Do the Leafs get more credit in hindsight for taking the Panthers to 7 games?

[Dolemite]

Considering how badly Carolina is getting destroyed, do the Leafs get more credit in hindsight?

(Disclaimer: I don’t like the Leafs)

No. They still lack the depth (f and d) to go deep. They put all their money into the scorers and they get shut down every year.

 

[theVladiator]

I think Leafs clearly deserve the title of the second best team in the East. It's not much of an honor, but it does put calls for tear down and rebuild into proper perspective.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

Yup. Great job, Leafs!

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Why should they? They lost in dramatically terrible fashion in their own building. They got exactly as far as they deserved to and the fact that they took it to 7 games isn't a factor; they lost, end of story.

Win, or don't.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I think Leafs clearly deserve the title of the second best team in the East. It's not much of an honor, but it does put calls for tear down and rebuild into proper perspective.

No, they can not run it back. 2nd best is not good enough. People forget that Max freaking Paccioretty had to save their asses from potentially having to play game 7 against Ottawa. This is not a contending team. We saw red flags during the Ottawa series already. 2-0 series against Florida was a fluke.

 

[MikeS24]

Man this would hurt if you were a Leafs fan

Had a chance to go up 3-0 in the series and blew it in game 3. Then lay an egg game 4.

TO would have waltzed to a cup final.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Man this would hurt if you were a Leafs fan

Had a chance to go up 3-0 in the series and blew it in game 3. Then lay an egg game 4.

TO would have waltzed to a cup final.

We don't know that, which is the fun of it. Florida is spanking the Canes up and down the ice, sure, but it's likely the Canes could have done the same to the Leafs.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Man this would hurt if you were a Leafs fan

Had a chance to go up 3-0 in the series and blew it in game 3. Then lay an egg game 4.

TO would have waltzed to a cup final.

No, I see it as just a regression to the mean. Florida was gonna catch up, they weren't gonna lay down. Once they started playing, Toronto had no answers. They are not even close to Florida's level, or Edmonton's level, or Dallas' level.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

No, I see it as just a regression to the mean. Florida was gonna catch up, they weren't gonna lay down. Once they started playing, Toronto had no answers. They are not even close to Florida's level, or Edmonton's level, or Dallas' level.

The Leafs are a roster, for sure, but in the playoffs not much of a team.

 

[Killer Orca]

They got their respect in hand shake line no need to build up their ego more with this.

 

[stealth1]

The Leafs are the 2nd best team in the East. Losing Marner for free will be a regression and it's funny seeing Leafs fans demand for that suicide.

If Marner and dumbass buddy showed up in the playoffs it would be different

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

They had a 2-0 lead and then butchered 2 games at home getting completely destroyed.

Also they made round 2 because they played Ottawa

Same thing for Washington they were ass they won because they played against a rebuilding team and completely crumbled after.

Reilly Nylander Tavares Marner and Matthews have been a disaster for almost a decade now.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

well they injured the .926 1A forcing the .906 1B to play 100% of the games

So that's 2 goals per 100 shots. You lost 12-2 last 2 games at home. I don't think that explains the utter collapse of will the Leafs exhibited.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

So that's 2 goals per 100 shots. You lost 12-2 last 2 games at home. I don't think that explains the utter collapse of will the Leafs exhibited.

Stolarz could have easily stolen a game

 

[34]

Laughable. Leafs got pounded 12-2 in the last 2 home games of the Marner era. Stolarz wasnt changing that.

Woll is a loser. AHL caliber.. the leafs played differently in front of Stolarz. It would have been a very different series.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Stolarz could have easily stolen a game

Stolarz's suspenders could have snapped and he could have flown to the moon... what ifs are lame.

 

[Fatass]

Stolarz could have easily stolen a game

Woll stole game six.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Woll is a loser. AHL caliber.. the leafs played differently in front of Stolarz. It would have been a very different series.

Then the whole team are losers if they play differently in front of Woll. Losers. Plain and simple. Stolarz wasn't playing all the games. 0% chance. He would have sustained another injury, he never played this many games ever.

 

[jkrdevil]

No they got outscored 14-4 over the final 4 games of the series. That it went 7 says more about the Panthers’ (specifically Bobrovsky’s) play in the first 2.5 games than the Leafs play.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

Stolarz is a career backup with season high 34 games. He isnt the savior you think he is. Leafs are a sinking ship, with or without Stolarz.

 

[CanadianHockey]

My gut says no. I think Florida just elevated their game mid way through round two and haven't come down from that yet. Toronto forced game seven after allowing the Panthers to overcome a 2-0 deficit, not because the Leafs clawed their way into the series or were keeping it close every game

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Are we really supposed to give credit to a team for pushing a series to the limit but absolutely no showing in games 5 & 7 at home.

It's not that they lost, it's the way they lost.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Woll is a loser. AHL caliber.. the leafs played differently in front of Stolarz. It would have been a very different series.

The whole roster are losers, singling out one goalie (who did well all things considered) is a cop-out.

3 coaches, 3 GMs, something like 6 or 7 goalies, a pile of different flavours of defencemen, a complete recompile of the bottom six and a few extras in the top 6, and nothing to show for it. It all boils down to Shannahan being a stubborn tool, and the core 5 (I'm adding Reilly) becoming the new, slightly more advanced, Muskoka 5.

 

[stealth1]

Woll is a loser. AHL caliber.. the leafs played differently in front of Stolarz. It would have been a very different series.

34 and 16 were also all of a sudden going to be playoff stars. What a joke

 

[SenzZen]

Run it back!

Run it back!

Run it back!