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Qualifier Game 1: Blue Jackets @ Leafs - Aug. 2nd, 8:00pm - SN

BermudaBudsFan said:
It?s just a team that doesn?t yet understand how hard you have to work, all the time, to win.  They may never figure it out.
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Thats why you need to make some changes and get some guys in here that do. Every shift.
 
Columbus shut them down and clogged up the zone but you can't tell me they only had 1 infraction all night. Should have been a few PPs for the Leafs
 
Zee said:
Columbus shut them down and clogged up the zone but you can't tell me they only had 1 infraction all night. Should have been a few PPs for the Leafs
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Every other game so far has been a parade to the box but the refs for some reason thought this one was nearly perfect, sure.
 
azzurri63 said:
BermudaBudsFan said:
It?s just a team that doesn?t yet understand how hard you have to work, all the time, to win.  They may never figure it out.
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Thats why you need to make some changes and get some guys in here that do. Every shift.
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I?m not sure they won?t figure it out either.  I?m also not sure what the game plan was.  I didn?t see anything that suggested the plan is a good one.
 
L K said:
It?s just one game but this was not encouraging to watch.  Marner is having the same struggles he was having during the year and there really wasn?t an extra gear out of Tavares today.  Big money players need to be more dangerous than that.  Columbus completely neutralized the Leafs. 
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I thought Matthews and Willy were fine. Did everything but score. Marner, JT need to be a lot better.
 
The dump in strategy just isn?t going to work with this team.  Too many guys who just don?t have the size to win puck battles.  I don?t know why they aren?t using more flip passes to t th and get Columbus back on their heels.  That is what they had to do against Boston who would do the same thing clogging the neutral zone.   
 
I thought Matthews had a strong game.  Each of Tavares, Marner and Nylander were nowhere near the level required.  To me it looked like Holl isn?t in game shape.
 
Stronger Than All said:
I was afraid of coming back with a stinker.  Geeez,  only Matthews really looked good to me.  I could be wrong, but he should have had a few.
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Leafs def didn't play their best but huge CBJ credit. Matthews was our only consistent threat.
 
That was a stinker, hopeful for a better effort next game. I don?t know if it?s just me, but playoff hockey is pretty dull without the crowd element.
 
Captain Canuck said:
That was a stinker, hopeful for a better effort next game. I don?t know if it?s just me, but playoff hockey is pretty dull without the crowd element.
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I don't think a crowd would have made that game less dull.
 
Captain Canuck said:
That was a stinker, hopeful for a better effort next game. I don?t know if it?s just me, but playoff hockey is pretty dull without the crowd element.
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I had a hard time getting into it. It def doesn't feel like playoffs.
 
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