Toronto Maple Leafs lose their composure, the game and perhaps more under Boston Bruins’ onslaught Globe_Sports
Boston Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk hits Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri during the third period in Game 2 of the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on Saturday, April 13, 2019.When the Toronto Maple Leafs zipped around the Boston Bruins to handily win Game 1 of their NHL playoff series, the Bruins essentially said, “It wasn’t them, it was us.”
And, as always it seems in these situations, it is the team that was getting knocked around that has to worry about the consequences. Leafs centre Nazem Kadri, who was targeted by the Bruins because he is the most feisty Leaf and the most prone to losing his cool, as he did in drawing a three-game suspension that hurt the Leafs badly when they lost to the Bruins in the opening round last year, will likely draw another suspension this time, too.
“Obviously the league decides on all this stuff,” he said. “I didn’t see it. It was down the wall from us so I haven’t reviewed it so I don’t really know. “It all can be debated,” said Leafs centre John Tavares, who was not as good as he was in Game 1 but was still better than most of his teammates, in brushing aside an offer to assess the referees’ work. “Whatever was called, what wasn’t called we were doing what they were doing.
“We need maybe a little more leadership, a little more intensity in our lineup, so he obviously brings that,” Cassidy said Saturday morning. “We’ll see where it goes.”
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