R1G2: Leafs @ Bruins - May 4th, 7:00pm - CBC, Fan 590

[CarltonTheBear]

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin
Frattin-Grabovski-Komarov
Hamilton-McClement-Orr

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Fraser-Franson
Gardiner-O'Byrne

 

[CarltonTheBear]

So not a single line from practice on Friday stuck. Genius. That'll really rattle Boston.

 

[ZBBM]

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin
Frattin-Grabovski-Komarov
Hamilton-McClement-Orr

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Fraser-Franson
Gardiner-O'Byrne

Fraser-Franson .... hmmmm.

Fraser needs to make the safest possible pass every time tonight.

And yeah, Carlyle is a bit nuts.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Fraser-Franson .... hmmmm.

Fraser needs to make the safest possible pass every time tonight.

I'd rather he just gave his jersey to Liles.

 

[ZBBM]

Fraser-Franson .... hmmmm.

Fraser needs to make the safest possible pass every time tonight.

I'd rather he just gave his jersey to Liles.

Well, yes.  I liked Fraser in the season but he and Costco looked sooooo A-H-L in G1.

 

[TML fan]

Liles not playing is idiotic. Fraser is terrible at everything except being tough. We need to win games not bully an unbullyable team. We don't need his toughness. We need someone who can actually make a pass not ice the puck 20 times a game.

I'm fine with one of Orr or McLaren (I prefer McLaren) and I don't like MacArthur so I'm glad he's not playing.

 

[Rebel_1812]

@HennyTweets: Projected leaf additions tonight: hamilton and  frattin in, macarthur and  mclaren out. O'byrne and gardiner in and liles out. #tmltalk

If true makes sense.  MacArthur hasn't done anything for a while.

 

[drummond]

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin
Frattin-Grabovski-Komarov
Hamilton-McClement-Orr

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Fraser-Franson
Gardiner-O'Byrne

Glad to see this, though. Hopefully this could give us solid 2nd line. Chara can not play 40 minutes per game.

 

[Rebel_1812]

So not a single line from practice on Friday stuck. Genius. That'll really rattle Boston.

I don't think it will affect them.  I think the only line boston tries to match is putting chara against whatever line kessel is on.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin
Frattin-Grabovski-Komarov
Hamilton-McClement-Orr

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Fraser-Franson
Gardiner-O'Byrne

Glad to see this, though. Hopefully this could give us solid 2nd line. Chara can not play 40 minutes per game.

That's the same line that played game 1 and didn't really do anything though. And it hasn't really been an effective line for a couple of weeks now.

edit: Sorry, I'm wrong, they didn't play game 1 together.

 

[bustaheims]

Liles not playing is idiotic. Fraser is terrible at everything except being tough. We need to win games not bully an unbullyable team. We don't need his toughness. We need someone who can actually make a pass not ice the puck 20 times a game.

I agree to an extent, but, against a team like the Bruins, you also need to have a physical presence on the backend on all 3 pairings. Each pairing has a guy who can move the puck and a guy who's more of a stay-at-home type with this set up. That's the balance you usually look for, and, on top of that, Fraser did lead the team in blocked shots this season, which is a good thing to keep in the line-up. He just needs to hand the puck off to Franson every time it's on his stick.

 

[drummond]

JVR-Bozak-Kessel
Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin
Frattin-Grabovski-Komarov
Hamilton-McClement-Orr

Gunnarsson-Phaneuf
Fraser-Franson
Gardiner-O'Byrne

Glad to see this, though. Hopefully this could give us solid 2nd line. Chara can not play 40 minutes per game.

That's the same line that played game 1 and didn't really do anything though. And it hasn't really been an effective line for a couple of weeks now.

edit: Sorry, I'm wrong, they didn't play game 1 together.

Yeah, they lost some of the magic but Kadri needs to play with someone who has skill (Lupul) and Kuli can make enough room for them and by his forecheck he can win some pucks for Kadri/Lups. This line simply makes sense.

 

[bustaheims]

FriedgeHNIC: Fakery in the pre-game warmup -- Bozak, Lupul, Kessel to start together. Hamilton is in for Bruins, as is Peverly

Randy Carlyle - Master of Deception.

 

[ZBBM]

Liles not playing is idiotic. Fraser is terrible at everything except being tough. We need to win games not bully an unbullyable team. We don't need his toughness. We need someone who can actually make a pass not ice the puck 20 times a game.

I agree to an extent, but, against a team like the Bruins, you also need to have a physical presence on the backend on all 3 pairings. Each pairing has a guy who can move the puck and a guy who's more of a stay-at-home type with this set up. That's the balance you usually look for, and, on top of that, Fraser did lead the team in blocked shots this season, which is a good thing to keep in the line-up. He just needs to hand the puck off to Franson every time it's on his stick.

Good point re the blocked shots.  We led or were near the top of the league and didn't do it in Game 1.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

FriedgeHNIC: Fakery in the pre-game warmup -- Bozak, Lupul, Kessel to start together. Hamilton is in for Bruins, as is Peverly

Randy Carlyle - Master of Deception.

Julien just threw up.

 

[bustaheims]

Good point re the blocked shots.  We led or were near the top of the league and didn't do it in Game 1.

As long as he keeps things simple, Fraser is a good enough 3rd pairing type. It's keeping things simple that has been a bit of an issue of late.

 

[ZBBM]

Hard to beat that for emotion.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

:'(  oh how can you compete with that ? 

 

[drummond]

classy move by the Bruins organization

 

[lc9]

Big game, really excited.

Win all the games.