I wouldn't be mad with a Kuzy for Nylander swap, straight up.
Doubt Leafs do that.
Nylander had a good playoffs and Leafs already have two top line centers.
I wouldn't be mad with a Kuzy for Nylander swap, straight up.
Leafs remind me of us pre-Cup. They were defeated before that Game 7 ever even started.
Leafs remind me of us pre-Cup. They were defeated before that Game 7 ever even started.
Try watching the series again.
The Caps had 3 total goals in the last 3 games of that series after outscoring MTL 17-9 in the previous 3.
Halak had
37 saves and a .974 sav% in G5
53 saves and a .981 sav% in G6
41 saves and a .976 sav% in G7
There is no way everyone but you is misremembering 131 soft shots with no traffic.
Halak was 25 at the time and over a decade later he's still posting season sav% above .900, so the guy is/was good.
I mean ffs there's video on the internet. Here's some G7 and you only have to watch a few minutes to see 1-2 Caps in front of the net quite a bit (esp Laich & Knuble who had one waved off for Interference), high danger chances in the slot, rushes, etc...in the 3rd period it was pandemonium:
No traffic here:
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Come on.
Holy shit that's one Fricken play. Get real. Like I said watch the series again not one or 2 plays. The majority of shots were low percentage.
Perhaps I'm biased but when we kept losing it felt like the universe was conspiring against us. Ovechkin always showed up at least.
The Leafs are losing because Matthews and Marner didn't do anything.
Holy shit that's one Fricken play. Get real. Like I said watch the series again not one or 2 plays. The majority of shots were low percentage.
Haha I appreciate the backup here. I just didn't have it in me to do all the research. If anything, I was starting to doubt my own (11-year-old) memory of that series.You clearly didn't watch the video.
One fricken play can result in a goal. And when 2 of the last 3 games were decided by ONE goal, that mattered.
Everyone in hockey understands what "Halak'd" means here.
I know I've mentioned this multiple times here, but I had tickets to that MTL Game 7. I had been to the Flyers Game 7 and that Penguins Game 7 embarrassment the previous two years, so I was like, "Eff this, I know they're gonna lose, I can feel it in my weary Caps' Fan bones!" So I sold the tickets to pay for the UHaul that I used to move from DC to Philadelphia the very next morning.hahaha Goon is 100% correct on this. I was at every game in this series Row M behind the net where the Caps shoot twice. Please tell me I'm blind and didn't see any of this.
Also, I never sat in those seats again after that...
ps Still pissed at that disallowed goal. Total BS.
I know I've mentioned this multiple times here, but I had tickets to that MTL Game 7. I had been to the Flyers Game 7 and that Penguins Game 7 embarrassment the previous two years, so I was like, "Eff this, I know they're gonna lose, I can feel it in my weary Caps' Fan bones!" So I sold the tickets to pay for the UHaul that I used to move from DC to Philadelphia the very next morning.
I like to say, "I was so crushed by the Caps loss that I up and moved to Philly the next day!" But, really, I just had a lot of last-minute packing to do, and I got good money for those tickets. The last thing I packed was my TV, right after the game.
It was the first time a #1 seed had gone up 3-1 and lost to the #8 seed, IIRC? A HISTORIC COLLAPSE! Also, was that the time Smokin' Al was like, "Every year the Caps find a new way to break my heart in the post-season?" Maybe that was after a different/later soul-crushing playoff collapse? There were so many, I can't remember, lol.I remember everyone telling me the series was over when the Caps were up 3-1 and I was not at all convinced. IIRC one of my employees at the time was a PHI fan and he was already talking about the next round. I warned him it wasn't over.
Just had that feeling. Expected a collapse. Can't imagine why....
2018 was everything and I don't know where my head space would be at sports-wise if we didn't have 2018. I mean, f***, sports are just brutal. Yeah, of course, the last few years and the early exits have sucked but it just doesn't bother me any more. I woke up the day after we lost to Boston feeling fine whereas prior to 2018 I would have been in a funk for a while. I'm able to sit down and watch hockey every night and enjoy it whereas prior to 2018 I couldn't watch any more of the playoffs once the Caps were out.Watching the Leafs collapse makes you appreciate our cup more lol