Florida Panthers beat Toronto Maple leafs 4-1, advance to ECF

[The Grim Reaper]

After watching All or Nothing, I really felt that Keefe, Dubas, his wife, Shanny, deserved to win the cup

Nobody deserves to win the cup except the last team standing.

 

[EpochLink]

Dubas trash ass about to be fired.

Also, Matthews my dude where art thou?

 

[JackTColton]

So is Keefe and the nerd getting fired?

 

[kylbaz]

Winners sure don't push their GMs to sign bloated contracts before they've ever won anything.

??? I recall Leafs fans saying they were great contracts and they could have got more if they wanted

 

[ijuka]

So when are Leafs raising the banner for reaching second round?

 

[Oilslick941611]

Don't care for any of these teams but I honestly don't remember a playoff game where the refs were so one-sided.

how about the refs extending the series in game 4 when they assisted on a goal for Toronto?

 

[Quickdraw2828]

"Five years, fifty-five million, one playoff series. It's like taking candy from idiots"

 

[614 CBJ]

Toronto should have a better chance next year if AM34 is available.

Tough break he had to miss the quarterfinals this year

 

[RonM11]

Leafs put to bed...again.

 

[Sheppy]

But did Auston Matthews wear a hip little goof ball outfit before the game?

 

[fsanford]

Cousins goal was pretty nice deserves some props on it

Gudas deserves the props, cleared the lane and the a hard stop in front of goalie which threw him off

 

[KevinRedkey]

John Tavares is the tin man. No heart. Leafs won't go anywhere with him as their captain.

Gotta think he's stripped of the C, no?

 

[Chainshot]

Amazing that the Panthers last trip to the Conference Finals got Lindy Ruff his first head coaching job. He was a Florida assistant and it was their run that brought him to the attention of folks looking for a coach in Buffalo.

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Don't watch the puck. Watch the angle of Barkov and Brodie's sticks. It's clear that way.

Watching Brodie's stick was the key. They got it right anyway, excellent work from referees in that one!

 

[ffh]

We can and we will

 

[Bondurant]

Leafs wanted Florida and the got Florida. Good job, Florida. You made the hockey world happy tonight (not to mention making my wallet thicker).

 

[IceManCat]

Amazing that the Panthers last trip to the Conference Finals got Lindy Ruff his first head coaching job. He was a Florida assistant and it was their run that brought him to the attention of folks looking for a coach in Buffalo.

Coach Quennville was an assistant on the Avs side too

 

[kylbaz]

2024 parade in Toronto is going to be unral.

 

[Sticksandsun]

Should the NHL have the Panthers and Leafs redo their series in case it was a big fluke?
No disrespect to the Panthers, I'm a firm believer that Florida beating them in 5 is a huge fluke and robs the Leafs of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Leafs play great hockey it's just not fair.
If the Leafs lose again I will face that the Panthers deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Leafs and the NHL.

All time copypasta

 

[violaswallet]

Respect to Toronto: four consecutive one goal games. Game of inches

i get the pain and desolation: last years loss to Tampa was so painful. better things in the future will hapoen

 

[HFpapi]

Get rid of Matthews and our entire D. Only thing I will ever remember about this series is not being able to get the puck out of our zone if their life depended on it.

I've been an ardent "run it back" guy for a long time but now I'm not only ok with trading Matthews before July 1, I'll be unhappy if we don't.

Wish him the best and I've been a big fan of his but his time in Toronto needs to be over.

He can go chill on the beach in LA, coast through the season scoring 40-50 a year, not give two shits about winning cups and idk, release his inevitable fashion line.

Some people just don't have it. Guy plays an elimination playoff game at home like it's game 58 of the regular season in San Jose.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

Good series, seriously

Meh, I won't be watching another second of these playoffs.

Just not interested. The NHL is very strange.

I have better things to do so maybe talk again after the summer?

 

[5 Minute Major]

 

[FerrisRox]

Or the better goalie

Leafs had to play their AHL starter for half the series. The same thing as when Binnington got injured last year, or when Colorado lost their starter a few seasons ago

The Leafs didn't *have* to play their AHL goaltender the last two games, they chose to.

The General Manager committed four million of the Leafs precious cap space to bring in Matt Murray, who sat on the bench the last two games.

 

[Kranix]

Leaves a bad taste when the series is decided on a missed call.

Especially when it happened every game they lost in the playoffs.

 

[crowi]

But did Auston Matthews wear a hip little goof ball outfit before the game?

I think he is too balding to wear anything more than a tank top