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 weā€™re not man-to-man often so I think heā€™s smart at finding where our switches take place and he can buy himself some time so weā€™ve addressed that... but weā€™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. Hereā€™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 (5ā€™10ā€¯) demolish Chara (6ā€™9ā€¯) is giving me life. pic.twitter.com/DR9bI7uDna

— maple trees (@mapletreeleafs) April 12, 2019

I decided to watch this 42 times.

[Zee]

Watching Trevor Moore (5ā€™10ā€¯) demolish Chara (6ā€™9ā€¯) is giving me life. pic.twitter.com/DR9bI7uDna

— maple trees (@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 weā€™re not man-to-man often so I think heā€™s smart at finding where our switches take place and he can buy himself some time so weā€™ve addressed that... but weā€™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. Hereā€™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 (5ā€™10ā€¯) demolish Chara (6ā€™9ā€¯) is giving me life. pic.twitter.com/DR9bI7uDna

— maple trees (@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.