He'd rather lose his way than change and admit he might have been wrong. I hope they sign him to an extension.Babs thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room. Lost his last 5 first round series now.
He'd rather lose his way than change and admit he might have been wrong. I hope they sign him to an extension.Babs thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room. Lost his last 5 first round series now.
Backes wasn't dressed last night, right? I was trying to figure out lineups and realized he was in the press box.Yep. We’d be apoplectic if Cassidy ran Backes out as much as Babcock sent Marleau’s corpse over the boards.
That thread and many others are a joy to read.Probably nothing good to see here: https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/leafs-season-over-leafs-lose.2638433/
About 6:10.I must have missed this. Did they even show it on TV? I found the video online - pretty funny.
Overall he had a rough series.I disagree about Chara, especially on his clears. There had to be about 5 times where he tossed it up the boards right into a guys skates or chest. He did it once after the Too Many Men penalty where he had time and space and decided to use it to throw it into someone's chest. Not impressed with his performance last night.
I'd say a little better than that...there were a lot of times he was scrambling to move his feet fast enough, and that's a horrible look, even if things end up working out. As someone else pointed out (Kenney?) he had some brutal decision making at times last night, just chucking pucks up the wall. I thought he had some really poor NZ pinches in the first couple of games too.Overall he had a rough series.
Fair point on the clearing passes. But it also seemed to me that he made a lot of those quick close-the-gap plays that thwarted several attempts at offense. It's a tribute to him that he can play big minutes against a speed team like toronto and not get destroyed.I disagree about Chara, especially on his clears. There had to be about 5 times where he tossed it up the boards right into a guys skates or chest. He did it once after the Too Many Men penalty where he had time and space and decided to use it to throw it into someone's chest. Not impressed with his performance last night.
I was there too. That was nuts, and one of the loudest sporting events I’ve ever been to.I was at that game. I couldn't believe he made that save. We actually didn't appreciate it as a crowd because there was no way he actually saved it and Grier must have missed. Miller had some equally incredible ones at the other end too.
A case could be made that he was their worst forward last night and one of their worst 4-5 overall forwards this series. He was inexplicably bad outside of the 2 goals he scored in Game 4, and last night he made so many "WTF" plays followed by lazy skating that I was dumbfounded.I should mention that Pasta did not have a good game last night. Not sure what was up with him, he made a lot of odd decisions and wasn't careful with the puck. Hopefully he's got that out of his system.
Chara played a ton against the Hyman - Tavares - Marner line. As the left D, he spent most of the series dealing with Marner. Marner had 1 even strength point in the series (goal in first period of game 1). Toronto can get Chara turned around at times and he doesn’t move the puck much, but he is still a damned good defender.Chara had a goal (game winner) and an assist and was +6 for the series (+4 on the road) in 21+ minutes a night against the 4th highest scoring team from the regular season. Leafs scored 5 goals all series with him on the ice (2 were on the PP). They were 3.5 GF regular season but down to 2.5 GF in the playoffs. Yeah, a couple rough wtf plays. But that was a really good offensive team he just helped to contain.
The lazy skating was the most confusing part. Is he sick? Because he's never looked that logy before.A case could be made that he was their worst forward last night and one of their worst 4-5 overall forwards this series. He was inexplicably bad outside of the 2 goals he scored in Game 4, and last night he made so many "WTF" plays followed by lazy skating that I was dumbfounded.
I would put him back with Bergeron/Marchand for Game 1.
https://nesn.com/2019/04/bruce-cassidy-has-message-for-anti-tuukka-rask-crowd-after-game-7-win/“Well hopefully he’s converted a few (detractors),” Cassidy said. “I think in sports you have that a lot. I’m a sports fan, other sports, and I have it with certain players on teams I root for. For me, in the time I’ve known him, he’s been a very competitive man. Excellent goaltender, we saw it tonight, and hopefully he can continue to build on his playoff legacy — it’s a big Game 7 to win. And like I said I believe he was our best player. …
“I hope fans recognize what he did tonight,” Cassidy later added. “I think you have to as a fan acknowledge when a player plays well. I know in this town when you don’t hear about it and that’s fine too, but tonight he played well and hopefully people get behind him and acknowledge that.”
Well hopefully he’s converted a few (detractors),” Cassidy said. “I think in sports you have that a lot. I’m a sports fan, other sports, and I have it with certain players on teams I root for. For me, in the time I’ve known him, he’s been a very competitive man. Excellent goaltender, we saw it tonight, and hopefully he can continue to build on his playoff legacy — it’s a big Game 7 to win. And like I said I believe he was our best player. …
“I hope @Myt1 recognizes what he did tonight,” Cassidy later added. “I think you have to as @Myt1 acknowledge when a player plays well. I know in this town when you don’t hear about it and that’s fine too, but tonight he played well and hopefully @Myt1 gets behind him and acknowledges that.”