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Pre-Game Talk: Game 5 - MTL on the brink.

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Suntouchable13 said:
I think if the Leafs finish them off, we will see more "playoff style hockey" against WPG. That series could be nasty even.
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to be honest, we shit kicked WPG 5v5 this year.

xGF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:
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HDCF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:
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As long as we can keep the game 5v5, and Helly doesn't play like a god we should be more than OK against them. But first things first. Gotta step on the Habs throats tmw.
 
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Twine Tickler said:
to be honest, we shit kicked WPG 5v5 this year.

xGF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:
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HDCF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:
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As long as we can keep the game 5v5, and Helly doesn't play like a god we should be more than OK against them. But first things first. Gotta step on the Habs throats tmw.
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That's with the leafs basically taking the season ending game lightly.
 
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It's much easier to goalie a team with two all-world talents and a decent second liner surrounded by AHLers than it is to goalie a team with two first lines and a bottom six that can score.

Winnipeg is a much better team than Montreal but I'm not too worried.

The Habs had maybe a 15% chance of beating us at the start of the series. I'd give Winnipeg 33.3%.
 
Voodoo Child said:
It's much easier to goalie a team with two all-world talents and a decent second liner surrounded by AHLers than it is to goalie a team with two first lines and a bottom six that can score.

Winnipeg is a much better team than Montreal but I'm not too worried.

The Habs had maybe a 15% chance of beating us at the start of the series. I'd give Winnipeg 33.3%.
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Yeah. I think Matthews and Marner are going to rip through them and if they don’t, Nylander has more talent in his pinky than the entire Oilers team minus McDavid and Draisaitl so he’ll destroy them.
 
The fact that Winnipeg is already resting and waiting should be plenty of motivation for the boys to put in their best effort tomorrow.
 
Voodoo Child said:
It's much easier to goalie a team with two all-world talents and a decent second liner surrounded by AHLers than it is to goalie a team with two first lines and a bottom six that can score.

Winnipeg is a much better team than Montreal but I'm not too worried.

The Habs had maybe a 15% chance of beating us at the start of the series. I'd give Winnipeg 33.3%.
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If we advance, Winnipeg will be a tough out.
 
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Stonehands1990 said:
Not only is Winnipeg resting but if we (hopefully) beat Winnipeg the next team we play will be resting and waiting also. Let’s put it away in 5
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Rest is overrated. We’ve played more games but Winnipeg has played more minutes.

Plus, look at the games itself. We’ve kept the Habs to the outside for the most part and coasted in games. Winnipeg was facing shot after shot and Hellebuyck saved their ass 3 straight times in OT.
 
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If Foligno is ready to come back, I really hope Keefe doesn't mess with the second line.
 
enter Sandman said:
The last time the Leafs won a playoff series we had Mats, Roberts, Almo, Kaberle, McCabe, Belfour, Poni, Big Nik, Tucker, Domi, Leetch, Marchment, Francis, Nieuwendyk, Klee, Reichel, Aki Berg, heck Renberg was still a Leaf!

Long overdue. Big dreams this year!
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Ken Motherf****n Klee
 
The biggest takeaway for me is how important the depth scoring has been and will continue to be in the playoffs.

Right now, Galchenyuk, Spezza and Rielly have as many points as Marner and Matthews.
 
I’m confident they’ll get the job done tomorrow but until then there are no guarantees. Still a job to do and I hope they come with that mindset and finish these losers off.
 
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