GDT: ECSF: Game 7 - The BwO Presents: The Game After Game 6 Like We Promised - 7:30 EDT - TNT

[HockeyVirus]

Era defining is wrong.

A win won't change opinions on them, not after9 years.

However

A loss is a confirmation in an offseason in which 2 "important" ( YMMV) players are UFA's.

In that sense its defining who is coming back and who is playing their last game as a leaf.

I want to see the leafs win.

I think it is era defining. If they win this game but lose next round in anything but a sweep, this core would have accomplished as much as any Leafs core since 1967. It is 100% narrative changing.

Most Leaf fans just want to see their team who has clearly been a top team for many years finally make a big cup run. Once the dust settles assuming they advance I think most will be proud of the team no matter how it ends

 

[HockeyVirus]

I think we can all acknowledge that the current Leafs team is one of the biggest playoff failures of all time.

If the Leafs lose tonight, they remain so.

If the Leafs win tonight, the Panthers become the defending Stanley Cup champions who lost to one of the biggest playoff failures of all time, a team that their fans fully expected to dispose of four or five games.

Go Leafs Go!!!

I maintain it would be an epic choke. Shutout the Leafs in game 4, smack them around in game 5. City of Toronto on fire, everyone ready to chase the core out of town. And they allow that Toronto team known for quitting when it gets hard to pick themselves up, shut you out at home, and then win a game 7?

Not getting too far ahead of myself but I consider it an epic choke job

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Rooney and Hebert are the officials tonight.

 

[Leonardo87]

Rooney and Hebert are the officials tonight.

 

[Michoulicious]

Leafs have won game 6, they already won their respect in the handshake line.

Everything else is gravy.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Rooney and Hebert are the officials tonight.

 

[Leafsfan74]

Will be difficult to team who wins today. Super physical series and Canes match awaiting on tuesday without any extra rest. And both teams seems to have important players more or less injured.

There is the flip side to that though. The Canaes are not very physical and thus the next series will seem "easier", They smother defensively and push the pace but they aren't winning in the trenches.

I could see a Game One that might be tough to win as the players will naturally take their foot off the gas to heal a bit. That's it.

 

[LosPollosHermanos]

Panthers will win 6-1

 

[Oilslick941611]

I think it is era defining. If they win this game but lose next round in anything but a sweep, this core would have accomplished as much as any Leafs core since 1967. It is 100% narrative changing.

Most Leaf fans just want to see their team who has clearly been a top team for many years finally make a big cup run. Once the dust settles assuming they advance I think most will be proud of the team no matter how it ends

Either way big game. Screw the panthers

 

[Roo]

 

[StammerHammer]

This match up is my worst nightmare. The two teams in the league that I never want to win anything. That being said I have to go with the Leafs. The Panthers are just too unlikable.

 

[All Mod Cons]

I have a feeling Leafs will somehow pull it off this time. Like some huge bad luck for Cats while simply decent effort from Woll and company.

If we know one thing about the Leafs, it's that they're always on the right side of luck.

 

[T REX]

Any meteors close by? No? Then Go Leafs. First goal probably wins the game IMHO.

Go Leafs!

 

[MikeFolignosHelmet]

I'm flipping a coin on this one

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

I have a confession: I didn't watch Game 6 (just highlights after). Mostly because I assumed the Leafs would drop a turd but also because of nerves. Then they won. So my gift to the Leaf fanbase tonight is I will not watch again and I will continue to not watch until they lose a game. GLG

 

[Raging Bull]

I'm flipping a coin on this one

It's true gotta think one of Florida or Toronto is going to take this.

 

[hamzarocks]

Go Leafs Go. Let's win this one and get to the ECF

 

[TheDoldrums]

This schedule sucks for the winner. No extra day off before the series or during. Makes Carolina's rest advantage more pronounced. West is starting later smdh

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Given what's at stake for this core, it's not a stretch to say that this is a top 5 game (in terms of importance) in Leafs franchise history.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Those McCauley and Sutherland stats are wild.

 

[crump]

It’s always been Leafs in 7. Were in for a for wild ride tonight either way.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

Just win.

Leafs in 7.

 

[Coffey]

Career defining game

 

[winnipegger]

Officially on the bandwagon let's go leafs. I only like teams with blue colors so no other team is possible to cheer for.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

I know everything is overemphasized with the Leafs but even still, it’s hard to understate how big this game is. An era defining game.

One of those - Rise to the occasion or Crumble under the pressure.

Perfect scenario for this core if they rise up; dreadful Monday if they wilt.

Worth the watch, no matter who you cheer for.