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

[CornerStone61]

I've seen worse.

It's no Minnesota GDT, that's for sure

 

[MCR74]

It's no Minnesota GDT, that's for sure

Not that worse.

 

[cyris]

For backup hard to say, maybe they go with Leevi
8-3-1 this year in Ottawa
1.99 GA and a .925

Yeah he would scare me a bit. The kinda guy who comes out of almost nowhere.
Pretty strong stats in the minors as well so he really could be the real deal.

 

[ottawagm]

What happens if the teams just …. Don’t show up? Is that in the CBA?

Guess fans and tv channels get some refunds... maybe? Tkachuk is playing tonight for us, first game back, so at least it helps with his rust?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Hmm looks like it'll be cheaper just drive down to Toronto for a game.

 

[Relapsing]

Hmm looks like it'll be cheaper just drive down to Toronto for a game.

How much cheaper are we talking here... Like, first class round trip VIA rail kinda price?

 

[Peasy]

Andlauer probably cheesin

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I hope the players have as much passion for the battle of Ontario as you guys , for some reason I feel like the history doesn't resonate with either team really that much. It's been a while. Outside of Domi and Tkachuk I doubt either side starts acting a fool out there

 

[Karl Eriksson]

My fave battle of Ontario moment was when Sundin threw his shattered splintered stick into his own fans

 

[Golden_Jet]

How much cheaper are we talking here... Like, first class round trip VIA rail kinda price?

No, driving down with 3-4 buddies and splitting gas, and having a friend in TO to crash at.

 

[MiscBrah]

I hope the players have as much passion for the battle of Ontario as you guys , for some reason I feel like the history doesn't resonate with either team really that much. It's been a while. Outside of Domi and Tkachuk I doubt either side starts acting a fool out there

IDK, Greig firing a slapshot into an empty net last season certainly helped ramp things up. But of course, you need playoff series to really get the bad blood flowing like Toronto and Boston, and this is the first meeting in a long time for Toronto and Ottawa. The media attention will help escalate things for sure.

 

[swiftwin]

IDK, Greig firing a slapshot into an empty net last season certainly helped ramp things up. But of course, you need playoff series to really get the bad blood flowing like Toronto and Boston, and this is the first meeting in a long time for Toronto and Ottawa. The media attention will help escalate things for sure.

IMO, the Greig slapper kickstarted the Battle of Ontario 2.0

 

[Gil Gunderson]

IMO, the Greig slapper kickstarted the Battle of Ontario 2.0

We love Ridly Greig, don't we?

 

[Silky Johnson]

56 pages before the season is even over lol

To be fair, 55 of those pages are just @HockeyVirus, @Strangle & @MCR74...

 

[Peasy]

Didn’t they do it against Tampa a few years back?

This group has only won 2 game 1's in 9 series.

 

[cyris]

My fave battle of Ontario moment was when Sundin threw his shattered splintered stick into his own fans

Mine was the 4 playoff series victories.

 

[thusk]

Who is better looking - Shane Pinto or Matthew Knies???

in term of type of player, Knies is closer of Tkachuk than Pinto, no doubt about it.

a post i saw like 3 game ago, i'm not saying Knies =is as good than Tkachuk but It still makes you think

 

[Gil Gunderson]

in term of type of player, Knies is closer of Tkachuk than Pinto, no doubt about it.

a post i saw like 3 game ago, i'm not saying Knies =is as good than Tkachuk but It still makes you think

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Knies is playing wing with with Matthews and Knies and doing a great job (will be hard to contain in the playoffs). Pinto is currently playing centre on one of the best shutdown lines in the league and does a great job against top lines while scoring 20 goals playing with Greig and Amadio.

Would I trade Pinto for Knies? I can’t 100% say I would. There’s more to this than hockeydb.

Brady’s production has taken a dip but he’s playing the best defensive hockey of his career. Never did I think he would be doing the things he’s doing in his own zone this year. He was absolutely clueless away from the puck sometimes under DJ Smith.

 

[thebestnic]

I hope the players have as much passion for the battle of Ontario as you guys , for some reason I feel like the history doesn't resonate with either team really that much. It's been a while. Outside of Domi and Tkachuk I doubt either side starts acting a fool out there

There is some bad blood already. The Greig slapper for example

 

[HockeyVirus]

Would I trade Pinto for Knies? I can’t 100% say I would.

 

[MCR74]

To be fair, 55 of those pages are just @HockeyVirus, @Strangle & @MCR74...

Thank you. I do what I can.

 

[MCR74]

My fave battle of Ontario moment was when Sundin threw his shattered splintered stick into his own fans

Mine was Joe Nieuwendyk embarrassing Patrick Lalime in game 7.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

The Leafs playoff failures rest on the players, and like any coach Berube isn't perfect, but it will be nice to see a coach not pull out the line blender because the other team controls play for 7 minutes in the second period or something.

 

[thusk]

Knies is playing wing with with Matthews and Knies and doing a great job (will be hard to contain in the playoffs). Pinto is currently playing centre on one of the best shutdown lines in the league and does a great job against top lines while scoring 20 goals playing with Greig and Amadio.

Would I trade Pinto for Knies? I can’t 100% say I would. There’s more to this than hockeydb.

Brady’s production has taken a dip but he’s playing the best defensive hockey of his career. Never did I think he would be doing the things he’s doing in his own zone this year. He was absolutely clueless away from the puck sometimes under DJ Smith.

yeah he's playing with matthew marner but he play there because he earn it. He having every tool to become an elite power foward who making life miserable for opposite D/G. Can of player who able to play the Tkachuk type of game but with better self-control. He's also great defensively even for a guy only in his second season in the NHL.

Matthews played his worst season ever in NHL and didn't look himself during basically 75% of regular season but didn't hurt his line because of Knies game. Knies at 22 is already a better player than Hyman who's also played with matthews and marner and it's not even close.

Pinto is a good player but sorry their impact are not even close

 

[Golden_Jet]

Mine was Joe Nieuwendyk embarrassing Patrick Lalime in game 7.

Curtis Joseph getting angry and charging at Mick MaGoo? (the ref) , then tripping and taking both of them down., is a funny memory looking back.