Post-Game Talk: 2022 NHL Playoffs - Round 1: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-3 WIN

[JT AM da real deal]

I would be surprised if Maroon got sucked into that , I expect it to be like the first 2 periods of last game with big hits and lots of them , every time a Leaf touched the puck he got hit whether he still had it or not and there was a lot of bullying guys off the puck where the Bolts player just physically took the puck away like they were playing against little kids , thats the Bolts that will beat this Leafs team .

I expect Bolts will win it too .. too much size and speed for Leafs .. hoping for Leafs but bottom line D and G win in playoffs when refs throw da whistle away .. and Vasi Hedman McD Sergey and Cernak are best backend in hockey .. it is too much for Leafs to overcome if they all bring their A games .. but we all know Vasi and he can be Jekyll and Hyde

 

[Lightning1995]

I like the lines but we haven’t run that more than a few shifts post deadline, outside of limes 1 and 4 obviously. Odd if that’s how we’re rolling, but could be a smokescreen

 

[Andrewcoursol]

Main boards will be aids……

Please for the love of god destroy Toronto.

As a Habs fan, may the lightning strike down the leafs. the sports media coverage here in Canada is unbearable with leaf love, also the sports channel here in canada owns the leafs.

 

[DaBolts]

As a Habs fan, may the lightning strike down the leafs. the sports media coverage here in Canada is unbearable with leaf love, also the sports channel here in canada owns the leafs.

We're just chillin'. No biggie.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

I think we take it in 7 games

 

[Silver Tuna]

Jack Campbell is actually bad now and Tampa should have a pretty mild road to winning this one.

 

[sampollock]

Go TB
Beat the loser figs.
Nostrils (Matthews) needs the be hit often and hard

TB in 6

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As a Habs fan, may the lightning strike down the leafs. the sports media coverage here in Canada is unbearable with leaf love, also the sports channel here in canada owns the leafs.

I concur
Knock them out, it is good for Canada

 

[U55]

As a Habs fan, may the lightning strike down the leafs. the sports media coverage here in Canada is unbearable with leaf love, also the sports channel here in canada owns the leafs.

Man I can only imagine. Reading the leafs fans on this boards posts you would think the leafs won the cup 20 years in a row. If the media talks like that I wonder what makes them so delusional?

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Man I can only imagine. Reading the leafs fans on this boards posts you would think the leafs won the cup 20 years in a row. If the media talks like that I wonder what makes them so delusional?

TSN and Sportsnet jerk off the Leafs so bad that every other Canadian city, doesn't bother listening to their hockey talk stuff unless they are Leaf fans. It's unbearable up here. I live all the way in Vancouver and even here I have to hear about Matthews last bowel movement on TV.

 

[Fabiobest]

Sorry everyone,
but I'd say Toronto in 5 or 6.
Except like 4 games, we played like dogs* since the outdoor game and I don't believe in the magical switch.
Not so confident..,

 

[Summer Rose]

Side note: I should post on the Bolts board more. I just don't know what to say and I barely know any of you, but posting more would change that. I think I tried to introduce myself once. Maybe I'll try that again. Do we have an introductions thread?

Leafs should give us a run for our money but I'm hoping playoff experience and goaltending can win the series. I don't know what else to say for now. I'm beyond excited for tomorrow. The NHL playoffs are the best time of year in my opinion.

 

[Hoek]

As a Habs fan, may the lightning strike down the leafs. the sports media coverage here in Canada is unbearable with leaf love, also the sports channel here in canada owns the leafs.

I suppose we owe you that much after last final.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Sorry everyone,
but I'd say Toronto in 5 or 6.
Except like 4 games, we played like dogs* since the outdoor game and I don't believe in the magical switch.
Not so confident..,

Agreed, I also voted Toronto in 6. I just don't see the boys giving the 110% needed every game to outplay Toronto's top line. This will be a series where Matthews will be unstoppable, and Kuch will get frustrated and take dumb penalties and throw blind passes every where.

 

[Hoek]

Side note: I should post on the Bolts board more. I just don't know what to say and I barely know any of you, but posting more would change that. I think I tried to introduce myself once. Maybe I'll try that again. Do we have an introductions thread?

Leafs should give us a run for our money but I'm hoping playoff experience and goaltending can win the series. I don't know what else to say for now. I'm beyond excited for tomorrow. The NHL playoffs are the best time of year in my opinion.

Welcome again! We used to have an intro thread but not any more. I guess you could post in the off topic thread.

 

[Ducati Boy]

What we need to win:

A healthy playoff Point.
Vasi to perform above what he showed in April.
Hagel to agitate, initiate, and score. Stop being reactive and deferential!
Make Matthews second guess his bigass shot.
Scare Marner.
Draw retaliation penalties, in particular, get Simmons to try to start a fight but don’t engage him.
Palat to keep the buzz he has finally shown in the last handful of games.

And of course..
18 million in poached LTIR ringers from eliminated teams. You know, like we always do.

 

[Fabiobest]

Agreed, I also voted Toronto in 6. I just don't see the boys giving the 110% needed every game to outplay Toronto's top line. This will be a series where Matthews will be unstoppable, and Kuch will get frustrated and take dumb penalties and throw blind passes every where.

True.
To be honest it's not hard to imagine that kind of scenario.
It depends also on the fact that, maybe, the Leafs will poo* in their pants...and so it'll help us.
But I don't think in this possibility, this year.
The only thing I believe is what I have seen in the last months or so.

 

[Joanna]

Side note: I should post on the Bolts board more. I just don't know what to say and I barely know any of you, but posting more would change that. I think I tried to introduce myself once. Maybe I'll try that again. Do we have an introductions thread?

Leafs should give us a run for our money but I'm hoping playoff experience and goaltending can win the series. I don't know what else to say for now. I'm beyond excited for tomorrow. The NHL playoffs are the best time of year in my opinion.

Just jump in. I don't get much notice, but it's still interesting to read the comments. Welcome.
I'm a teacher - grew up in Colorado where my Dad was a coach for the Univ. of Denver hockey team. I learned at his knee.
I'm a former Avalanche fanatic during the Patrick Roy, Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg eras. I say Lightning take it in 6.

 

[LightningStorm]

Feeling excited on the eve of our quest to 3peat! Love that we are keeping Stammer and Kuch together to ride their hot hands into the playoffs. I agree with the rest of you about keeping this a slower and more physical series in order to beat the Leafs.

 

[Pierre Larouche]

The Mecca of the hockey world vs. the team that won the last two championships.

US national channel for games 1-4? ESPN2 x2 and TBS x2. Two secondary networks. Great deal of respect shown there, that.



Yeah, for worse. TNT is an improvement, ESPN absolutely sucks. If we're not getting Ray Ferraro on the commentary, then we're getting a shit broadcast, especially if/when ESPN insists on putting Buccigross on the commentary for games he absolutely does not deserve to call.

Buccigross is painful. I love Ray Ferraro.

 

[FinnLightning26]

I believe it would be huge to win Game 1. It would increase the pressure on the Leafs ten fold and they don't seem like a team that handles pressure too well.

 

[Summer Rose]

What we need to win:

A healthy playoff Point.
Vasi to perform above what he showed in April.
Hagel to agitate, initiate, and score. Stop being reactive and deferential!
Make Matthews second guess his bigass shot.
Scare Marner.
Draw retaliation penalties, in particular, get Simmons to try to start a fight but don’t engage him.
Palat to keep the buzz he has finally shown in the last handful of games.

And of course..
18 million in poached LTIR ringers from eliminated teams. You know, like we always do.

Don't forget number one bullshit.

Also, in seriousness, the playoffs are what we signed guys like Pat Maroon and Corey Perry for. Playoff hockey is a different animal where guys like them can really shine and perform.

 

[StammerHammer]

Fabio and DistantThunder, I know what you're doing.

 

[StammerHammer]

Good to have Joanna and Summer on the board.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

It really has to suck to be Toronto here.
Haven't won shit.
Probably one of the biggest chokes in history in the playoffs in recent memory vs. Boston.
Questionable goaltending.
Lots of scoring but still questionable defense after adding, adding, adding...

Anything less than a finals run is going to be seen as a massive disappointment by everyone, even though they've shown nothing to make anyone think they're on that trajectory.

We're back to back and we're now here, and now we get to play spoiler. I love it.

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Welcome, new people!

 

[sampollock]

GO TB CRUSH the FIGS

Perry will be a stud in this round

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It really has to suck to be Toronto here.
Haven't won shit.
Probably one of the biggest chokes in history in the playoffs in recent memory vs. Boston.
Questionable goaltending.
Lots of scoring but still questionable defense after adding, adding, adding...

Anything less than a finals run is going to be seen as a massive disappointment by everyone, even though they've shown nothing to make anyone think they're on that trajectory.

We're back to back and we're now here, and now we get to play spoiler. I love it.

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Welcome, new people!

and the sad thing they always blame Mitch. yet nostrils had the same points vs habs last year