Bergy has dominated Tavares last few games on face off, over 55% for series. Bigger issue is they do nothing with all the draws he wins.Bergy getting schooled all series by Tavares at the dot. What a disappointment.
Bergy has dominated Tavares last few games on face off, over 55% for series. Bigger issue is they do nothing with all the draws he wins.Bergy getting schooled all series by Tavares at the dot. What a disappointment.
They played a good lock down defensive game. If they score on the power play they win. You need to slow it down against these guys.Bruins didn’t play badly. What cost them the game was an 0 for 3 on the power play and a defensive breakdown against one of the best lines in the league.
If they can win game 6 I like their chances in a game 7.
Exactly. Every time the Leafs get the puck, the B's back up like Oddjob when he realizes James Bond has the hat.Maybe they will stop playing on their heels facing elimination.
Huh, doesn't feel like it, though I've only really been able to watch the 3 losses. Thanks for correcting me, I will be better.Bergy has dominated Tavares last few games on face off, over 55% for series. Bigger issue is they do nothing with all the draws he wins.
It’s awfulFuck the NHLPA for agreeing to an extension of this fucked playoff format
There was one even strength sequence that made me think for a second we were short handedExactly. Every time the Leafs get the puck, the B's back up like Oddjob when he realizes James Bond has the hat.
Didn't work for Oddjob. Not working for the Bruins.
If they still had the old formula, they’d be playing Carolina, who is currently giving the defending champions all the can handle.It’s awful
They’re not skating with them. They’re playing conservatively to not get beat deep or give them speed through the neutral zone. I hate playing like that, they haven’t done it all year under Cassidy except when they had a lot of guys out. Which makes me think they’re really banged up.Can't figure out why they can't establish any forecheck or cycle this series. TOR strength is not their D. That said Jake Muzzin was a tremendous pick up for them and prob the difference in this series.
It’s not just the unfairness factor - it’s boring to be some division centricIf they still had the old formula, they’d be playing Carolina, who is currently giving the defending champions all the can handle.
The Leafs are impeding them on every dump in. Legally IMO, so not a big deal, but they’re doing a good job of getting layers and getting to the puck.They’re not skating with them. They’re playing conservatively to not get beat deep or give them speed through the neutral zone. I hate playing like that, they haven’t done it all year under Cassidy except when they had a lot of guys out. Which makes me think they’re really banged up.
The crazy thing is, if Rask flopped there when he took the contact he probably gets the interference call. Which is also really bad for hockey that goalies are starting to do that now.I don’t know what goalie interference is. Not that this was. But I literally had no idea what the call would be. That’s not good for hockey.
Toronto is a great skating teamThe way they are playing TOR is probably the best matchup for them, maybe PIT would have been better.
CAR would have skated circles around them and CBJ has a great blend of speed and strength they would struggle with not to mention an elite PK.
Bs look old and slow. I'm afraid the window is just about closed on this group. They should have lost last game and tonight was a toss up game they didn't really show up for at home.
Can we wait to see if they actually lose the series before we overreact?The way they are playing TOR is probably the best matchup for them, maybe PIT would have been better.
CAR would have skated circles around them and CBJ has a great blend of speed and strength they would struggle with not to mention an elite PK.
Bs look old and slow. I'm afraid the window is just about closed on this group. They should have lost last game and tonight was a toss up game they didn't really show up for at home.
I actually think that was the strategy for tonight. Toronto’s game is speed through the neutral zone and stretch passes, so the Bruins backed off the forecheck and tried to clog the neutral zone and get in the passing lanes. It makes for kind of boring hockey, but if the Bruins had scored on the PP or on a lucky bounce the strategy would’ve worked. But they didn’t.They’re not skating with them. They’re playing conservatively to not get beat deep or give them speed through the neutral zone. I hate playing like that, they haven’t done it all year under Cassidy except when they had a lot of guys out. Which makes me think they’re really banged up.
The CBJ they beat 3 times in the past month or a different CBJ?The way they are playing TOR is probably the best matchup for them, maybe PIT would have been better.
CAR would have skated circles around them and CBJ has a great blend of speed and strength they would struggle with not to mention an elite PK.
Bs look old and slow. I'm afraid the window is just about closed on this group. They should have lost last game and tonight was a toss up game they didn't really show up for at home.
That’s what I was saying. I think that was the game plan.I actually think that was the strategy for tonight. Toronto’s game is speed through the neutral zone and stretch passes, so the Bruins backed off the forecheck and tried to clog the neutral zone and get in the passing lanes. It makes for kind of boring hockey, but if the Bruins had scored on the PP or on a lucky bounce the strategy would’ve worked. But they didn’t.
So. Much. This.The way they are playing TOR is probably the best matchup for them, maybe PIT would have been better.
CAR would have skated circles around them and CBJ has a great blend of speed and strength they would struggle with not to mention an elite PK.
Bs look old and slow. I'm afraid the window is just about closed on this group. They should have lost last game and tonight was a toss up game they didn't really show up for at home.
2 O6 teams. The ONLY O6 teams to qualify, playing each other. I don't see it changing. This is by far the top match-up of the first round.As it stands currently, Calgary is gonna be out. If they hold to this 3pm EST slot it would be a darn shame.
It just takes a single tip of the puck going an inch to the left instead of to the right. Hockey is a funny game that way.So. Much. This.
Toronto has consistently out skated and out skilled the Bruins in this series, the Bs are not going to hit their way out of this, and they are fucked as a result.