Game 26: Leafs & Reimer @ Bruins 7:00PM ET CBC,NHLN-US,NESN (HD)

[maplesyrup]

FFS.

 

[pnjunction]

Bozak gotta hit the net there  :'(

 

[Stebro]

Bozak, hit the damn net

 

[Coderaspberry]

2 minutes for fighting for the puck, huh?

 

[Bullfrog]

A lot of passes into skates by the leafs tonight.

 

[pnjunction]

OK it went off a stick...still he needs to get that shot on

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Since Healy was all over the Leafs poor breakouts, I'm sure we'll see him diagram that nice play with Kessel through the middle.  Right? Right?

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

OK it went off a stick...still he needs to get that shot on

It went off a modified tree trunk.

 

[Fanatic]

Chara is excellent in gap control.

 

[Kin]

A decent coach would tell his forwards to attack Chara with fire and pitchforks.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Chara is excellent in gap control.

And has absolutely no problem playing 40 mins a game, apparently.

 

[Coderaspberry]

Chara is excellent in gap control.

Gap control is easier when wielding a telephone pole.

He is very sound positionally, though.

 

[Bullfrog]

Chara is excellent in gap control.

It doesn't hurt that with his back to the side boards, he can reach across and touch the opposite side boards with his stick.

 

[Zee]

How's it looking?  I'm too scared to watch

 

[Bullfrog]

How's it looking?  I'm too scared to watch

Well, it's still tied, so hopefully they can reset in the 2nd.

 

[azzurri63]

Since Healy was all over the Leafs poor breakouts, I'm sure we'll see him diagram that nice play with Kessel through the middle.  Right? Right?

These 3 seem to be all over us when they call the game. Hey we were outplayed but they seem to emphasize the same things over and over every broadcast. I used to like Hughson as a play by play guy but he's getting annoying as well.

 

[Deebo]

Boston had the terrtorial advantage, but it wasn't like they had bunch of quality chances IMO.

 

[crazyperfectdevil]

wow...we suck pretty bad tonight..though i guess the leafs rarely have good first periods

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

A decent coach would tell his forwards to attack Chara with fire and pitchforks.

I kinda feel they should always finish their checks on him no matter what the size difference. Tire him out a bit and get his concentration in a different area of the game. Bozak actually won the puck battle against him after throwing a hit (it didn't have much effect...but). Then Lupul just skated by on the next play without making Chara pay a price.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

For all the turnovers the Leafs had, Boston didn't exactly have many great scoring chances.  A lot of shoot it on net and bang away type stuff which Reimer stopped.

Would like to see the Leafs cut down on that - although that is easier said than done with some of the players on Boston.