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

[keonsbitterness]

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

One of the guys in my Saturday night viewing group says it loudly and often.

 

[Stephen]

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

Can't speak to their preference, but there's something to be said about playing a tied game comfortably knowing you have elite stops and game breaking scoring at some point when you get a look.

They beat the Isles in Game 7 in the ECF last year like that 1-0 and broke open Game 7 against us late. If you can be comfortable in a tight game you don't need to nurse a lead with the other team coming at you full throttle comeback mode.

 

[Stephen]

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

The Leafs always stress possession but while the Ozone clock keeps ticking up you do burn a lot of calories just cycling to the boards looking off bad looks for even worse looks. Try throwing it on net with 2 men in front, setting up big screens, tips and rebounds. Basics.

 

[Stephen]

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.

That was Cernak that he dodged.

If I were the Leafs grit consultant, I would probably run some game tape on what the Bruins did to poor Jake Gardiner or what Gary Roberts and friends used to do to Wade Redden. You plaster those puck retrievers every time they have to get a puck all series, by Game 7 their legs are wobbling and there's a certain fatigue that sets in. Whatever marginal edge that gives you, you take it.

 

[Gabriel426]

TB is just mean

 

[Nineteen67]

That was Cernak that he dodged.

If I were the Leafs grit consultant, I would probably run some game tape on what the Bruins did to poor Jake Gardiner or what Gary Roberts and friends used to do to Wade Redden. You plaster those puck retrievers every time they have to get a puck all series, by Game 7 their legs are wobbling and there's a certain fatigue that sets in. Whatever marginal edge that gives you, you take it.

I think it was Sergachev. He dodge Cernak with 4 mins left in the series.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Rangers have been carried by Shesterkin and have been underwhelming 5 on 5 ... No doubt Tampa is taking over - their demise at the start of the series was overexagerrated.

Frustrating that the Leafs had them right there to slay the dragon but couldn't, but the fact is Tampa legitimately is in a position to three peat which would arguably be the best dynasty since the Oilers and Isles runs in the '80s

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Both east teams suck. Avs in 5

 

[zeke]

 

[stealth1]

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Yet that 3rd place team is one win away from playing for the Cup. Analytics only tell part of the story Kyle.

 

[zeke]

Yet that 3rd place team is one win away from playing for the Cup. Analytics only tell part of the story Kyle.

True analytics don't tell you which team played TB first.

Also, note the goals columns which aren't analytics.

 

[Stephen]

I think it was Sergachev. He dodge Cernak with 4 mins left in the series.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Pain.

 

[zeke]

Pain.

Hilarious.

 

[stealth1]

True analytics don't tell you which team played TB first.

Also, note the goals columns which aren't analytics.

So the Leafs gave Tampa the biggest challenge. They still lost just like the other 2 teams.

 

[zeke]

TBL vs #1 FLA: 4-0, +10gdiff, +1.7xgdiff
TBL vs #4 TOR: 4-3, -1gdiff, -0.3xgdiff
TBL vs #8 NYR: 3-2, +1gdiff, +7.0xgdiff

COL vs #9 STL: 4-2, +4gdiff, +5.2xgdiff
COL vs #11 EDM: 4-0, +9gdiff, +4.8xgdiff
COL vs #16 NSH: 4-0, +12gdiff, +9.1xgdiff

 

[keonsbitterness]

TBL vs #1 FLA: 4-0, +10gdiff, +1.7xgdiff
TBL vs #4 TOR: 4-3, -1gdiff, -0.3xgdiff
TBL vs #8 NYR: 3-2, +1gdiff, +7.0xgdiff

COL vs #9 STL: 4-2, +4gdiff, +5.2xgdiff
COL vs #11 EDM: 4-0, +9gdiff, +4.8xgdiff
COL vs #16 NSH: 4-0, +12gdiff, +9.1xgdiff

Shouldn't you be selling a monorail to Springfield?

 

[deprw]

The Leafs always stress possession but while the Ozone clock keeps ticking up you do burn a lot of calories just cycling to the boards looking off bad looks for even worse looks. Try throwing it on net with 2 men in front, setting up big screens, tips and rebounds. Basics.

Yeah, you also need the structure. Otherwise your just giving up possession. Should be our goals next regular season to learn how to play like that and how to play trap. Tampa has options in their toolbox to change how they play. We need those gears too to mix it up, when needed.

 

[deprw]

Shouldn't you be selling a monorail to Springfield?

I think he fits here nicely. We have enough writers here that only back up their opinions with fumes of anger and hot air mixed with fair amount of contextless agenda. Sprinkled with funny names and words like fire, burn, punish etc.

zeke at least has his analytics. Like it or not, it gives some context here. This year eye test and those numbers were pretty close, even though it doesn't matter in the end.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Pain.

Just a good hockey play

 

[zeke]

Shouldn't you be selling a monorail to Springfield?

I dunno - which of us has the emotional mob opinion behind them?

 

[Nineteen67]

I’m not talking about that pitiful play.

The play I’m referencing is one he had Sergachev lined up and could have creamed him. Sergachev may not have seen him coming, so maybe he wouldn’t have braced for the hit.

If you have a chance to put a bruise on a guy in the first period of the first game, you make that investment.

 

[Nineteen67]

Pain.

Holl‘s stupid play will forever be remembered in Leafs lore.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Colorado Tampa will be a very good series, but I am worried about Colorado's goaltending. It might not be as close as I'd like it to be.

 

[deprw]

Colorado Tampa will be a very good series, but I am worried about Colorado's goaltending. It might not be as close as I'd like it to be.

I think it's good for us. We and our front office can witness what happens in that series. We have to make decision on goaltending and in some way about our defense. That is good series to follow. Mediocre goaltender with offensive team against Vasilevsky with Tampa.

Though I wouldn't write off Rangers yet. Those games have been close to this point. It's bounce here and there that will make difference in the end. It ain't over until it's over.