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Here is the pre-game day thread before the series officially begins.
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Here is the pre-game day thread before the series officially begins.
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Its all about the goaltending of course.
2018 Playoffs:
Holtby: .922 (7.49 high danger shots against/60)
Fleury: .927 (8.76 high danger shots against/60)
Anderson : .896 (6.7 high danger shots against/60)
2017 Playoffs:
Murray: .937 (6.64 high danger shots against/60)
Rinne .930 (6.75 high danger shots against/60)
Anderson : .915 (5.36 high danger shots against/60)
....and there are actually people who think that defense has been the problem in the playoffs. Anderson was decent against Washington but last year man....
If Anderson plays to his ability and doesnt have yet another cold streak, we would have won the series last year and will win this year....and Anderson is capable of doing it.
Key to this series is the split in Boston. Do not go down 2-0. Come back to Toronto with a split and I really like our chances.
Agreed.Key to this series is the split in Boston. Do not go down 2-0. Come back to Toronto with a split and I really like our chances.
Andersen outplayed Holtby in the 2017 series though.
I listened to yesterdays Prime Time Sports and they debated what's going to happen when the leafs lose the series, based on how badly they lose the series. The option of actually winning the series wasn't brought up by anyone on the roundtable.
That's how low expectations are going into this series.
I listened to yesterdays Prime Time Sports and they debated what's going to happen when the leafs lose the series, based on how badly they lose the series. The option of actually winning the series wasn't brought up by anyone on the roundtable.
That's how low expectations are going into this series.
Does a single person actually believe the Leafs won't get starched in this series?
Leafs are a very mediocre team. They are only 3 points up on the 13th place team in the league (Columbus).
I see this series going 5 games, at most. Not only is Boston clearly the better team, they were built to shut down and dominate soft teams like the Leafs (which we've seen his season).
Nothing magical is going to happen in the playoffs. The Leafs will still lose 3 out of every 4 games vs. Boston, which is why I see this series going 5 games. Leafs could win 1 game, but that's it.
Does a single person actually believe the Leafs won't get starched in this series?
Leafs are a very mediocre team. They are only 3 points up on the 13th place team in the league (Columbus).
I see this series going 5 games, at most. Not only is Boston clearly the better team, they were built to shut down and dominate soft teams like the Leafs (which we've seen his season).
Nothing magical is going to happen in the playoffs. The Leafs will still lose 3 out of every 4 games vs. Boston, which is why I see this series going 5 games. Leafs could win 1 game, but that's it.
Because in the playoffs the key to winning is doing the things you don’t like to do.I find it weird that so many are pessimistic and saying that we don't have a chance, while pointing at things that were exactly the same last season when they needed a third period comeback in game seven to beat us.
We're the same type of team, Boston is built the same way. Our issues are the same, but to a lesser degree. So why expect such drastically different results?
You kind of miss the point. Both us and Boston are essentially the same teams that took it to the third period of game seven last year, so why are people absolutely dismissing the chance that this goes further than four or five games? We didn't turn soft this season.Because in the playoffs the key to winning is doing the things you don’t like to do.
For us, it’s a lot of things we either don’t like, can’t do or are not good at sustaining.
If we want to run and gun and trade chances, sure, I’m on board.
If we have to find different ways to score, hard ways, get behind the D, put pressure + physical pressure on them, that remains to be seen.
Tampa plays the heavy hockey Babcock refers to. Let’s see who plays it for us.
Plays into our favor 100%I listened to yesterdays Prime Time Sports and they debated what's going to happen when the leafs lose the series, based on how badly they lose the series. The option of actually winning the series wasn't brought up by anyone on the roundtable.
That's how low expectations are going into this series.