GDT: ECSF: (A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs (A3) Florida Panthers - GAME 3 - 7 PM EST IN FLORIDA

[HockeyVirus]

Obviously a must win for FL...I expect them to win tonight.

I do as well. I just want it to be a competitive game. Panthers come out and win 6-1 I think it rattles the Toronto market (not so much the players).

If it is 3-2 OT type of game, shit happens. Were never sweeping the Panthers be ready for game 4 kind of deal.

Now, if the Leafs win game 3.....

 

[GrumpyKoala]

I want the Leafs to win but not thattttt comfortably. Wake up Kittyrats!

 

[Sasha Orlov]

you don't say....

NHL officials when Brendan Gallagher is being murdered on live television

 

[Delete1]

I do as well. I just want it to be a competitive game. Panthers come out and win 6-1 I think it rattles the Toronto market (not so much the players).

If it is 3-2 OT type of game, shit happens. Were never sweeping the Panthers be ready for game 4 kind of deal.

Now, if the Leafs win game 3.....

I think people are over-estimating what Florida is. Tonight will probably go a long way to changing that opinion.

 

[T REX]

I think people are over-estimating what Florida is. Tonight will probably go a long way to changing that opinion.

I have Toronto in 6. I think the champs fight back and take this one. Too much hubris without hardware isn't good.

Still gotta beat the man, to be the man.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I think people are over-estimating what Florida is. Tonight will probably go a long way to changing that opinion.

This is the NHL, margins are razor thin. Even if I believe the Leafs are winning this series and the better team, I know better than to expect perfection.

 

[Delete1]

I have Toronto in 6. I think the champs fight back and take this one. Too much hubris without hardware isn't good.

Still gotta beat the man, to be the man.

Florida won't win two games in this series. They took their shot in game 2, but they have lost too much talent on defense from last season, and Jones doesn't bridge the gap (given the mistakes he is also prone to making). Carolina or Washington may provide a more difficult match-up for Toronto.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

I just don't think the Panthers have an answer for the deep and consistent leafs. Imagine using the words deep and consistent to describe the leafs. But here we are.

I just want respect in the cup handoff line.

 

[bobholly39]

Panthers are going to get swept by the Leafs.

And it's going to be hilarious

 

[avocadosmoothie]

What's with the hype about the Leafs being deep? They might be, but as of right now half their forwards don't have a goal, so we don't really know.

 

[T REX]

I'm starting to remember why I cheered against the Maple Leafs in the past...ughhhhhhh

Still say Toronto in 6 though.

 

[Eat The Rich]

I would love to have the confidence of some of y'all, but I've been hurt way too many times in the past.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Florida won't win two games in this series. They took their shot in game 2, but they have lost too much talent on defense from last season, and Jones doesn't bridge the gap (given the mistakes he is also prone to making). Carolina or Washington may provide a more difficult match-up for Toronto.

Hope you are right but I don't think it will be that easy...

GLG

 

[HockeyVirus]

Could be huge depending on who this is. My guess is Kulikov is one because he looks awful.

 

[McJC]

Well, the series doesn't start until you lose at home.
FLA has a chance to defend home ice and bring this back to a best 2/3 (like Oilers did to the Kings).
I don't think you can underestimate the heart of a champion. Leafs are unexperienced. Let's see what happens

 

[mobilus]

As a Bruins fan, even in defeat the Panthers still have a way of crushing me. I'd really prefer a 1st round pick.

Why, you’d just blow it on a Latvian winger ranked in the 150s.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Nobody expected the Leafs to be up 2-0. so nothing is off the table, even a sweep. How can anyone say, I expect this or I expect that now? Who the hell knows what will happen next?

 

[TD Charlie]

Why, you’d just blow it on a Latvian winger ranked in the 150s.

I hate that you’re right

 

[Delete1]

Well, the series doesn't start until you lose at home.
FLA has a chance to defend home ice and bring this back to a best 2/3 (like Oilers did to the Kings).
I don't think you can underestimate the heart of a champion. Leafs are unexperienced. Let's see what happens

If this was actually a thing, every Cup winner would keep repeating. What happened to Vegas the year after they won the Cup? Or St. Louis the year after they won? Teams change, Sometimes they just aren't as good as they were the year before.

 

[missingjibbsclub]

Big leafs homer here, I think Florida wins both games at home and this series goes the distance. Could honestly see Florida win four straight. Pains me to say.

 

[Delete1]

Big leafs homer here, I think Florida wins both games at home and this series goes the distance. Could honestly see Florida win four straight. Pains me to say.

Don't fret, you're wrong.

 

[Washed Up 29YearOld]

Leafs going all the way baby. I might not root for them but I respect them. Especially if they make it to conference finals, it’d shake that ‘ bunch of losers ‘ stereotype/label a bit.

 

[dwdl21]

Big leafs homer here, I think Florida wins both games at home and this series goes the distance. Could honestly see Florida win four straight. Pains me to say.

Part of me agrees as I've been through it all since 1967, but part of me also see's the improvements in the team this year so I still remain cautiously optimistic, but yes I'm well aware they can lay an egg at any time...lol

 

[AvroArrow]

Could be huge depending on who this is. My guess is Kulikov is one because he looks awful.

He left the game for a bit last game too, he's definitely one of them. Tkachuk is my other guess, he was irrelevant in both of the first 2 games and is injured since 4 nations.

 

[The Management]

Leafs going all the way baby. I might not root for them but I respect them. Especially if they make it to conference finals, it’d shake that ‘ bunch of losers ‘ stereotype/label a bit.

I'll always have a soft spot for the Sabres from their Hasek / Lafontaine days, even though I was too young to remember them well. I always picked the Sabres or Red Wings in those old video games. Hope the dark days are soon over for you guys.