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

[robertocarlos]

I only like Jump. Hope the Leafs jump the chumps.

 

[MessierII]

I’d love to see the leafs win. Not expecting it but I’d like to see it.

 

[robertocarlos]

Just NHL things...whoever wins this game gets less the 2 days rest until the ECF. Meanwhile the west is set and won't start until Wednesday lmao

Monday was supposed to be for game seven. Ergo, the West had to start on Wednesday. Maybe there's a Bruce Springsteen concert in Dallas tomorrow night.

 

[HockeyVirus]

You said this Leafs team was different. How is it a choke in that case?

More said they are not. Do you think if they win people will admit they are different? I suspect as soon as they lose the narrative will come out they aren't

 

[robertocarlos]

He'll get a shutout and the usual clichés will ensue. Nick Kypreos will say he played like a champion

Kypreos thinks he won the Stanley Cup.

 

[robertocarlos]

Home crowd will be too much pressure for the Leafs.

Nylander knows he has to take the subway home after the game. Now that's pressure.

 

[NyQuil]

More said they are not. Do you think if they win people will admit they are different? I suspect as soon as they lose the narrative will come out they aren't

I just can't keep track because you vacillate between the two extremes so wildly.

I'm pretty sure I was the one saying it wasn't over yet as you were throwing yourself off the ledge again. I guess that means I believe more in the Leafs than you do.

Either the Leafs ARE different and a solid opponent and therefore it isn't a choke to lose to them.

Or the Leafs are the same and were lucky to get past the Panthers because the Panthers choked.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I just can't keep track because you vacillate between the two extremes so wildly.

Welcome to being a Leafs fan lmao

 

[Brookbank]

More said they are not. Do you think if they win people will admit they are different? I suspect as soon as they lose the narrative will come out they aren't

If they win they get swept in the next round. So it's the same wet noodle as always

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Welcome to being a Leafs fan lmao

You’re a real fan bro I will give you that any day of the week

 

[rojac]

I’m 43 years old

If the Leafs win tonight, it’s as far as they’ve ever gotten in my entire life time.

40 years cheering for this team. Win the f***ing game

How is just makikng it to the conference final the furtheest they've ever gotten in you life?

The Leafs have been to the conference finals four times in your lifetime and made it to game 7 in 1993, game 5 in 1994 and 1999, and game 6 in 2002. So, for it to the furtheest they've even gone in your life, they'd have to win the ECF and make it to the finals.

 

[Strangle]

How is just makikng it to the conference final the furtheest they've ever gotten in you life?

The Leafs have been to the conference finals four times in your lifetime and made it to game 7 in 1993, game 5 in 1994 and 1999, and game 6 in 2002. So, for it to the furtheest they've even gone in your life, they'd have to win the ECF and make it to the finals.

The ECF is the furthest they’ve made it in my life.

I’m not sure how that’s confused you. Say it back, slower if it helps

 

[Strangle]

I just can't keep track because you vacillate between the two extremes so wildly.

I'm pretty sure I was the one saying it wasn't over yet as you were throwing yourself off the ledge again. I guess that means I believe more in the Leafs than you do.

Either the Leafs ARE different and a solid opponent and therefore it isn't a choke to lose to them.

Or the Leafs are the same and were lucky to get past the Panthers because the Panthers choked.

It would be considered a choke by the panthers in the sense that they were the biggest favorites in the second round

 

[rojac]

So I have to ask if you're a Leafs fan and aren't all in on cheering for them and believing they can win tonight, what the hell good you as a fan? A rating point, maybe? Doesn't seem to much value there.

 

[rojac]

The ECF is the furthest they’ve made it in my life.

I’m not sure how that’s confused you. Say it back, slower if it helps

Ah, see, I determine how far a team goes as to how many games they go in their last series. So, since they've been to a game 7 in a conference final, they would need to win the ECF to go further.

 

[Contenderorpretender]

Whoever wins gets to play the hurricanes on Tuesday.

 

[Strangle]

Ah, see, I determine how far a team goes as to how many games they go in their last series. So, since they've been to a game 7 in a conference final, they would need to win the ECF to go further.

Let’s all hope!!!!

 

[HockeyVirus]

So I have to ask if you're a Leafs fan and aren't all in on cheering for them and believing they can win tonight, what the hell good you as a fan? A rating point, maybe? Doesn't seem to much value there.

This is really it for me. We all understand this is like the dad who says he will come see you on the weekend and you look forward to it all week and then he has to work and says next weekend.

We're all expecting him to not show up. He needs to show up

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

Marner should avoid the spinny backhand breakout pass in this one

That, my dude, is called "art".

 

[D Wakaluk]

So if the leafs win it's era defining? Remember the last time they proved they are not chokers? The Tampa win? Remember what happened after that?

I mean it would be a good start, but I'd view it as a bandaid to a gaping deep wound.

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Still, this game feels like a coin flip. Maybe the laffs are more mentally prepared this time around

 

[HockeyVirus]

So if the leafs win it's era defining? Remember the last time they proved they are not chokers? The Tampa win? Remember what happened after that?

I mean it would be a good start, but I'd view it as a bandaid to a gaping deep wound.

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Still, this game feels like a coin flip. Maybe the laffs are more mentally prepared this time around

I mean, what are you trying to say? Their reputation was they can't win a playoff series or win when it counts. Going to the ECF is disproving that especially considering no one gave them a shot against the Panthers (and many not against the Sens).

Reminder, the Sundin and Gilmour Leafs only ever managed to make it to the final 4. A win tonight brings this core into the most successful situation of any core since the last cup win

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

They won't no-show.

They care. The problem is that sometimes they care too much or don't know how to channel their emotion and will to win constructively. They are afraid to lose and the ramifications of losing and let the fear of losing affect their nerves. It's hard to win big games when you're anxious.

If they actually didn't care that much, they might have a better record in elimination games. They have players with a lot of technical skill and you would expect a team with that much talent to win series-clinching games more often. They need to try hard but also to just chill and play hockey.

So what you're saying is, they're the type that get so tensed up with emotion if they think a baby bunny is super cute they'll hug and squeeze it so hard its head pops off.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Frankly, whatever happens, I just want us to give everything we have left. If we lose in the process, so be it. For the most part it’s been a great series between two top teams.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Leafs will choke as usual

#MentalMidgets

 

[HockeyVirus]

Leafs will choke as usual

#MentalMidgets

How exactly would losing be a choke?