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

[MCR74]

The Sharks have fans?

 

[StoicSensFan]

Ottawa hasn't won in like 100 years...

You might be the first person to acknowledge our win from the previous franchise. Thank you

 

[TheGreenTBer]

This core cannot survive an embarrassment like losing to the Ottawa senators

Win-win for leaf fans

Exactly.

Either we win or we get long, long overdue change.

This is what I'm telling myself, before I start literally screaming at the TV like a banshee.

 

[EK65IsAGod]

You might be the first person to acknowledge our win from the previous franchise. Thank you

Only takes one. We're legitimate!!

 

[Deno]

Jet fan here, I picked the Leafs in 5.
Would love to see the Sens take them out but doubt that will happen. This years version of the Leafs have all the ingredients for a long PO run. They are a much more complete team than years past and the Eastern conference is not the juggernaut it use to be. Would not be surprised to see them make it to the final. Don't see them beating whoever comes out of the west but in a last 7 games series anything can happen.

As for the Sens, the experience they get in these POs, no matter what happens will serve them well next season and beyond.

 

[cyris]

That's how you're comparing the quality of both teams' goalies? Ok.

It’s the stats. How should we compare them?

 

[mix1home]

As they should but lets get real here. Ottawa doesn't have any home games in round 1.

Yeah. That is too bad because their away record is terrible 18-19-4.

 

[Voight]

This thread is exactly why I prefer this place to the hockey subreddit. Go read the thread there, it's like they aren't even rivals. It's just a bunch of stupid friendly banter and zero chirps.

Here it's completely cut-throat; the way it should be given this is the playoffs and not some random regular season game.

 

[Voight]

Stutzle after Domi completely misses a body check
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I was thinking this would be Stutzle after he takes his first hit in the series
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Stutzle immediately getting on the ice for the PP after having a "life threatening injury"

Well done boys

These made for some chuckles.

 

[Seras]

Damn, I'm seeing a lot of nervous scared Leaf fans in this thread. Never thought I'd see the day where they're sweating over playing the Sens. I can't imagine the players are feeling great about playing Ottawa either.

There are leaf's fans who sweat on practice nights.

Sen's were the best possible team the leafs could draw for the first round.

 

[mix1home]

Hey come on man, don't disrespect the classy organization that is the Toronto Maple Leafs like that! This is the fanbase that made their unofficial mascot some drunk fat dude with facepaint on and a dart hanging out of his mouth we're talking about here!

lol. Saying fan of franchise with this mascot debacle

 

[Transplanted Caper]

A blast from the past to see you here again. Hope all is well.

I am as well as can be expected with *gestures to entire universe* all this.

 

[Coffee]

How many does it take to tango again?

 

[MCR74]

lol. Saying fan of franchise with this mascot debacle

Every player in that hallway is on the verge of busting a gut. Kudos on keeping a straight face. I couldn't have held it in.

 

[Cynick]

My only prediction for the series: Win-or-lose, the Sens will create starting goalie headaches/controversy for the Leafs.

Feels so good to be back!

P.S. I homer voted.

 

[Silky Johnson]

3rd in league PP scoring for Defensemen, surpassed only by Makar and Q. Hughes (Hughes is ahead by a point).


It's been 48 years since the Leafs won a cup, the longest active drought in the NHL.

That's what, like, 3 times your lifetime?

It's 58 and your point still stands.

 

[Strangle]

This thread is exactly why I prefer this place to the hockey subreddit. Go read the thread there, it's like they aren't even rivals. It's just a bunch of stupid friendly banter and zero chirps.

Here it's completely cut-throat; the way it should be given this is the playoffs and not some random regular season game.

Honestly dude, Reddit is a shithole

 

[Loach]

Over 1k posts. I would like to add mine to this record setting thread.


Everybody here is hammered out of thier gourd and it smells gross. I'm going home.

 

[Leafsfan74]

I watched every playoff victory of the Leafs against the Sens when the Leafs were a big, bruising, physical team. Those Ottawa teams were stacked with young talent but they didn't have the heart. I watched Roberts run over a young Chara, it probably helped Chara to realize being a big guy requires some fight. Leafs beat them every year, four times in a row they met them.

This is an entirely different league now. I've raised this often, watch the 2002 Leafs vs NYI series. It's the only series I watch from time to time just as a reminder of how violent the sport used to be. It was the most brutal series I've ever watched and the Sens faced a limping Leaf team due to that battle. A team I thought had the right playoff types to win but that First Round against the Islanders just crushed them

Anyways, I think there is an opinion that the Leafs are a soft team this year and somehow Brady is going to try and run the team out of the series. It's not going to happen. Leafs aren't some physical juggernaught but they are far more comfortable with physical play, sacrifice and even fighting (most number of different players in the league of any team who fought for Toronto this year, who had that on their bingo card?).

Berube has driven into them that they must stand up for each other and they have. It should be a good series due to geography but Leafs play a tighter game than in the past and they have 6 players with over 20 goals, so any mistakes by Ottawa could be costly.

If the Leafs special teams is rolling they should win this. If Ottawa can figure out the Leafs defense, they will squeak out a series win due to higher scoring games than one might expect.

 

[Silky Johnson]

I’m an insufferable prick

Thank God you said it. I really don't want a thread ban.

 

[T REX]

Is Brady healthy?

 

[NyQuil]

Is Brady healthy?

No, but he’ll play.

 

[MCR74]

My only prediction for the series: Win-or-lose, the Sens will create starting goalie headaches/controversy for the Leafs.

Feels so good to be back!

P.S. I homer voted.

No shit.

 

[T REX]

No, but he’ll play.

Ottawa will go as far as he takes them. Ullmark will help but it's on the C

 

[Silky Johnson]

Are the Leafs allowed to cherry pick their worst stretch of the season out as well or?

If there is a good context to it, and I wouldn't call that cherry picking.

Ottawa came into the season with alot of changes. It took a couple months to get things to come together. Since then they have been good.

You clearly are only here to make one liners and try and dunk on people - with varying degrees of intellectual honesty.

I don't expect you to have a honest hockey take on this but ignore trends at your peril.