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

[ACLEVERNAME]

Just ordered a medium 'Texas style' pizza with steak, peppers, onions, and a bbq sauce base - paired with a 6er of Molson Dry. Let's have at 'er leafers, main show starts now.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

L
Ullmark and Ottawa always play their best hockey when they expect to lose. All those seasons when they're the hottest team in the league when they're out of the playoffs - it's their thing. The same will happen when they start to feel the pressure to win in Game 6 and especially Game 7.

The Leafs are also the hottest team in the league when they're not playing in the playoffs. And they always play their best hockey when it doesn't matter.

 

[Divine]

And the Leafs play their worst hockey when they're expected to clinch a series. Guess we'll see two shit teams? This narrative is silly

Yeah, I don't think the Leafs necessarily have to play well to beat Ottawa. This was considered a bad game, yet they had many more chances than Ottawa. Ullmark played well - the rest of Ottawa played like the Sens.

 

[Dirty Mind]

I am telling you right now, this series is over. Toronto has lost.

Nah. As a fan of a team that came back from 0-3 deficit not even a year ago (and still lost) the chances are incredibly in the Leafs favour. If there’s a game 7 and the Leafs win it you won’t even care that the Sens tied the series.

I can see this going like Habs vs Sens in 2015, with the Habs on the verge of sweeping the Sens and the Sens pushing it to 6.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Matthews having a meltdown on the bench like a little baby, Leafs are cooked

See you in Montreal Mitch

 

[Divine]

The Leafs are also the hottest team in the league when they're not playing in the playoffs. And they always play their best hockey when it doesn't matter.

Ottawa is still somehow down in the series to them though.

 

[kevsh]

Ottawa is winning the series. Book it.

Boy, really going on a limb there!

1-13 for this team in games where they can win the series.
So yeah, that means they have roughly an 8% chance to win this.

Toronto's cooked. Failure is so deeply rooted in their heads by now they simply cannot win.

Congrats, Sens fans, instead of watching Brady watching Matthew win a Cup from the stands, you'll watch him playing him first. And then watch him watching Matthew from the stands win a Cup.

 

[The Professional]

I don't understand why they were so arrogant considering their history.

I said it from the start. Leaf fans had the most unwarranted arrogance coming into this series acting like they're this big juggernaut, and that winning this series was a formality. Non stop shit talking from leafs fans on the main boards. Where are they now?

Here's an idea: when your team has a history of repeated playoff choking, don't be so cocky.

We have a series now.

 

[Connor MethDavid]

The powerplay and lack of offense from star Toronto players, when the margins narrow, is undoing us yet again. I think Toronto is going to need some timely puck luck at this point if they want to move on. I expect the offensive struggles would be even worse in the second round, though.

Matthews was terrible tonight. Not just "top paid player" terrible. He should have been benched.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

Ottawa is still somehow down in the series to them though.

The fact that the Leafs, who should be well into a dynasty by now, are slightly ahead in a series against a lowly, inexperienced wildcard team, brings you solace... Well, that's just sad bro.

I don't even have a come back. Only sympathy.

 

[albator71]

But we all know that neither the Leafs or the Sens are beating the Cats next round

 

[swiftwin]

The powerplay and lack of offense from star Toronto players, when the margins narrow, is undoing us yet again. I think Toronto is going to need some timely puck luck at this point if they want to move on. I expect the offensive struggles would be even worse in the second round, though.

Matthews was terrible tonight. Not just "top paid center" terrible. He should have been benched.

The Leafs D is dragging them kicking and screaming. They'll likely still win and go to the 2nd round.

The core 4 haven't changed, and they still lack depth up front.

 

[albator71]

The fact that the Leafs, who should be well into a dynasty by now, are slightly ahead in a series against a lowly, inexperienced wildcard team, brings you solace... Well, that's just sad bro.

I don't even have a come back. Only sympathy.

But you think 97pts is lowly? it's only one point behind Florida who had 98

 

[Divine]

The fact that the Leafs, who should be well into a dynasty by now, are slightly ahead in a series against a lowly, inexperienced wildcard team, brings you solace... Well, that's just sad bro.

I don't even have a come back. Only sympathy.

The narrative changes post to post.

On one hand the Leafs are chokers. On the other hand, the Leafs are a dynasty.

Is Ottawa losing to a dynasty or chokers? Make up your mind.

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

The narrative changes post to post.

On one hand the Leafs are chokers. On the other hand, the Leafs are a dynasty.

Is Ottawa losing to a dynasty or chokers? Make up your mind.

No one is calling them a dynasty.

 

[34]

Nah. As a fan of a team that came back from 0-3 deficit not even a year ago (and still lost) the chances are incredibly in the Leafs favour. If there’s a game 7 and the Leafs win it you won’t even care that the Sens tied the series.

I can see this going like Habs vs Sens in 2015, with the Habs on the verge of sweeping the Sens and the Sens pushing it to 6.

No, I don’t see it. I think the Leafs won’t score another goal this series.

 

[Divine]

No one is calling them a dynasty.

So they're losing to chokers?

Is losing to a team that everyone else beats supposed to be some kind of moral victory?

 

[NyQuil]

 

[Devonator]

Man oh man.....we have a series....wow.....and lets face it...it is the Leafs that have all the pressure on themselves.......this is going 7....

 

[NyQuil]

So they're losing to chokers?

Is losing to a team that everyone else beats supposed to be some kind of moral victory?

Some Leafs fans like to act like they are a dynasty.

But they aren't.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

 

[NyQuil]

 

[winnipegger]

They'll win game 6 stop being cowards. Most common result of an nhl playoff series is 7 games, next most common is 6 games.

 

[swiftwin]

Hahaha, wow, what a dive.

 

[Korpse]

Let’s go Frankie!