ECSF: Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) ( Florida Leads 3-1 )

[WatchfulElm]

The Leafs are good, but Florida is on a roll and Tkachuk looks unstoppable. I say Florida in 7.

 

[5minutemajor]

Maple Leafs, easily.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I think the Panthers have shown they won’t be an easy opponent, and they got scoring from all over their lineup. They’re deep enough to play with the Leafs, who have solid depth themselves.

I think it may come down to goaltending, and Samsonov had a really solid first round. Bobrovsky and Lyon can each play well, but the trick is with their consistency.

I’m going Leafs in 6.

 

[Mulletman]

Jesus tap dancing Christ! Paul Maurice and Barkov in the second round. Looks like christmas comes yearly for us Leafs fans this year!

The only thing we need to worry about is Matthew Tkachuk, that dude is scary good...

 

[Kennedys]

Voted Leafs in 6. Now that they finally won the 1st round i think they will go far

 

[5minutemajor]

Why does this start on Tuesday? Should be on Wednesday.

 

[Fern111]

Tough to pick the Panthers here, the Leafs kinda dominated us this year.

The only reason I have a tiny bit of hope, is we saw what happened last year. Once the Cats got the monkey off their back by winning round 1, they crumbled and got swept in round 2, this could also happen to Toronto.

I'm gonna say.... Leafs in 6?

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

One of us will break our 2nd round drought too. Toronto hasn’t gone to the ECF since 2002, Florida it’s been since 1996.

Hoping for a good series.

With that said, let’s go Panthers.

 

[AllDay28]

Why does this start on Tuesday? Should be on Wednesday.

Toronto gets the Saturday games. Tues-Thurs-Sat

 

[5minutemajor]

Toronto gets the Saturday games. Tues-Thurs-Sat

What? Why would they get a specific day?

Wednesday start would be more equal.

And I am rooting for the Maple Leafs here.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

It’s a prediction based on statistics, people can make predictions.

If the Bruins and Panthers were to have another playoff series right now and I had to put money on it, I’d pick the Bruins again.

Really I think Florida would win again, maybe in less than 7 games this time. By the end of the series they were clearly the better 5 on 5 team. Had them figured out and won 3 in a row.

 

[oooooooooohCanada]

tell me why? Why you say that after Florida just defeated the best team in the NHL?

look at columbus in 2019. Got shit on round 2 after sweeping Tampa

 

[Sticksandsun]

look at columbus in 2019. Got shit on round 2 after sweeping Tampa

Losing in 6 with 2 of the losses in OT?

 

[LivingRentFree]

I feel like some of my fellow leafs fans are being overconfident here. Florida just took out the Boston Bruins. They are no joke. The leafs need to take them seriously, and come out swinging.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

same vibes, can't wait

 

[snipes]

Leafs in 5

 

[oooooooooohCanada]

same vibes, can't wait

half the crowd was cheering we want boston. Chanting we want florida was also a troll. It was making chirping Boston for throwing after their season not disrespecting florida.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Panthers sneaked into the playoffs by one point and only need to take this to five games to have their second most successful season in franchise history. Let's go, house money.

 

[ManofSteel55]

The Leafs are the.obvious favourite here but Florida just beat Boston so they aren't garbage either. I'll vote for the Cinderella story continuing with Florida in 6.

 

[TheDizee]

Leafs in 5

 

[TheRumble]

Good to see Leafs and Panthers fans enjoying this, while obsessed Edmonton fans live in this thread for some reason.

Edmonton Oiler fans on HFBoards are something else. There isn't a thread about the Leafs, Flames or good NHL forward not named Draisaitl or McDavid that they don't flood and ruin with their trolling.

Trash fanbase.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Panthers are going to eat up the Leafs

 

[jonlin]

I`m thinking a lot of Leaf-fans are salivating over getting Florida. I`d think Panthers actually is the worse matchup as they are more physical with Bennett, Tkachuk, Gudas etc. Barkov was shooting at 5% and will probably play a lot better. His series was bad for a player his caliber.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

I`m thinking a lot of Leaf-fans are salivating over getting Florida. I`d think Panthers actually is the worse matchup as they are more physical with Bennett, Tkachuk, Gudas etc. Barkov was shooting at 5% and will probably play a lot better. His series was bad for a player his caliber.

I'm not. This is gonna be a deadly series. Florida can't be slept on.

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

I`m thinking a lot of Leaf-fans are salivating over getting Florida. I`d think Panthers actually is the worse matchup as they are more physical with Bennett, Tkachuk, Gudas etc. Barkov was shooting at 5% and will probably play a lot better. His series was bad for a player his caliber.

He has been sick allegedly