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I don't really like Matthews, but I'm also ready for the reign of Tampa to be over. The Leafs fanbase on HFBoards and social media is whatever. Every fanbase is obnoxious when you talk to the wrong people.
GDT: 2022-23 NHL Playoffs
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not wrong at all but it's a percentage game, and some high volumes can be worse than others
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Will be interesting what Tampa does to get out of cap hell. That and no picks for a while puts them in a bind.
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You do remember the original plan was Lundqvist before his heart took him out of the game forever, right?
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All fan bases have some good people and some bad people except Carolina.
All Carolina fans are unlikeable.
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Think we all knew the king wasn't taking this team to the promise land. He was suppose to be more of a mentor figure. Unfortunate about his medical condition of course but the rangers didn't let him walk thinking they would meet him in the playoffs
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But that's the point. Samsonov with a very veteran mentor backup is the plan, not "hey let's do rookies and see how it goes". Everything after was improv, and then Vanacek did well enough that you couldn't just ignore it in that first season so... then what do you do?
Trading a 2nd round pick to get Vanecek back from Seattle when they pretty much did us a favor by not taking Jensen or Dillon instead after being handed the perfect opportunity to roll with Samsonov + cheap vet backup was icing on the cake.
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Boston going into game 7 with a backup goalie. Man I want to bet the panthers and watch Boston choke after all that hype.
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I don't want Orlov to lose, but it would be nice to have the 2010 Capitals name forever removed from the discussion of "biggest playoff chokes" if Boston loses in the first round this year.
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The B’s blowing their 3-1 lead while the Leafs finish theirs in 6 would be something.
Yeah definitely. Heard one of them is replaced in their teams elimination game. Must be Sammy, poor him
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Didn't tampa take that away. They were an ESPY joke after all
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That Tampa team is definitely up there, but I think at this point there's a few teams in the conversation. But if the Greatest Regular Season of All Time loses in the first round... I think the conversation is pretty much over.
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Would love for this to happen, but they are at home and will be highly motivated. And Swayman had a heck of a season himself. It's an undeniably huge amount of pressure on him.
God I hope they fold.
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I do wonder if the obnoxious fan base thing is more common with the Canadian teams? Oilers fans are pretty bad as well and Calgary's are even worse. Even a couple of years ago when Montreal made the finals their fans were suddenly talking about this new era and Les Habs rising from the ashes and back being a contender (and we all know how that went, lol).
Maybe because it's their national sport, they feel some kind of entitlement? Even though it's been 30 years since a Canadian team won a Cup. Which is kind of bad in and of itself.
Maybe because it's their national sport, they feel some kind of entitlement? Even though it's been 30 years since a Canadian team won a Cup. Which is kind of bad in and of itself.
Lundqvist was playing pretty bad hockey at that point of his career. There’s a reason he was dirt cheap.
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05-06 Detroit 124 lost 1st Round
09-10 Washington 121 lost 1st Round
15-16 Washington 120 lost 2nd Round
18-19 Tampa Bay 128 lost 1st Round
21-22 Florida 122 lost 2nd Round
22-23 Boston 135 ??
Since the lockout, no team that has accrued 120 or more points has even made the Conference Finals, and at least half of them lost in the 1st round. The combination of parity, regression, and variance contributes so much more to results randomness. Because of parity, any team that performs that well in a regular season is likely running quite hot above expectation in both shooting and saving percentages, because the salary cap prevents talent accumulation that would lead to a legit edge in skill/ability. In a 7 game sample, with regression looming, it's not surprising that these teams have struggled in the playoffs.
09-10 Washington 121 lost 1st Round
15-16 Washington 120 lost 2nd Round
18-19 Tampa Bay 128 lost 1st Round
21-22 Florida 122 lost 2nd Round
22-23 Boston 135 ??
Since the lockout, no team that has accrued 120 or more points has even made the Conference Finals, and at least half of them lost in the 1st round. The combination of parity, regression, and variance contributes so much more to results randomness. Because of parity, any team that performs that well in a regular season is likely running quite hot above expectation in both shooting and saving percentages, because the salary cap prevents talent accumulation that would lead to a legit edge in skill/ability. In a 7 game sample, with regression looming, it's not surprising that these teams have struggled in the playoffs.
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