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Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 12:32 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 5:26 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 5:48 p.m.
Thread: Game 2 Lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KingExLeafs</b></div><div>Jones saved the Leafs season. He still is capable of providing better goaltending than what Sammy and Woll are giving right now.

Liljegren will get exposed as the series goes on and the intensity ramps up. Gio can play good if given 12-14 minutes. Last year he was exhausted. This might be his final year so he'll be extra motivated to put in a good performance every game.

And Gregor is a better option than Holmberg and Robertson but I just like the meanness and physicality that Clifford plays with. Ideally him and Reaves see the ice for 5 minutes and hit everything in sight. For this series the Leafs should roll with 3 lines and then revert back to rolling 4 lines when McMann is ready to play.</div></div>

I'd hope that a playoff d man could play 12-14 minutes, be he isn't that and you want all your guys to be ready to potentially play 20 minutes. I'm definitely not saying play Gregor but I was saying him not Clifford because Gregor is a physical presence he had 150 hits this year. If Leafs play Clifford their destined to get swept
Forum: Armchair-GMSun. at 4:29 p.m.
Thread: Game 2 Lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KingExLeafs</b></div><div>Jones is better than both Sammy and Woll right imo. That last game against Tampa was a joke, he wasn't at fault for those goals. Jones has proven in the past that he could go on a cup run.

Liljegren is too soft and weak to play against Boston. He gets crushed alongside the boards, at least Gio who is a passion merchant at this point in his career can bring experience and shot blocking to the team. Liljegren offers nothing.



Clifford is a guy who can match the physicality of Boston's bottom six better than Robertson, Gregor, and Holmberg can. If McMann was healthy he would obviously go in.

And I like JT better as a 3C, which means bumping Domi down to 2C. JT has to be given sheltered minutes, not a top six role. He was at his best this year on the 3rd line.</div></div>

Jones cup run was like 8 years ago. Lily was probably the Leafs best d-man in game 1 and no Gio is not physically capable of taking on the load against Boston. With Clifford, at that point bring in Gregor because he plays a similar game but he can actually skate.
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsSun. at 4:20 p.m.
Thread: My thoughts on Game 1
BOS 5 - 1 TOR

The Leafs in the first probably 10-12 minutes just didn't have any push, they easily could've been down 3-4. But the last 8-10 minutes (in the first) Leafs had Boston on the ropes, causing turnovers and many scoring chances but they just didn't capitalise. And I think up to when Matty had that heartbreaking missed opportunity that is kind of where the game fell apart and Boston was just in control. I like to see Kampf getting on the board. I honestly wasn't too upset with them in this one but they just need to play the full 60 minutes and they have a shot here but if they don't do that, Boston will take advantage and the boys might be teeing up early once again.

I would say don't change anything (like do not put Marner and Matthews together give them both another shot on the same lines), yes we didn't get the results we wanted but there was times where I thought they played well. Knies had an intresting game, he caused many problems but he did well with cleaning them up, so even though it wasn't perfect give him one more shot. An all swedish line could be fun and might as well try. I hope Bobby is back for tomorrow because last night we needed his game. That fourth line was pretty decent but they gave up too much. I think Rielly had an okay game because he was not good in that last bit of the season. Benoit and McCabe didn't have a great game, we need them to step up because we know they can do better. Liljegren actually suprised me last night and made a couple of good plays. As for Sammy, I don't blame him go back and watch those goals like defence was not existent but we'd like for him to save some of the tough ones.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 6 at 6:13 p.m.