... but you would still want the Bruins even if they were fully healthy
When TB won the Presidents Trophy with a great record they were swept by Columbus. Why? Because Hedman was injured and didn't play.
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When TB won the Presidents Trophy with a great record they were swept by Columbus. Why? Because Hedman was injured and didn't play.
Second happiest man in hockey tonight.
Happiest man, Bruce Cassidy.
Ya I would still want a healthy Bruins team cause it would be so fucking sweet to beat them.
The President's Trophy winner: OUT
Defending Stanley Cup winner: OUT
Winner of 2 out of the last 3 Stanley Cups: OUT
Defending Stanley Cup winner: OUT
Winner of 2 out of the last 3 Stanley Cups: OUT
I agree. The Leafs got lucky and don’t have to face the Bruins who have beat the Leafs every time. But, Panthers have a few top talents e. g. Mathew Tkchuk. The Leafs goalie and defenseman all have to play well.
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Paul Maurice will be the most motivated Panther to beat the Leafs. He’s been holding a grudge against the Leafs since he was let go years ago.
When Montreal last won the cup there were 6 upsets in round 1 so most of the favourites got knocked out early.
Montreal over Quebec, Toronto over Detroit, and LA over Calgary were all upsets.
Boston and Chicago were 1st in their Division and were swept 4 straight.
Pittsburgh and Vancouver who were 1st in the 2 other Divisions were knocked out in the 2nd round.
So this made for an easier road for Montreal. There was also the Montreal assisted refereeing of Kerry Fraser.
Montreal that year also won 10 OT games. Leafs have already won 3 OT games.
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He was also fired by Carolina ... twice
Carolina won their cup in between stints of Paul Maurice so that should hurt even more.
Carolina could very well play in the Eastern Conference Finals this year.
That is a patented Knies play.
Get body position to protect the puck then look up to make a pass.
The OT play was on Kucherov but he's made the same play on Bogosian.
The first goal where Cirelli stripped him of the puck he was expecting body contact.
It's the type of play Matthews, Marner, and Nylander uses to create a turnover.
After this play though he adjusted and made subsequent good plays along those same boards to protect the puck and make a pass.
Injuries:
Not taking anything away from Seattle and Florida but Landeskog,, who is Colorado's captain, was injured and didn't play and we already know of Boston's injuries. Last year when Colorado won the cup Landeskog had 11 goals and 22 points in 20 games. Colorado only lost 4 games to win the cup. For TB Cernak was injured and Hedman missed a game.
This really is the only series for Toronto in the Matthews era where Leafs had no injuries or suspensions to key players.
The suspension to Bunting actually helped the Leafs.
Not taking anything away from Seattle and Florida but Landeskog,, who is Colorado's captain, was injured and didn't play and we already know of Boston's injuries. Last year when Colorado won the cup Landeskog had 11 goals and 22 points in 20 games. Colorado only lost 4 games to win the cup. For TB Cernak was injured and Hedman missed a game.
This really is the only series for Toronto in the Matthews era where Leafs had no injuries or suspensions to key players.
The suspension to Bunting actually helped the Leafs.
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I just had a look at the stat line for when Leafs played Washington in the 2017 playoffs.
Leafs were heavy underdogs as Washington was the Presidents Trophy winner.
It went 6 games but every game was decided by only 1 goal. 5 of the games went to OT.
Matthews, Marner, and Nylander were all rookies and had a good showing. Matthews had 4 goals.
At forward they had decent players like JVR, Hyman, Bozak, Kadri, Connor Brown, and Komarov.
On Defense though they really only had Rielly. The rest was nothing special. Marincin played all 6 games and we all know he's crap.
Fred Andersen played relatively well with a .915 SV% but Holtby had a .925 SV%
Washington lost to Pittsburgh in 7 games in the next round and Pittsburgh beat Ottawa then Nashville, a wild card, to win the cup.
Leafs were heavy underdogs as Washington was the Presidents Trophy winner.
It went 6 games but every game was decided by only 1 goal. 5 of the games went to OT.
Matthews, Marner, and Nylander were all rookies and had a good showing. Matthews had 4 goals.
At forward they had decent players like JVR, Hyman, Bozak, Kadri, Connor Brown, and Komarov.
On Defense though they really only had Rielly. The rest was nothing special. Marincin played all 6 games and we all know he's crap.
Fred Andersen played relatively well with a .915 SV% but Holtby had a .925 SV%
Washington lost to Pittsburgh in 7 games in the next round and Pittsburgh beat Ottawa then Nashville, a wild card, to win the cup.
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Oh no, putting me on ignore…wow, that’s cruel…you make all these assumptions that prove to be false and you can’t handle being proven wrong.
And I didn’t say your opinion means nothing to me but let me clarify…your opinion means nothing to nobody.
Florida had a poor start to the season (my guess is due to the trades and shitty exit from the play-offs last year), however they are a strong team and got their act together during the last couple of months of the season and started playing like the team they were the prior year.
This is going to be another tough series for the Leafs.
One thing we know about playoff hockey is that regular season records, regular season head-to-head match ups, and home ice does not mean a thing.
I was curious as to what that means in terms of goals.
Seeing as 5 games went to overtime I assumed each team averaged approx. 35 shots a game. (In a 60 minute game teams typically get about 30 shots.) Over 6 games, that's 210 shots per team.
The difference between .915 and .925 for 210 shots works out to just about 2 goals difference for the series.
