having Tavares a superstar 1C as our 2c. It becomes incredibly hard to win the Cup without him.

I am hoping for the best for his health but if he's smart he's probably done for the year. The way he collapsed on the ice after trying to get up was harrowing to watch.

We're f***ed cursed man. It f***ing sucks.

 

[Lightsol]

We just cannot get any breaks. Why it should happen this year? Play hard now for John.

Certainly helps when the NHL is going out of its way to allow teams to take liberties on you year after year...

 

[The Apologist]

Leafs look nervous as Montreal carried more of the play that 1st period.

I wonder if maybe something happened to rattle the Leafs?

 

[admiralcadillac]

I don't think Perry intentionally kneed him in the face but I don't think it's a stretch to think he intended to get a piece of Tavares. Nobody is going to convince me a professional hockey player cannot recognize that situation developing and avoid all contact if they want. Put another way, it's not a coincidence it was Perry.

They’re friends

 

[Mr Papagoergyo]

Adversity boys

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Ok so log off and go do something else. No one wants to hear you.

Lots of realists want to hear me. Those who are "offended" can go to their safe space and put me on ignore.

 

[IPS]

I might try
Foligno, Matthews, Hyman
Nylander, Kerfoot, Marner
1st line....big man line.
Second line has decent quickness and Willy has actually played better on the left

I ain't a fan of separating Matthews and Marner. These boys have to learn how to take over a series already and from the way they feed off eachother it's most likely they'd do it on the same line.

 

[AvroArrow]

The boys need to rally and win this one for the captain. A pp to start the 2nd, make it count. I'd like to see Spezza on the 2nd line.