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

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Probably Torontos best chance to advance to the SCF this year without TB and Boston and they blew it.

Said a similar thing in 2021 and they f***ing blew it there, too.

 

[IceManCat]

But who shut Barkov down offensively for the Leafs, that's the real question

Not Marner. But to answer your question he was probably busy.

 

[FrolikFan67]

It really is sad how Matthews is so bad in the playoffs, dude could still get paid $15M by Toronto to keep this GREAT player, who always shows up in the same way. Then he says f*** IT and goes golfing.

Idk if he’s bad in the playoffs. Coming into this postseason, here are some comparables among some forwards and their goals/game rates in their playoff careers:

MacKinnon 58.57
McDavid 56.75
Point 50.00
Draisaitl 48.64
Matthews 43.50
P. Kane 38.23
Aho 37.50
Zibanejad 29.40
Barkov 23.07

43+% is really good. He didn’t score this series but neither did tkachuk. I don’t think that’s indicative of his playoff ability, sometimes it just goes that way. At least he has a track record

 

[EmptyNetAssassin]

Leafs got lucky after taking out Cernak and got embarassed in round 2. Break up the core Leafs. Good job Panthers aka rat pack!

 

[OilersFanatics505]

Florida's "pylon D" was the top scoring defense in the NHL. It's almost like you looked at the names and didnt watch the game. The Leaf "stars" were kept to the perimeter and forced to take awful shots due to a fantastic Panther forecheck. Maybe if they weren't so soft they would have gone ot the net and maybe scored a goal or two.

You expect leaf fans to actually watch hockey outside of their bubble?

 

[HarrisonFord]

Just like Bruins in 5. Just like WE WANT FLORIDA? Right?

Carolina is going to be playing a bigger, more physical, healthier, and more tested Florida Panther team. The Islanders and the Devlis are a cake walk.

Honestly Florida is a pretty average team outside of Bobrovsky. Easily the weakest team remaining if they have league average goaltending.

 

[Green]

if the refs call this a goal, is there a chance it gets called back anyway for goaltender interference, seems the Leafs player was pushing his stick into Bobrovsky which pushed the puck back

 

[IceManCat]

You expect leaf fans to actually watch hockey outside of their bubble?

It sure seems like they didnt watch this year lol

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Question for Leaf fans...when is the parade for the handshake respect going on?

Ouuf.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I get why you aren’t a fan of it, I’m sure I wouldn’t have liked it either

I'm not even a leafs fan.

Hell, even doing it to Samsonov had he not been injured I'm sure there would have been something there, maybe said, but I highly doubt Woll has said anything.

There's chirping and whatnot, but that shit in that manner doesn't belong, unless it comes out that Woll did say something, then I'll take it back.

 

[57special]

The Panthers are kind of freaking me out right now.

 

[OilersFanatics505]

FLA isn't beating CAR, so enjoy the win and the warm Champagne.

We heard that going into the playoffs and into this series…

 

[PuckG]

FLA isn't beating CAR, so enjoy the win and the warm Champagne.

Huh. That is exactly what they said about FLA when the Leafs match-up formed.

 

[Coffey]

Matthews is not a playoff performer, completely invisible on both ends of the ice.

How many blocked shots did he have?

 

[Quickdraw2828]

"So when is the next John Tavares Day?"

 

[Bruce Granville]

Florida's "pylon D" was the top scoring defense in the NHL. It's almost like you looked at the names and didnt watch the game. The Leaf "stars" were kept to the perimeter and forced to take awful shots due to a fantastic Panther forecheck. Maybe if they weren't so soft they would have gone ot the net and maybe scored a goal or two.

I wasn‘t talking about scoring…

 

[crowi]

Idk if he’s bad in the playoffs. Coming into this postseason, here are some comparables among some forwards and their goals/game rates in their playoff careers:

MacKinnon 58.57
McDavid 56.75
Point 50.00
Draisaitl 48.64
Matthews 43.50
P. Kane 38.23
Aho 37.50
Zibanejad 29.40
Barkov 23.07

43+% is really good. He didn’t score this series but neither did tkachuk. I don’t think that’s indicative of his playoff ability, sometimes it just goes that way. At least he has a track record

I believe my point was that he is a p***y. He doesn't elevate his game. He even doesn't play PK. He literally has bad hair and does nothing.

 

[Viqsi]

FLA isn't beating CAR, so enjoy the win and the warm Champagne.

How many different failed "inevitable result" predictions do we need to see this season before it finally sinks in that they're all bullshit? Asking for a friend.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Dubas saving his own job by sacrificing Keefe:

 

[OilersFanatics505]

How many blocked shots did he have?

Who pays someone that kinda money to block shots that’s not a goalie?

 

[ViD]

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

Why you gotta go there bud

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Has Matthews been hurt after he took the puck off the hand in Game 3?

 

[IceManCat]

Honestly Florida is a pretty average team outside of Bobrovsky. Easily the weakest team remaining if they have league average goaltending.

Its a hot take for sure. How many teams have this much scoring? Not to mention Ekblad was a Norris candidate just a year ago. The team is loaded with talent. Two 40 goals scorers a couple 30 goal scorers. They hit, fight, forecheck, It really shouldn't be a surprise.

 

[Necrobutcher]

Stop talking about the Ontario Leaps or whatever they're called and start talking about the FLORIDA f***ING PANTHERS. What a relentless team. They're for real. YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, BUDDY!