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Forums :: Blog World :: Mike Augello: Awaiting Kadri’s fate, lineup changes for Game 3; Leafs vs. Bruins
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steve362
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: St. John's, NF
Joined: 07.07.2010

Apr 15 @ 4:40 PM ET
Anyone else?

*Reads that Chris Rooney is reffing the game tonight*

*Reads that Chris Rooney is from Boston Massachusetts*

JohnFergusonJr
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'd be happy with Che Guevara; hero of the Cuban revolution. - Canada Cup aka AOCC
Joined: 01.14.2011

Apr 15 @ 4:41 PM ET
Sure. Elbow to head causing blood. No call. One handed hook, call. This is not the first time Boston got special treatment.
- aminnes


You can say they missed something or they're incompetent but Jacobs isn't calling the shots.

Even if you wanted to get conspiratorial, it's the Bruins vs. the Leafs (owned by MLSE aka Rogers and Bell, provider of the NHL TV deal in Canada). Not exactly the Bruins vs. (insert small market negative cash flow team).
aminnes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Mrs. Buzzkill, AB
Joined: 12.17.2008

Apr 15 @ 4:41 PM ET
Matthews makes a lot of small plays that go unnoticed by fans. As for production it would be nice if someone on his line could hit him with a decent pass.
He’s a sniper but he has to do it all himself. Doesn’t get many open looks.

- shack67


At the rate he will be paid he should be able to create something himself once in a while.
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Apr 15 @ 4:41 PM ET

- Steven_Seagull


Damn, that looks like it may have hurt.
shack67
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: NS
Joined: 07.05.2015

Apr 15 @ 4:41 PM ET
This is a good point.

Everybody knows the game changes in the playoffs. People can either cry about it or learn how to play that game.

Dubas is partly at fault here for not getting at least one or two guys that can make a "playoff" difference and the trickle down effect of that is that a guy like Kadri is somewhat forced to take matters into his own hands which leads to a stupid suspension. Twice.

The Bruins, on the other hand, have some "rats" on their team backed up by a bunch of guys who can back it up. And it certainly works against the Leafs.

- JohnFergusonJr

But their rats are exceptional players. Those guys are hard to come by. Having unskilled toughness is worthless these days.
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Apr 15 @ 4:42 PM ET
Damn, that looks like it may have hurt.
- Garnie



If only he was awake to feel it.
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Apr 15 @ 4:42 PM ET
At the rate he will be paid he should be able to create something himself once in a while.
- aminnes


Never did before, why start now.

*scurries away*
shack67
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: NS
Joined: 07.05.2015

Apr 15 @ 4:42 PM ET
Damn, that looks like it may have hurt.
- Garnie

Just try to imagine your face hitting the ice like that.
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Apr 15 @ 4:42 PM ET
Never did before, why start now.

*scurries away*

- Garnie



111 goals in 212 games...
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Apr 15 @ 4:43 PM ET
If only he was awake to feel it.
- Steven_Seagull

I was thinking the same, probably smarted when he woke up!!
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Apr 15 @ 4:44 PM ET
111 goals in 212 games...
- Steven_Seagull

I thought we were talking about Wee Willie

*feels shame*
JohnFergusonJr
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'd be happy with Che Guevara; hero of the Cuban revolution. - Canada Cup aka AOCC
Joined: 01.14.2011

Apr 15 @ 4:44 PM ET
Matthews makes a lot of small plays that go unnoticed by fans. As for production it would be nice if someone on his line could hit him with a decent pass.
He’s a sniper but he has to do it all himself. Doesn’t get many open looks.

- shack67


This is true.

It would be interesting to see what could be done with these line combos.

Hyman / Matthews / Marner
Johnsson / Tavares / Kapanen
Marleau / Nylander / Brown

We know Tavares and Marner work well together but we also know that Tavares has played with weaker wingers and still remained productive. Maybe Matthews needs a dose of Marner to get him going.
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Apr 15 @ 4:44 PM ET
Just try to imagine your face hitting the ice like that.
- shack67


No thanks!! That’s why my parents enrolled me in power skating
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Apr 15 @ 4:45 PM ET
I thought we were talking about Wee Willie

*feels shame*

- Garnie



Maybe we were? Aetherial broke me, now I get triggered easily.
shack67
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: NS
Joined: 07.05.2015

Apr 15 @ 4:45 PM ET
At the rate he will be paid he should be able to create something himself once in a while.
- aminnes

He will. His rookie year in the playoffs he scored 5 goals in six games. Judging a guy for 2 games is a fools game.
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Apr 15 @ 4:46 PM ET
Maybe we were? Aetherial broke me, now I get triggered easily.
- Steven_Seagull



I agree with him usually 🙃
As_I_See_It
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 02.28.2011

Apr 15 @ 4:46 PM ET
It's bad enough that Kadri has his hearing, but it's absolutely (frank)ing brutal that DoPS hasn't delivered their decision with just over two hours to puck drop in Game 3. It almost feels that they're waiting as close to game time to drop their bomb to impact the game psychologically for both sides.

Get on with it!
aminnes
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Mrs. Buzzkill, AB
Joined: 12.17.2008

Apr 15 @ 4:46 PM ET
This is true.

It would be interesting to see what could be done with these line combos.

Hyman / Matthews / Marner
Johnsson / Tavares / Kapanen
Marleau / Nylander / Brown

We know Tavares and Marner work well together but we also know that Tavares has played with weaker wingers and still remained productive. Maybe Matthews needs a dose of Marner to get him going.

- JohnFergusonJr


Babs doesn't seem inclined for that kind of adjustment but hopefully he does this. Cassidy changed poop around and it was good for him.
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Apr 15 @ 4:46 PM ET
He will. His rookie year in the playoffs he scored 5 goals in six games. Judging a guy for 2 games is a fools game.
- shack67



(Matthews was actually really good in Game 1, Rask made some nice saves on him.) shhh...
Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: The centre of the hockey universe
Joined: 07.31.2006

Apr 15 @ 4:47 PM ET
No thanks!! That’s why my parents enrolled me in power skating
- Garnie

When do classes start?
Santo_44
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 10.20.2014

Apr 15 @ 4:47 PM ET
Matthews or Marner?
- Steven_Seagull

Nylander.

A goal and an assist from him tonight.
shack67
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: NS
Joined: 07.05.2015

Apr 15 @ 4:47 PM ET
No thanks!! That’s why my parents enrolled me in power skating
- Garnie

daeth
Colorado Avalanche
Location: 43 points, ON
Joined: 09.15.2005

Apr 15 @ 4:47 PM ET
I was thinking the same, probably smarted when he woke up!!
- Garnie

rumour has it he's still asleep on that ice to this day
As_I_See_It
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 02.28.2011

Apr 15 @ 4:47 PM ET

- Steven_Seagull


This precisely why the Leafs will ALWAYS get (frank)ed by Parros.
JohnFergusonJr
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'd be happy with Che Guevara; hero of the Cuban revolution. - Canada Cup aka AOCC
Joined: 01.14.2011

Apr 15 @ 4:48 PM ET
But their rats are exceptional players. Those guys are hard to come by. Having unskilled toughness is worthless these days.
- shack67


I don't think anybody is going to advocate for unskilled toughness. But the challenge for the Leafs is to get bigger, stronger and tougher both physically and in character.

They got a guy named Engvall with the Marlies who has a good mix of size and skill. People have said Marchment, although his skill set seems rather limited for the NHL.

They gotta find somebody though. It's an undeniable missing piece.

Look at Tampa Bay right now. If the Leafs were firing on all offensive cylinders, they'd look like Tampa Bay. But it's not working in the playoffs versus a "tough / gritty" Columbus team.

Washington looks like they have a clear path to the Cup again with their mix of skill and size.
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