Game 1: Leafs @ Bruins - Apr. 11th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[cabber24]

Obviously loved the game.

Key points for me:
Team discipline
Fantastic ice time distribution (Babs)
A great game by the 3rd line
A Nylander goal
Babcock was great
Zaitzev/Muzzin emergence
Reilly ice time

[cabber24]

Leafs doing the right thing by not caring about the non-calls. Just keep trucking because they're working well.

Composure, unlike last year, is so important.

[Bill_Berg]

WOOOOOOT!!

[herman]

Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on Marner today: "In our defensive system we’re not man-to-man often so I think he’s smart at finding where our switches take place and he can buy himself some time so we’ve addressed that... but we’re not changing our whole system for one player."

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) April 11, 2019

Cassidy commented on this before the game and it's something Mitch has been doing forever in a variety of ways.

At the beginning of the year, he add this L cut on entries, and what Marner does really well is timing his cut into the middle to coincide with the backchecking forward meeting the gapping up defenseman. This frees up a slip pass to a linemate coming into the zone with speed (hi, Rielly) while his running mate basically drags two other players to the net (Hyman).

Cassidy after getting Marnered:

Boston fans taking solace in the fact Marner is getting $$$$$$ this offseason. Here’s Bruce Cassidy: pic.twitter.com/xBNhTqzhWp

— Matt Porter (@mattyports) April 12, 2019

[disco]

STILL BASKING IN THE AFTER-GLOW of this game. What a victory. In Boston. Man, they played a near perfect game top to bottom, forwards getting back with active sticks, D-men passing and Mitchy! On cloud nine. On more thing that's different from last year: Mitch Marner: penalty killer.

[CarltonTheBear]

Watching Trevor Moore (5’10”) demolish Chara (6’9”) is giving me life. pic.twitter.com/DR9bI7uDna

— mapletreeleafs (@mapletreeleafs) April 12, 2019

I decided to watch this 42 times.

[Zee]

Watching Trevor Moore (5’10”) demolish Chara (6’9”) is giving me life. pic.twitter.com/DR9bI7uDna

— mapletreeleafs (@mapletreeleafs) April 12, 2019

I decided to watch this 42 times.

I filled up my gas tank yesterday and the pump stopped at $42. This is not a joke. It all makes sense now.

[Bullfrog]

Put that man on Kadri's line, please!

[bustaheims]

Well down, Mighty Mouse!

[Guilt Trip]

Put that man on Kadri's line, please!

If Marleau falters, then maybe but he also played well last night.

[TML fan]

I wonder what Jack Edwards had to say about that hit? Something along the lines of Moore and his entire family being shot I'm sure.

[Bullfrog]

Put that man on Kadri's line, please!

If Marleau falters, then maybe but he also played well last night.

I agree, actually. Though I haven't been as down on him as others have been.

[Guilt Trip]

Put that man on Kadri's line, please!

If Marleau falters, then maybe but he also played well last night.

I agree, actually. Though I haven't been as down on him as others have been.

I know Marleau has struggled but I really thought all along he'd bring come playoff time. I liked his game last night. Somewhat lost on the Nylander goal was Marleau's work behind the Leafs net getting it up to Naz.

[Bill_Berg]

Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy on Marner today: "In our defensive system we’re not man-to-man often so I think he’s smart at finding where our switches take place and he can buy himself some time so we’ve addressed that... but we’re not changing our whole system for one player."

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) April 11, 2019

Cassidy commented on this before the game and it's something Mitch has been doing forever in a variety of ways.

At the beginning of the year, he add this L cut on entries, and what Marner does really well is timing his cut into the middle to coincide with the backchecking forward meeting the gapping up defenseman. This frees up a slip pass to a linemate coming into the zone with speed (hi, Rielly) while his running mate basically drags two other players to the net (Hyman).

Cassidy after getting Marnered:

Boston fans taking solace in the fact Marner is getting $$$$$$ this offseason. Here’s Bruce Cassidy: pic.twitter.com/xBNhTqzhWp

— Matt Porter (@mattyports) April 12, 2019

Lmao they're taking solace that we have yet another awesome player. Good luck with that guys!

[Frank E]

Watching Trevor Moore (5’10”) demolish Chara (6’9”) is giving me life. pic.twitter.com/DR9bI7uDna

— mapletreeleafs (@mapletreeleafs) April 12, 2019

I decided to watch this 42 times.

Chara sure didn't think Moore was going to take a run there. You don't catch Chara like that very often. Clean hit.