Leafs '22/'23 Thread

[superstar_88]

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.

 

[Fun For All]

If my opinion means nothing to you, why did you go back through the threads and all my posts to try and find something to discredit me with? For someone who doesn't like what I have to say and tries hard to convince everyone what I say is meaningless and without merit, you sure spend a lot of time worrying about what I say! On to 'ignore' you go along with supershithead88 who's stupidity I also no longer need to see. Bye Felicia.

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.

 

[Ref]

Boston's regular season will be forgotten as a nothing burger.
Boston lost in the first round last year as well.

Let's not forget Florida won the Presidents Trophy last year.
They won the first round then got swept in 4 by TB in the 2nd round.

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.

 

[shack]

Fred Andersen played relatively well with a .915 SV% but Holtby had a .925 SV%

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.

 

[superstar_88]

Vasilevsky 3.56 GAA and .875 SV%
Samsonov 3.14 GAA and .900 SV%
This is the first series in the Matthews era where we can say Leafs goalie outplayed the opposition's goalie.

Ullmark in 6 games before he was injured 3.33 GAA .896 SV%
Swayman in 2 games 3.34 GAA .875 SV%

 

[K Douglas]

Our odds are significantly improved vs. Panthers as opposed to Bruins.
That doesn't mean we should ease up. We need to be better than we were vs. TB.
FLA has firepower and lots of it with Tkachuk, Barkov, Verhaeghe, Reinhart etc.
We need to play disciplined and be defensively responsible and win puck battles.
If we do this, I think we take them out in 6 games.

 

[bullitt]

Panthers beat BOS by outworking them. BOS got too cocky and stopped working, always underestimating the FLA work ethic. It was never on display more than game 7 where FLA just never stopped grinding right through overtime. Leafs will need to work a shit ton harder and more consistently than they did against TB if they're going to beat this FLA team. Samsonov will need to keep standing on his head, Leafs D will need to be consistently better as will 3rd and 4th lines.

big bruin fan here mr wick. your spot on, florida wanted it more than boston. its just that simple. hopefully bruins can figure it out, and get back here next year .

 

[superstar_88]

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.

Here's the math:
It was a 6 game series.
Every game was decided by 1 goal
Washington won 4 games and Leafs won 2 games.
So for Washington to win 2 more games than Toronto each by 1 goal they would have to score 2 more goals than the Leafs.
So you are correct difference of 2 goals.
Washington won 3 OT games and Leafs won 2 OT games so if one of the OT games Washington won went to the Leafs the series would be tied 3 3 and both Samsonov and Holtby would probably have the same SV% if total shots were the same. Their GAA would be the same if no one pulled the goalie in that one non OT game.

 

[glamphotographer]

OK.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1653067989988655105

 

[jalimon]

OK.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1653067989988655105

And for both team most of those lost were from the Habs

 

[Darts]

I think there are more Canadians in Florida than in another state.
NHL playoffs: Panthers restrict ticket sales for home games vs. Maple Leafs to U.S. residents only - CBSSports.com

 

[superstar_88]

Looks like Reese back in.
Lili will play with Gio.
Leafs back to 12 6 to start the series.

 

[shack]

Looks like Reese back in.
Lili will play with Gio.
Leafs back to 12 6 to start the series.

But that means that they'll be missing Holl.

 

[chrispalen]

The Panthers are restricting game tickets be sold only to US residents. WTF. I hope they got crushed by the Leafs.
Go Leafs Go.

CP

 

[GameBoy27]

After losing game 5, the leafs will now lose the series.

Good thing you didn't bet on that. Or did you? lol

The Panthers are restricting game tickets be sold only to US residents. WTF. I hope they got crushed by the Leafs.
Go Leafs Go.

CP

They're restricting "new" game tickets to US residents. Season ticket holders regardless of nationality will not be restricted. Lots of teams in different leagues have done this in the past. Nothing new.

 

[jdeck]

Looks like Reese back in.
Lili will play with Gio.
Leafs back to 12 6 to start the series.

As long as Holl is out. Seriously, his play was glaringly bad during the Tampa series. I'm pretty sure the Leafs would be playing Game 7 tonight if Sheldon didn't sit him for Liljegren and Gustafsson.

 

[GameBoy27]

As long as Holl is out. Seriously, his play was glaringly bad during the Tampa series. I'm pretty sure the Leafs would be playing Game 7 tonight if Sheldon didn't sit him for Liljegren and Gustafsson.

I don't think there was anyone who said Holl should play game 6. Glad coach agreed.

 

[smuddan]

An all Canadian Stanley Cup Final remains a possibility after round 1. Let’s hope I can repeat the same sentence with just a digit change. The problem is both the Leafs/Panther and Oilers/GK series are imo tossups so the mathematical odds for both advancing are a slim 25%.

 

[Fun For All]

The Panthers are restricting game tickets be sold only to US residents. WTF. I hope they got crushed by the Leafs.
Go Leafs Go.

CP

I wonder how many Florida residents were able to get tickets for the games in Toronto in the 2-second window they were available for.

 

[Darts]

An all Canadian Stanley Cup Final remains a possibility after round 1. Let’s hope I can repeat the same sentence with just a digit change. The problem is both the Leafs/Panther and Oilers/GK series are imo tossups so the mathematical odds for both advancing are a slim 25%.

McDavid versus Matthews.