Around the League - PLAYOFFS!?

[MCR74]

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This story just keeps getting cringeier. Next we'll find out they tried to pay restaurant bills with signed Clayton Keller sticks.

That's assuming the organization has money for sticks.

 

[rumman]

Cooper is ticked

I think Cooper has a point, but it is what it is……..

Before the Tkachuk trade, they'd be in strip joints. What a culture change.

Funny what one guy with a heart can do to a team……..

 

[napoleon in rags]

That Winnipeg Jets statue looks like Darryl Sittler, lol

 

[Nineteen67]

Canes get a break and go up 4-3…..then 5-3 eight seconds later.

 

[Mike4Leafs4ever]

That was only the second time in these playoffs a team has won with < 3 goals scored, so it's definitely not typical. Edmonton had also scored 17 goals in the previous 3 games




During this 11-game offensive ineptitude for the Leafs, they did win two games via 2-1 (game 6 vs TB and game 4 vs FLA). However, you're giving yourself little room for error when you can't reach the 3 goal mark, as we've clearly seen.

Goalies can be better, sure, but apparently asking for 3+ goals is too much for the second highest scoring team?

We win 2-1 with Woll. Just like we were saying.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

If the Jets lose tonight I may just call in sick for work to celebrate.

 

[Blanka]

If the Jets lose tonight I may just call in sick for work to celebrate.

I hate the Avs. The NHL loves to jircle cerk to these guys. They can do no wrong. Makes me sick.

Lowry is a monster out there

 

[SprDaVE]

A bullet from Morrissey. No holding on to the puck for 5 seconds, no 20 passes before a shot... Just boom.

 

[SprDaVE]

oh god... that own goal by Pionk. That's rough.

Lehkonen has 5 goals.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

5th straight game where the Avalanche have potted at least 5 against the Jets.

 

[SprDaVE]

5th straight game where the Avalanche have potted at least 5 against the Jets.

Even when you think you have a great goaltender, sometimes they just falter at the wrong time.

Georgiev outplaying him is pretty crazy.

 

[Superstar]

Hellebuyck is amazing...Leafs need to get him at double the price to replace playoff sieve Samsonov...

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Even when you think you have a great goaltender, sometimes they just falter at the wrong time.

Georgiev outplaying him is pretty crazy.

Jets were tied with Florida for fewest total goals allowed in the regular season and have a Vezina finalist in net. Avalanche scored the most goals in the regular season to be fair but it’s still shocking just how ruthlessly they’ve taken apart Hellebuyck and the Jets.

 

[Divine]

As hard as we are about our core, it could always be worse, we could be Winnipeg.

Back to back years of winning 1 playoff game after signing your core to 8 year extensions. The only reason they won a game this year was because Georgiev had one of the worst playoff performances of all time in game 1. This should be a sweep.

Their core didn't even show up and was happy with their 1 playoff win per year.

 

[blue stick]

Leafs should trade Marner for Hellybuck, they’ll probably both be run outa town

 

[GQS]

This is why I don't really want the Leafs to trade or go out and sign a big name FA goalie or anything. Helly was great in the regular season and now he's been mediocre to bad in the playoffs. Goalies are unpredictable. Just stick with our own goalies that we spent time developing and lets see what they can do and we don't even have to pay them much right now too.

Also as great as Matthews is I'd much rather have MacKinnon on our team. Guy is just a game breaker with his speed that Matthews lacks. If Auston had even 75% of the speed that Mac or McDavid had, he'd be crazy dangerous.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I’m honestly shocked it’s the first time in NHL history. Would’ve thought for sure some playoff series in the 80s would’ve been a slobberknocker and had scores of like 6-5, 7-6 every game.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

This is why I don't really want the Leafs to trade or go out and sign a big name FA goalie or anything. Helly was great in the regular season and now he's been mediocre to bad in the playoffs. Goalies are unpredictable. Just stick with our own goalies that we spent time developing and lets see what they can do and we don't even have to pay them much right now too.

Also as great as Matthews is I'd much rather have MacKinnon on our team. Guy is just a game breaker with his speed that Matthews lacks. If Auston had even 75% of the speed that Mac or McDavid had, he'd be crazy dangerous.

Hildebeast Woll solid combo

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Boo birds out in Winnipeg. Avalanche with a statement series win.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

We win 2-1 with Woll. Just like we were saying.

Great. Let's score 1 in regulation again in game 6 and see how that plays out

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

No greater failure than Winnipegs performance. Series should have gone 6 or 7.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Just goes to show that the final games down the stretch mean nothing at all. Winnipeg entered the playoffs on an 8-game winning streak while Colorado kinda stumbled.

Pretty easy to flip a switch for the playoffs when you're a good team.

 

[Buds17]

So...one series was finally decided in the West while one series is still left to be decided in the East. Game 7s, where art thou?

 

[wingman75]

No greater failure than Winnipegs performance. Series should have gone 6 or 7.

Unfortunate matchup. WPG probably underperformed a little, but they were never beating COL in a series, not in my mind anyway. Goaltending for both teams was suspect, just COL has a more explosive offence.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

How on earth did McDonagh miss that gaping net