Series Talk: [A1] Toronto Maple Leafs vs [WC1] Ottawa Senators (TOR Leads 1-0)

[NyQuil]

Be honest when I ask you this.

Do you think there is a single Toronto Maple Leafs player that is afraid of Artem Zub?

Do you think there is a single Toronto Maple Leafs player that is afraid of Michael Amadio?

Do you think there is a single Toronto Maple Leafs player that is afraid of Shane Pinto?

Do you think there is a single Toronto Maple Leafs player that is afraid of Ridley Greig?

Truthfully. Think about this. Nylander is rushing the pick up ice and in front of him he sees one or two of these guys. Do you think he’s scared? Afraid in any sense?

You didn't answer my question.

Who are the good players on Ottawa?

But I'll answer yours.

It doesn't matter whether they are scared or not, that line has been our best line and they're a big reason why Ottawa's winning percentage in the last month and a half is .717. (Leafs are .696)

They play against the top lines of the opposition and often come out ahead.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Zub is basically Tanev.

Not joking.

 

[ToDavid]

That doesn't sound right. I think what's more likely to happen is Brady is going to start game 1 by repeatedly taking runs at Marner and Matthews, making them regress any "toughness" you think they developed this year. Then the Leafs will try to open up the ice and run into Amadio, Pinto, Grieg, Sanderson, and Zub and won't get anything done. Sens take game 1, Leafs confidence is shot, and HockeyVirus continues to be nervous.

Oh shit I didn't realize you guys had Michael Amadio. We're boned.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

This is a brave front you have up here and it's adorable.

There's no front. I know Toronto is the favorite to win the series. They should win it. But it's also Toronto, so I know how it usually goes, and Ottawa is in a great position to pull off an upset here. Personally, my gut is telling me Ottawa will win, but we'll have to see.

Either way, every Sens fan is just happy to be here. Leaf fans are sweating bullets praying their team doesn't do the funny thing again.

 

[Rob Brown]

Yikes.

The Athletic ranked the Leafs prospect pool at 28th in the league and the Senators were 27th lol. Yikes indeed.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Oh shit I didn't realize you guys had Michael Amadio. We're boned.

We've also got this guy

 

[MCR74]

Oh shit I didn't realize you guys had Michael Amadio. We're boned.

Don't forget Perron.

 

[Relapsing]

Not going to happen. Senators are going to come out thinking if they play fast and throw hits the Leafs will melt. Will last maybe a period before the Sens get sat down by the Leafs and realize they are the smaller team. Then they will try to outskill the Leafs.

Leafs entire gameplan is to let them skate around the outside doing nothing and patiently await the Sens to make mistakes (which they will) then stomp on them.

Sens outscored the leafs 9-4 (and also posted a shutout, lol) in our season series this year.

Do you think there is a single Toronto Maple Leafs player that is afraid of Ridley Greig?

Morgan Reilly probably afraid of getting suspended again.

 

[Rob Brown]

We've also got this guy

Cool?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Zub is basically Tanev.

Not joking.

Temu Tanev.

 

[LivingRentFree]

Sanderson would be the best Leafs dman in the last 50 years of that team, so keep thinking that. I know you don't actually think that though, again with the transparent cockiness. You'll have no choice but to admit it shortly.

Jake Sanderson is a good player.

Jake Sanderson has 23 5 on 5 points and is -11

Jake McCabe is a good player and has missed time.

Jake McCabe had 22 5 on 5 points and is +23


Sanderson isn’t even the best Jake in the series, let alone in the last 50 years.

 

[NyQuil]

The Athletic ranked the Leafs prospect pool at 28th in the league and the Senators were 27th lol. Yikes indeed.

Tell me something I don't know!

 

[NyQuil]

Sanderson isn’t even the best Jake in the series, let alone in the last 50 years.

He's not even the best Sanderson.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Temu Tanev.

No. He’s literally one of the best defensive d-men in the league.

 

[LivingRentFree]

Cool?

These guys make the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade and they come out like they’ve won back to back cups .

Ottawas only chance is if the league continues to spoon feed them powerplays.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

No. He’s literally one of the best defensive d-men in the league.

Cool. He isn't better then Tanev.

 

[LivingRentFree]

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It doesn't matter man. Ottawa's been playing great hockey too, I'm sure you're well aware of that. You know it deep down, and now you're trying to convince me of your confidence. The true sign of a confident person, when they try to convince other people how confident they are lol.

Isn’t this exactly what you and your cronies are doing for the last 20 pages

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Cool?

"I'm gonna act like I don't care, but I'm still gonna reply to the guy!"

 

[ToDavid]

Morgan Reilly probably afraid of getting suspended again.

If there isn't at least one slap shot into an empty net in this series I'll be extremly disappointed.

 

[Sting]

Curious because I don't know the numbers offhand, but what's the count for playoff series won for these two teams since the 04/05 season?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Why do the Leafs have an almost identical record to Ottawa’s since December 1st if every line and pairing they have is better than Ottawa’s counterpart?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Look out everyone we got the nerves police on duty today.

 

[Relapsing]

These guys make the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade and they come out like they’ve won back to back cups .

Ottawas only chance is if the league continues to spoon feed them powerplays.

... Leafs have a higher PP% than the Sens this year, but go off king

 

[Rob Brown]

"I'm gonna act like I don't care, but I'm still gonna reply to the guy!"

I never said that I didn't care? Just find it irrelevant in the context of this series.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Isn’t this exactly what you and your cronies are doing for the last 20 pages

The only thing Sens fans are confident of is that their team is going to be playing in Game 1 of the playoffs, and that's all they really care about. Everything else is a bonus.