Around the NHL - Part XLV (Playoffs edition)

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I have a sick feeling Winnipeg and Toronto both come back in their serieses

 

[LOFIN]

I will be in Florida in early / mid- June so hopefully I don’t have to see the locals celebrate another Cup. I’ll be on the western side of the state, though, so probably safe.

Lol, there’s like 5 people who watch hockey there. Did you see how many people were in their celebrations last year? Not many.

 

[LOFIN]

I have a sick feeling Winnipeg and Toronto both come back in their serieses

Not worried about either happening.

 

[Cmox]

Lol, there’s like 5 people who watch hockey there. Did you see how many people were in their celebrations last year? Not many.

I was going to make the same point, then I deleted it, haha. Remember Tkachuk walking around with the Cup the next morning and no one even acknowledge it ?

 

[LOFIN]

I was going to make the same point, then I deleted it, haha. Remember Tkachuk walking around with the Cup the next morning and no one even acknowledge it ?

I don't really care what the actual team looks like, when I'm thinking about who I want to win the Cup (or rather, who I don't want to win it). Yeah, Florida is an annoying, dirty team. Cool. It's also harmless if they win, because no-one cares. If a Canadian team wins, it would be disastrous.

 

[RangersFan1994]

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I have a sick feeling Winnipeg and Toronto both come back in their serieses

Toronto pushing it to 7 only to lose would be peak Toronto though.

I'm basically expecting that to be the outcome.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

I'nm so glad the Leafs exist so that we don't have to be by far the worst O6 franchise of the past half century

I ran the numbers starting from the '74-'75 season and it's not as dire as you might think:

Boston: 2,092 W, 1,318 L, 551 T/OTL/SOL, 42 playoff appearances, 12 CF, 7 SCF, 1 cup.

Toronto: 1,770 W, 1,689 L, 506 T/OTL/SOL, 31 playoff appearances, 4 CF, 0 SCF, 0 cups.

Montreal: 1,996 W, 1,418 L, 549 T/OTL/SOL, 37 playoff appearances, 12 CF, 7 SCF, 5 cups (4 of them in the '70's).

Detroit: 1,830 W, 1,586 L, 547 T/OTL/SOL, 31 playoff appearances, 9 CF, 6 SCF, 4 cups.

Chicago: 1,751 W, 1,654 L, 557 T/OTL/SOL, 34 playoff appearances, 12 CF, 4 SCF, 3 cups.

Rangers: 1,887 W, 1,578 L, 487 T/OTL/SOL, 33 playoff appearances, 10 CF, 3 SCF, 1 cup.

People tend to forget that Detroit had a fantastic 15-year run, but both sides of that run are complete tire fires. They also forget that Chicago made the playoffs 22 years straight from '75-'97, but they were in a really weak division for quite a few of those years, making the playoffs with as low as 63 points in a full season.

 

[LOFIN]

Toronto pushing it to 7 only to lose would be peak Toronto though.

I'm basically expecting that to be the outcome.

I hope they get stomped tonight. Obviously them winning would be the worst, but if they lose after a good effort, the G5 will be the talking point. I want it even worse for them!

5-1 Florida, with the only Toronto goal scored by Chris Tanev. Matthews and Marner -4. Delicious.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I ran the numbers starting from the '74-'75 season and it's not as dire as you might think:

Boston: 2,092 W, 1,318 L, 551 T/OTL/SOL, 42 playoff appearances, 12 CF, 7 SCF, 1 cup.

Toronto: 1,770 W, 1,689 L, 506 T/OTL/SOL, 31 playoff appearances, 4 CF, 0 SCF, 0 cups.

Montreal: 1,996 W, 1,418 L, 549 T/OTL/SOL, 37 playoff appearances, 12 CF, 7 SCF, 5 cups (4 of them in the '70's).

Detroit: 1,830 W, 1,586 L, 547 T/OTL/SOL, 31 playoff appearances, 9 CF, 6 SCF, 4 cups.

Chicago: 1,751 W, 1,654 L, 557 T/OTL/SOL, 34 playoff appearances, 12 CF, 4 SCF, 3 cups.

Rangers: 1,887 W, 1,578 L, 487 T/OTL/SOL, 33 playoff appearances, 10 CF, 3 SCF, 1 cup.

People tend to forget that Detroit had a fantastic 15-year run, but both sides of that run are complete tire fires. They also forget that Chicago made the playoffs 22 years straight from '75-'97, but they were in a really weak division for quite a few of those years, making the playoffs with as low as 63 points in a full season.

Toronto is the worst AINEC.

Also, Boston 1-6 in SCF is rough

 

[Matt Rentfree]

Toronto is the worst AINEC

I meant us.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I meant us.

yeah we're not good lol but much better than Toronto, is what i meant.

 

[Filip Chytil]

Leafs win tonight. Mats Sundin hat trick to force Game 7. 3-1 final score. Stephen Weiss with the lone Florida goal.

 

[turcotte8]

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That's one game for Mika.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

That's one game for Mika.

more like an entire months of shot attempts at 5v5

 

[RangersFan1994]

On Matthews and Marner. Soft passive and lazy. Regular season players. Teams don't win with these types of perimeter players in the playoffs. Both are the type of players perfect for an expansion team or a rebuilding team. He's not the type for playoff success. They are like Mika and Panarin.

 

[94leetch]

Leafs fans in the main pretty much assuring a win tonight.
Interesting.

 

[n8]

That's one game for Mika.

I KID

 

[AirGut]

Really starting to feel like we're gonna have a 2024 SCF repeat

 

[Captain Lindy]

Lol, there’s like 5 people who watch hockey there. Did you see how many people were in their celebrations last year? Not many.

Really???

 

[Harbour Dog]

Really starting to feel like we're gonna have a 2024 SCF repeat

Would be the first time since '08-'09. First Detroit beat Pittsburgh, then vice versa.

And '83-'84 before that. Islanders, then Edmonton.

 

[LokiDog]

Step-kiddos last baseball game of the year is at 8pm (9 EST) so I’m not watching much hockey tonight, but instead will be “discretely” drinking from one of my girl’s Stanley cups (so who is the real champion here?) filled with club soda and tequila while watching 6 & 7 year olds get struck out by their own coaches for the next 2 hours. Joy.

 

[Captain Lindy]

I've always liked Paul Maurice but he's got a team full of scumbags.

 

[LokiDog]

If Matthews shaved it off he would unleash Auston “The Rock-ish” Matthews powers and finally perform in the playoffs.

 

[CasusBelli]

Leafs came to play. Florida is just better.