GDT: Around the League - 2021/22 - Playoffs edition

[Stephen]

Nothing more important than timely goals in the playoffs.

Kucherov is such an a-hole, lol.

You have to enjoy how they break teams with the timing of their goals and will add insult to injury too. I don't want to win nice either.

 

[Nineteen67]

We had these guys on the f***ing ropes man.....

And they (Leafs) had too many passengers.

 

[ULF_55]

Sergachev for Drouin eh?

 

[leafsfan5]

Apparently they like to play possum like that.

While I agree they like to start off slow I don't think they wanted to be down 3-2 with 12 minutes left in the third with their season on the line

 

[ToneDog]

All without their leading goal scorer from the their previous runs. Impressive.
Vasi didn't even have to dress. No offense from the Rags.

Tampa's D is not bad. Almost as good as our elite D according to some.

 

[saffronleaf]

Yup, they’re like sharks. When they smell blood, it’s over.

They have that killer instinct that we were supposed to have addressed last offseason when we added Ritchie and Mrazek.

for a second i thought you said they're like THE sharks and i was very confused

 

[socko]

We had these guys on the f***ing ropes man.....

Until the classic Leafs game 7 choke job. They were already choking in the locker room before the national anthems.

 

[ToneDog]

We had these guys on the f***ing ropes man.....

Yup until they decided it was time to shut the Leafs down.

 

[saffronleaf]

Nothing more important than timely goals in the playoffs.

Kucherov is such an a-hole, lol.

lol loved the comments he made about habs fans

 

[keonsbitterness]

for a second i thought you said they're like THE sharks and i was very confused

Los Angeles Sharks of the WHA.

 

[MSZ]

Until the classic Leafs game 7 choke job. They were already choking in the locker room before the national anthems.

Don't forget Keefe's powerful, thoughtful and emotional pregame speech too.

 

[saffronleaf]

We had these guys on the f***ing ropes man.....

 

[TheShape]

We had these guys on the f***ing ropes man.....

We never really had them. They would’ve found a way and they did.

 

[Nineteen67]

What if Nylander had crushed Sergachev at the end of the first period of game one when he dumped that puck in rather than pulling a fly by? He was ripe for a bruise and maybe an injury. May not have changed anything but I would invest in that hit every day.

 

[leafsfan5]

We never really had them. They would’ve found a way and they did.

I mean we were 12 minutes away from eliminating them, that's as close to having them as anyone has gotten

But of course, we couldn't close the deal. It's the Maple Leaf way

 

[MSZ]

What if Nylander had crushed Sergachev at the end of the first period of game one when he dumped that puck in rather than pulling a fly by? He was ripe for a bruise and maybe an injury. May not have changed anything but I would invest in that hit every day.

He would've destroyed Sergachev into pieces if it was a World Championship game.

 

[saffronleaf]

I mean we were 12 minutes away from eliminating them, that's as close to having them as anyone has gotten

But of course, we couldn't close the deal. It's the Maple Leaf way

dominated OT too

 

[leafsfan5]

dominated OT too

That game still hurts a lot. It was right there

Game 7 I could feel the loss coming. Game 6 was the hope

 

[socko]

They basically won that game by having a lot of traffic in front of the net. No fancy plays. Just ugly old fashioned hockey.

 

[leafsfan5]

They basically won that game by having a lot of traffic in front of the net. No fancy plays. Just ugly old fashioned hockey.

And they threw the puck at the net, not trying fancy plays all the time

Something our team can learn from

 

[ToneDog]

They basically won that game by having a lot of traffic in front of the net. No fancy plays. Just ugly old fashioned hockey.

Leafs would have circled the perimeter looking for a game winner.

 

[ULF_55]

And they threw the puck at the net, not trying fancy plays all the time

Something our team can learn from

How many times do all of us quietly suggest, while watching at home, after a couple cold ones, put it on the %&*()@ net?

 

[All Mod Cons]

It's amazing when someone compares us to the Lightning to point out similarities. Can't think of many teams that are more different to the Lightning.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Does anyone in the world have a sweeter gig than Brian Elliott right now has and McElhinney had the previous two years?

Ice level seats each game, watching the best goalie in the world, making hundreds of thousands of dollars, doing very little work, travelling the continent on someone else's dime, and having a pretty good chance of having your name forever etched on the Stanley Cup.

 

[Nineteen67]

He would've destroyed Sergachev into pieces if it was a World Championship game.

I doubt it. And the TB D knew it too, because in game 7, he flew by Hedman when he could easily crushed him. Hedman wasn’t worried, didn’t rush his play, because he knew who was on the ice.