Series Talk: [A1] Toronto Maple Leafs vs [WC1] Ottawa Senators | Part II (TOR lead 3-2)

[Leaf Fans]

So what happens when the stoppable force hits the immovable object?

I hope we don't find out.

 

[Sensin5]

Not the best game by Ottawa tonight. I don’t think we were very good in the first three games either but we probably played well enough for it to not be 3-0. Tonight just balanced it out I guess.

Agree with this. We have not played very well and yet three games went to overtime. If we can finally play like we have off and on over the past few months it could get interesting. Not sweating it either way for some reason.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

As someone who was in the stands last night, I just want to commend the Leafs fans (and Sens fans) for a friendly and collegial atmosphere, at least in my area of the rink.

Lots of cheering and chanting but it was good-spirited.

As someone who goes to quite a few Leaf-Sens games in Ottawa, what you do notice is that a good half or more of the Leaf fans there are going to the games with their Sens fans friends and family. We have a lot of Leaf and Habs fans in the region.

So you see a lot of mixed groups, and mostly friendly ribbing.

Depends where you’re sitting

 

[NyQuil]

Definitely an outlier it seems.

 

[thusk]

1- Ottawa was at home and clewrly didn't want to be sweep in front of their fan

2- Stolarz played by far his worst game in 2 month

3- They took an early 2-0 lead

4- They find a way for the 1st time to stop leafs pp and was +2 on special team

And despite it, they need everything they had to win it and need to do the same 3 more time...

 

[The don godfather]

Rogers sportsnet need the ratings their stock has tanked. This puppy is going 7.

 

[Ratsreign]

...all you are doing is talking in circles...first, it's Elimination games for both teams, then it changes to Series Clinching games for one team when that wasn't going the way you hoped...so which do you want to discuss, Elimination Games or Series Clinching games for the team trying to close out the Series??...pick one...

 

[TorMapleJays]

Depends where you’re sitting

Please don't promote this person. She has some very vile takes and will eventually lose her job due to it. I am surprised she was even seen with us peasants.

 

[c_mak]

NyQuil said:
As someone who was in the stands last night, I just want to commend the Leafs fans (and Sens fans) for a friendly and collegial atmosphere, at least in my area of the rink.

Lots of cheering and chanting but it was good-spirited.

As someone who goes to quite a few Leaf-Sens games in Ottawa, what you do notice is that a good half or more of the Leaf fans there are going to the games with their Sens fans friends and family. We have a lot of Leaf and Habs fans in the region.

So you see a lot of mixed groups, and mostly friendly ribbing.


The above was my experience. Cheering but no nonsense. The Matts Sundin hockey card in the urinal was some fun gamesmanship.

 

[Strangle]

Leafs fans say it with me: “We can imagine what can be and be unburdened by what has been!”

 

[MiscBrah]

Please don't promote this person. She has some very vile takes and will eventually lose her job due to it. I am surprised she was even seen with us peasants.

what did she do

 

[93gilmour93]

Would have been nice to end this on Saturday but I'll take putting on a show for the home fans to end this series. I don't think we will see overtime again in Game 5.

Leafs 5 Sens 2

 

[HockeyVirus]

I ran into Brady Tkachuk at a house warming party in TO last night. Great guy, I had just cut my nails and wasn't able to open the beer tab and he opened it for me with his tooth

 

[AvroArrow]

It was clearly a missed call, but not nearly as bad as Leaf’s fans are trying to make it seem (hence why no hearing). Also a sad excuse to be blaming this on why they lost the game.

Who blamed the loss on this ? Lol are you alright buddy ?

 

[AvroArrow]

1- Ottawa was at home and clewrly didn't want to be sweep in front of their fan

2- Stolarz played by far his worst game in 2 month

3- They took an early 2-0 lead

4- They find a way for the 1st time to stop leafs pp and was +2 on special team

And despite it, they need everything they had to win it and need to do the same 3 more time...

Special teams killed us last game

Ottawa scores a PPG

Ottawa scores a SHG

Ottawa kills off a big 4 minute penalty in OT

Ottawa wins

If we win any of those special teams battles, this series is over. Special teams need to be better. Stolarz has to stop that shot too, but tbh if we win any one of those special teams battles, that OT shot never even happens.

Home ice, last change again, 2-0 at home, expecting the boys to close this one out.

 

[xVol]

Who blamed the loss on this ? Lol are you alright buddy ?

Am I alright because I said some Leafs fans are blaming the loss on the missed call? You seem to be the one worked up seeing as you are arguing with anyone that will talk to you. Take the L and move on little bro.

 

[AvroArrow]

Am I alright because I said some Leafs fans are blaming the loss on the missed call? You seem to be the one worked up seeing as you are arguing with anyone that will talk to you. Take the L and move on little bro.

Nice switch up there, as if you weren't insinuating that I said we lost because of the missed call, putting you on ignore now

 

[The Shadow]

Can anyone summarize the thread so far? I’d hate to have to go through all 2k posts

 

[93gilmour93]

Can anyone summarize the thread so far? I’d hate to have to go through all 2k posts

In a nutshell it went from the leafs always lose in round 1, leafs grab a 3-0 lead in the series and we got this....

Sens squeak out a game 4 win in overtime and that woke up a few of the leafs haters to spit out a bit more nonsense but after Game 5 it will be back to this until Round 2

 

[NyQuil]

I'm always here, win or lose.

Mostly lose.

 

[Master Bill]

As someone who was in the stands last night, I just want to commend the Leafs fans (and Sens fans) for a friendly and collegial atmosphere, at least in my area of the rink.

Lots of cheering and chanting but it was good-spirited.

As someone who goes to quite a few Leaf-Sens games in Ottawa, what you do notice is that a good half or more of the Leaf fans there are going to the games with their Sens fans friends and family. We have a lot of Leaf and Habs fans in the region.

So you see a lot of mixed groups, and mostly friendly ribbing.

Nice to hear Leafs fans are well behaved in another city because when I went to a Flames vs Leafs game in Toronto last month, it was constant chirping from drunk idiots of Leafs fans. And one idiot decided to make a smirk comment about the Gaudreau jersey I was wearing, which still makes my blood boil.

I know a few doesn't represent the whole but that night made me hope Toronto keeps on not winning anything for decades so that those idiots don't get anything to cheer about.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Rogers sportsnet need the ratings their stock has tanked. This puppy is going 7.

By that logic, they would rather Leafs move on asap. They would need the Leafs to make a deep run. If this goes 7, I don't think Leafs win. Then Sportstnet's ratings tank for the subsequent rounds, so what did they gain? This ends tomorrow evening.

 

[thusk]

Special teams killed us last game

Ottawa scores a PPG

Ottawa scores a SHG

Ottawa kills off a big 4 minute penalty in OT

Ottawa wins

If we win any of those special teams battles, this series is over. Special teams need to be better. Stolarz has to stop that shot too, but tbh if we win any one of those special teams battles, that OT shot never even happens.

Home ice, last change again, 2-0 at home, expecting the boys to close this one out.

3 of 4 goal Ottawa scored was not goal Stolarz normally allowed this season.

Struzle goal
Pinto goal
Sanderson goal

 

[NyQuil]

 

[Paddyjack]

1- Ottawa was at home and clewrly didn't want to be sweep in front of their fan

2- Stolarz played by far his worst game in 2 month

3- They took an early 2-0 lead

4- They find a way for the 1st time to stop leafs pp and was +2 on special team

And despite it, they need everything they had to win it and need to do the same 3 more time...

True, but what you are missing out in this list is recent history. And truly, I'm not saying this because I'm Habs, but I honestly think you should take into account the psyche of the players in the Leafs uniform right now. If you don't think there are some doubts, some unspoken fear, well I've got news for you.

If they blow it tomorrow, they will be 100% even more scared of a repeat. Berube will have to do a great coachng job here I think.