GDT: Game 1 - Toronto Maple Leafs Vs Ottawa Senators; Apr 20 7:00 p.m. ET

[Fatass]

This leafs team for the first time has a top tier goalie with one of the best shutdown dmen in the league - what a huge difference Stolarz and Tanev make.

Tanev is great. Not sold on Stolarz. He’s fine here because this is such a mismatch.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Stolarz is just flat out better than Ullmark and the Leafs have more guys that can put the puck in the net. For the people predicting the Sens, what am I missing here?

Nothing.




Oh, except the last near decade of Leaf playoff whoopsie doopsies or so... Nothing traumatizing or anything.

 

[dhfa]

Sens need to get one before the end of the period and there is still a small chance.

 

[IceManCat]

LOL no one should ever take these people seriously

 

[stats1]

Tanev is so good!

 

[Chaos2k7]

All these sens fans like “why are the leaf fans so aggressively cocky?!”

Because this is the kind of stuff we read all day everyday

Thats not the reason

 

[Matt24]

Nothing.




Oh, except the last near decade of Leaf playoff whoopsie doopsies or so... Nothing traumatizing or anything.

Seems like a bit of a lazy and reductive reason to not predict the obviously better team.

 

[stats1]

Rielly has to wake the f*** up

 

[EpochLink]

Waiting for Travis Green adjustments, where they at

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

That wasn't a save. Pinto shot it right at him.

He still had to move over in time.

 

[Fatass]

Stutzle should force Matthews into a fight. The game is over. Make the Leafs top guys fight. Who fights Marner?

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

4-1 … the safety lead in hockey amirite?

It will be stunning if Leafs lose this one.

 

[POVERTY]

You should be 100% confident that the Leafs will lock it down in the third based on their recent playoff history

The only thing I'm confident in is their playoff run ending in disaster

 

[Coffee]

Marner yall

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

It will be stunning if Leafs lose this one.

Well...

 

[Uber Coca]

Ottawa showing its lack of experience thus far. They are playing better than the Leafs but can’t avoid taking dumb penalties and making defensive mistakes.

Leafs are composed.

 

[Comely]

We've been trying to say our goaltending is elite all year no one believes us

Its not that people didnt believe the numbers confirm it but neither goalie played 40 games, small sample size goalies can have swingy performances.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

LOL no one should ever take these people seriously

Anything related to barstool sports is a joke and I'd bet across all sports the ones they hire to talk about dont have a f***ing clue about anything.

 

[notbias]

SN is talking about how you can't get anything through on the Leafs and how they block everything... shows an example of the puck going by 3 players and the goalie...

 

[TheDoldrums]

LOL no one should ever take these people seriously

Definitely overstating things but having OEL on the bottom pairing is a luxury and sign of depth, as Florida and Toronto have used him

 

[The don godfather]

This leafs team for the first time has a top tier goalie with one of the best shutdown dmen in the league - what a huge difference Stolarz and Tanev make.

Canes will have them for breakfast. I have them going all the way regardless who they play.

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Announcers saying its loud, like lol. Idk if being a Habs fan has me thinking loud is something else but this shit is a library.

Cuthbert has his hearing-aid turned all the way up.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Seems like a bit of a lazy and reductive reason to not predict the obviously better team.

Well I ain't no Science rocket but I've earned the right to be pessimistic dammit!

 

[nbwingsfan]

Just tuning in now…. Quick look at the box score and seems Ullmark is in his usual playoff form?

 

[dhfa]

Ottawa showing its lack of experience thus far. They are playing better than the Leafs but can’t avoid taking dumb penalties and make dumb defensive mistakes.

Leafs are composed.

I agree with this take. 5 on 5 it's been pretty even but the difference is the sens are making huge mistakes and their pk is so bad they can't afford to give up any penalties.