I think it gets the Leafs to the Cup final, and then the result will depend on which team they play in the final. The leafs likely beat them all except maybe Vegas.
Series Talk: ECSF: (A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs (A3) Florida Panthers (Series Tied 2-2)
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Rants Mulliniks
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Sometimes doing something other than the expected yields dividends. Who can adjust to counteract? Who can’t? Does it maximize your strengths and minimize your weaknesses?
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The media overrated him for a while so fans of other teams have gone in the opposite direction and massively underrate him. The guy lost polls to Tim Stutzle, Patrick Laine, Matt Barzal and Elias Pettersson on this site lol.
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Weirdly enough I like our odds against Vegas but do not want to play the Stars at all.
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Some people were/are talking like the only reason Toronto got through to the second round was by facing a scrub Ottawa team.
The Senators are a very fast team and are very underrated. They would’ve given Florida a lot of trouble.
The Senators are a very fast team and are very underrated. They would’ve given Florida a lot of trouble.
I started counting chickens in October. I've known all season this would be the result. The rest of you are just catching up.
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The only thing polls on this site are good for is determining whose opinion you can safely ignore wholesale.
I'm the opposite. I'm not too concerned about Dallas. I think the Leafs match-up well against them.
The wildcard in all of this is Edmonton. Mediocre defense, literally terrible goaltending, but two guys who simply dominate a game when they decide to. That's hard to defend against.
The series is far from over. FLA is more than capable of holding serve at home. As they say, you’re not in trouble until you lose a home game. Leafs need one on the road and things will really shift in their favor.
But the way these games have been going suits them just fine. They’ve won many games this year this way. It took some time for some Leafs fans to understand this earlier this season. The Leafs have historically been on the other side of this in the past, against Tampa, Florida and Boston, and Berube flipped the script.
They’re more than happy playing a low event game. If both teams are limited on scoring chances, they’re expect their skill and goaltending will be the difference, and so far it has worked. Shot attempts, ‘deserve to win meter’, ozone time, etc., don’t really matter when the Leafs are keeping them out of the high danger zone.
But the way these games have been going suits them just fine. They’ve won many games this year this way. It took some time for some Leafs fans to understand this earlier this season. The Leafs have historically been on the other side of this in the past, against Tampa, Florida and Boston, and Berube flipped the script.
They’re more than happy playing a low event game. If both teams are limited on scoring chances, they’re expect their skill and goaltending will be the difference, and so far it has worked. Shot attempts, ‘deserve to win meter’, ozone time, etc., don’t really matter when the Leafs are keeping them out of the high danger zone.
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The sportsbooks would have the Leafs listed as an underdog against all four Western Conference teams, minus perhaps Vegas.
The Leafs are one of 8 teams remaining. Saying they are likely to win is just probabilistically incorrect. No remaining team is "likely" to win the Cup.
"Sometimes things happen".
I mean yeah, sure. Anything can happen. That kind of truism doesn't add much analytical value (in the broad sense, not the numbers sense - I have to clarify because someone else will cry about spreadsheets or whatever) to the discussion.
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One of Edmonton florida vegas dallas Winnipeg Washington carolina will win cup take it to the bank . Enough nonsense talk.
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Facing Ottawa was the easier pick only because of their youth and inexperience. It was also a blessing in disguise though because they are the fastest team in the conference so either Florida team would feel slower in comparison.
The Leafs have certainly leveraged their speed advantage in this series. An advantage they didn't have against Ottawa.
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I'm one of the few people who've actually accurately identified some of pros and cons of each team's strategy. Your previous post didn't note anything about team tactics.
Toronto definitely exposed Ottawa's lack of speed on the back end a few times in that series, Ottawa really isn't that quick.
I think Florida comes back to win the series, unfortunately.
Too many people just watching the highlights...Woll definitely finished strong, but he was awful to start game 2, and poor in relief in game 1 as well.
He's capable of much more.
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Are we really talking about the Finals ? Focus; we’re playing the literal champs . Nice start but Florida is coming with their best game of the series so Leafs better ready for a huge push back . They know they can’t go down 3 0
Who do you think would win between Carolina and Toronto should that be the conference finals?
Sorry quoted the wrong poster, but you can answer for fun if you want
A healthy Stars team is winning the Cup. Let’s just hope they’re not fully healthy so the Leafs have a chance.
For sure but this was expected after not playing for a month. Just wait a few games and see how good he plays.
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