OverDrive - May 28, 2026 - Hour 2 - Bruce Boudreau/Richard Griffin
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What direction is the Maple Leafs' roster taking for the future?
Our two-over drive continues, powered by FanDuel, bringing you more ways to play your game your way. Brian Hayes, Jamie Noodles, McLennan, Jason Strudwick. We've got Richard Griffin later in the hour. Jason Baltimore taking on the Orioles tonight. Chris Bassett on the mound for the Orioles. Numbers haven't been great. Patrick Corbett for the Jays. His numbers have been really good. And some health, right? They've got Springer, they've got Lucas. I think Springer, Lucas, and Vlad here, they're 1-2-3 in the order tonight. That's only the third time all year they've had that lineup. So that's big. You've got Varshow hitting cleanup. He's been playing really well recently. Jay's two games under .500, so things are starting to spin in a better direction.
They've still got to get the offense going, but Rich will join us on that more, and Bruce Boudreaux coming up here in a few moments with... The Habs on the verge of being punted from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Yeah. Like we're talking record numbers of shot discrepancies here.
Wow.
Like three straight games where no one in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs have had that few of shots on net as the Habs in game two, three, and four. It's crazy.
That is the definition of shot suppression. You know how the analytics people talk about it? That's literally the definition. Now, we had a pack on SportsCenter last night where I thought, and Strutty, you made a great point. Montreal had the puck, but they were hesitating. It was almost like they were like, okay, they're going to be in the lane. We've got to get around them. We've got to do something. I would have rather seen them use their speed and shoot off the rush, even if you're just shooting at the goaltender or dumping it in, trying to get behind them. But the one thing that I – and, again, easier said than done for me sitting in a lawn chair watching from the studio – But there's been no adjustments by Montreal.
I think of the comments sometimes where it's like, Carolina's played a perfect game. You look at it from a systematic standpoint. But Montreal have been trying something different. It seems to me they're trying to flick it out, trying to skate to the neutral zone. And Carolina's had the answer. So that's the one thing. I'd still like to see Montreal with something up their sleeve to go, we're going to try something different here to rattle them because – The only way they were able to rattle Carolina in game one is Carolina was too slow on pucks because they looked rusty. Now they're not rusty. So they're fast on everything. So I don't know if there's any adjustments for Montreal to make last night.
They had Scrabbleface, man.
How are the Canadian teams performing in the NHL playoffs?
Oh, 100%.
It honestly feels like it's just... it's dovish or bust, which is crazy to ask. Yeah, it's too much. Yeah, it's asking way too much. I've seen these before. There were Leaf examples where it happened in 2013 when they miraculously came back against Boston. They were down 3-1 in that series. and James Reimer stood on his head for two games.
What impact does shot suppression have on playoff performance?
They had no right to win either, and they did. They pushed it to seven. I believe Freddie Anderson was responsible for one of those. Back in maybe 19, I think it was, 18 or 19, they were down 3-1 in those series, and they pushed it. So it can happen, but it's got to be more than that if you're Montreal and you have any shot at actually pushing this to seven and winning. It can't just be your goaltender strut. There's just no chance.
Well, it's a prayer, right? It's a prayer. I've got a hole-in-one here to win. It's a great thought and it's nice to think, but it's not reality. There was a play earlier in the game yesterday where Suzuki, the puck kind of rebounded or ricocheted him just inside the blue line. And I know you're not scoring from there, but he kind of half-claps it, then tries to make a play and he fumbles it. That's a perfect example where I'm talking about where you're not sure. And that's a really skilled, smart player. I'm not suggesting he's not. It's just that you're second-guessing yourself.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What direction is the Maple Leafs' roster taking for the future?
0:00–2:30
2
How are the Canadian teams performing in the NHL playoffs?
2:30–2:54
3
What impact does shot suppression have on playoff performance?
2:54–31:54
4
What adjustments can Montreal make to improve their playoff chances?
31:54–47:08
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