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Rants Mulliniks said:
Wish I could find the video but I remember in juniors they had him on the PK and it looked like a man amongst Timbits. What seemed like pretty much the whole kill the puck never left his stick. Just skated from one end of the ice to the other dippsy-doodling around everyone.

I watched so many videos of him in his junior days that just made my jaw drop. Stuff that most people couldn't even think to do let alone execute them.
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Ha i remember them videos too. Skated circles around them.
 
Wafflewhipper said:
Ha i remember them videos too. Skated circles around them.
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I remember one where there were two players probably less than a foot apart and he puts the puck between them, does a spin-o-rama and picks it up on the other side of them. They were both like "WTF just happened?".
 
Rants Mulliniks said:
I remember one where there were two players probably less than a foot apart and he puts the puck between them, does a spin-o-rama and picks it up on the other side of them. They were both like "WTF just happened?".
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It was another level stuff. He’s starting to do it in the nhl now. Slightly but it’s starting. He’s taking pucks in with speed and they can’t really stop him. Then he sets up. :)
 
ToneDog said:
Yup but we had home ice and many posters thought they would walk over the Jackets. We were supposed to be the "better" team, at least on paper.
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well we were the better team in that series, on the ice, other than goaltending.
 
zeke said:
well we were the better team in that series, on the ice, other than goaltending.
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That is my point from Deke's post. If we finish strong (1st or 2nd) in the regular season, it won't be the first time we faced a lesser team. Anyway if the 4 amigos play their "best" in the playoffs, it will not matter where we finish in the regular season. Keefe needs to make sure he does not burn anybody out for the sake of the "regular" season.
 
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ToneDog said:
That is my point from Deke's post. If we finish strong (1st or 2nd) in the regular season, it won't be the first time we faced a lesser team.
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ToneDog said:
Yup but we had home ice and many posters thought they would walk over the Jackets. We were supposed to be the "better" team, at least on paper.
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Home ice in a situation where the usual benefits of that were severely limited or nonexistent, for the record. There were valid reasons to believe that the Leafs had the better team of skaters (and they did, despite losing their most important defenseman), but there was no reason to think anybody would "walk over" Columbus.

They were the best defensive team in the league in the regular season, and like the Leafs, finished 13th in the league through some of the worst injury adversity. That's also despite losing points relative to the league in situations that don't apply to the playoffs, going 8-11 in OT and 0-4 in the shootout. Cup champion Tampa didn't even "walk over" Columbus - they had their worst goal differential against them on their run. Korpisalo literally set a playoff record against them.

Regardless of how one thinks we should have done against Columbus, the fact remains that it was a significantly worse matchup than any other 9-12 team (and, quite frankly, many 1-8 teams), even before the insane goaltending performance. The point stands that the regular season is important to improve matchups, especially now that we have a break from being in the same division as the two best teams in the league.
 
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ToneDog said:
Yup but we had home ice and many posters thought they would walk over the Jackets. We were supposed to be the "better" team, at least on paper.
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That is why paper means nothing and regular season nothing except making dance, it takes tending, defense and a good system and you can win in playoffs. Scorers tend to get shut down by good defense. Habs, Oilers, Islanders, Devils, Kings, Blackhawk great teams all had good/great tenders, rock hard tough defense first defenders and good systems. Only Pens have really won consistently without defense but maybe best #1/2 centres in their primes on 1 team ever (but Murray was an unknown and he got so hot he could burn da sun). Once he came back to earth it was over for them.
 
JT AM da real deal said:
That is why paper means nothing and regular season nothing except making dance, it takes tending, defense and a good system and you can win in playoffs. Scorers tend to get shut down by good defense. Habs, Oilers, Islanders, Devils, Kings, Blackhawk great teams all had good/great tenders, rock hard tough defense first defenders and good systems. Only Pens have really won consistently without defense but maybe best #1/2 centres in their primes on 1 team ever (but Murray was an unknown and he got so hot he could burn da sun). Once he came back to earth it was over for them.
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Home ice advantage is what teams play the regular season for. They want it,fans want it,the coach wants it. It matters to everyone actually involved in the game. The league wants big markets to play at home on the underbelly of it all also. They want them big profits. Small market team aren’t where all the revenue gains come from.
I just never agree with the posts saying regular season isn’t important. It’s just not true
 
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ToneDog said:
Yup but we had home ice and many posters thought they would walk over the Jackets. We were supposed to be the "better" team, at least on paper.
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That series wasnt fair. It was supposed to be our crazy scoring vs. their impenetrable D and if good Andy showed up or not . The fact Columbus became the Korpisalo show and he set the playoff save record was not predicted by anyone in the entire world.

I predict that playoffs will always be crazy and goalies are voodoo.
 
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Zybalto said:
That series wasnt fair. It was supposed to be our crazy scoring vs. their impenetrable D and if good Andy showed up or not . The fact Columbus became the Korpisalo show and he set the playoff save record was not predicted by anyone in the entire world.

I predict that playoffs will always be crazy and goalies are voodoo.
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Just like a Vasi faceplant the year before had TBay swept in round 1.
 
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Zybalto said:
That series wasnt fair. It was supposed to be our crazy scoring vs. their impenetrable D and if good Andy showed up or not . The fact Columbus became the Korpisalo show and he set the playoff save record was not predicted by anyone in the entire world.

I predict that playoffs will always be crazy and goalies are voodoo.
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I wonder how much Jake Muzzin getting hurt effected the outcome? For example if that never happens does Toronto blow that 3-0 lead and win Game 3 instead of losing in overtime?
 
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Zybalto said:
That series wasnt fair. It was supposed to be our crazy scoring vs. their impenetrable D and if good Andy showed up or not . The fact Columbus became the Korpisalo show and he set the playoff save record was not predicted by anyone in the entire world.

I predict that playoffs will always be crazy and goalies are voodoo.
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Didn't help that our forwards wouldn't or couldn't get within 5 feet of the guy. We shot like 3% and some of that was absolutely deserved.
 
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7even said:
Didn't help that our forwards wouldn't or couldn't get within 5 feet of the guy. We shot like 3% and some of that was absolutely deserved.
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It was actually eerily similar to the Jackets Tampa series.

We had the 3rd most scoring chances/60 out of the 24 teams in the playins and the 3rd worst shooting% at 5.29%.

Tampa had the 5th most scoring chances/60 out of the 16 teams in the first round and the 2nd worst shooting% at 6.48%

Both shooting% were roughly half of the usual.
 
Wafflewhipper said:
Home ice advantage is what teams play the regular season for. They want it,fans want it,the coach wants it. It matters to everyone actually involved in the game. The league wants big markets to play at home on the underbelly of it all also. They want them big profits. Small market team aren’t where all the revenue gains come from.
I just never agree with the posts saying regular season isn’t important. It’s just not true
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Home ice means nothing this season ... getting prepared to win in playoffs is what counts to me ... this is from a players perspective maybe which is fine
 
Is this season the best start Marner has had?

I recall, it usually takes him a while to get going each season previous season.

With a much improve shot and strong out of the gate I am thinking ~100+ points (in a full season) is a realistic goal for him.

Do you guys agree?
 
Petrus said:
Is this season the best start Marner has had?

I recall, it usually takes him a while to get going each season previous season.

With a much improve shot and strong out of the gate I am thinking ~100+ points (in a full season) is a realistic goal for him.

Do you guys agree?
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he is 1 point ahead of his start 2 years ago
 
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JT AM da real deal said:
Home ice means nothing this season ... getting prepared to win in playoffs is what counts to me ... this is from a players perspective maybe which is fine
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I get the sense that this team knows. Preparation, training, attention to detail etc. is something that appears to be on the top of their minds.
The weight on the young guys must be heavy.
Seeing this is a Marner thread, I'll post this (which I just saw)
https://t.co/iU1di6bbSc" / Twitter
 
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