Joined: May 2023
Posts: 2,003
Likes: 791
1) Marner isn’t 100%. He’s still nursing the high ankle sprain and he’s been shutting down Pastrnak the whole series - it’s not all about offence with him. He looked good in game 3.
2) Samsonov has been fine, 1 bad goal in game 3 and another that maybe he coulda had but was a picture perfect shot. Outside of only the 2nd period of game 1, he’s been steady. He’s not the issue - the lack of scoring (again) is the issue. Mainly the PP (again..)
3) The kids aren’t who are going to help you win the most. The Matthews line has been the best. The Kampf line has been great. And the Tavares line has had its moments. Holmberg and Robertson are getting caved in defensively so they gotta earn their ice time by being reliable in their own end before they get anymore ice time.
Relax. It’s a 2-1 series where Toronto has been the better team for 8 of 9 periods but unfortunately the best team doesn’t always win. Swayman has stolen games for Boston and Toronto’s offence needs to find an answer for him