GDT: GDT: ECSF: (A1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs (A3) Florida Panthers - GAME 1 - 8 PM EST IN TORONTO

[avocadosmoothie]

hopefully the Leafs win and lose to Carolina next round

 

[D Wakaluk]

Don't know what to expect.

Hope we see some fireworks

 

[sampollock]

hopefully the Leafs win and lose to Carolina next round

or the cats play the canes better

 

[Gjman2019]

Go look at Jokic talk about playing the Heat on YouTube, when he says “I play in Serbia!” That’s what it’s like. Olympiakos and Panathinaikos are 2 of the top 5 teams outside the NBA.

Yeah there was an incident when there were flares thrown towards the court, ( i think that was in Greece) and another incident when the riot police were brought in, in Turkey.....Those may have been Champions League and domestic games i think......Very common to see coaches chew out their players on camera too....

Zalgiris another great atmosphere too.....

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

100%. Anything dirty that injures a leafs player and we will see Reaves the next game for one shift. He will be kicked out of the series after that shift but he will make it count.

Because he will eat shit going for a hit and end up injured…

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Worse.

In '93 any high stick that drew blood was an automatic 5 and a game misconduct.

Gretzky should have been kicked out of that game, went on to score the OT winner.

Yup. That was the kicker. Should have been gone for the game.

 

[GlitchMarner]

Good night Panthers Marner is about to have a huge night. Dad strength from yesterday and a birthday?

Hopefully he puts up three points like Nylander did on his birthday last week.

 

[BB79]

Don't know what to expect.

Hope we see some fireworks

Should be a great series. Maybe this one will go 7, too

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

and plastic surgery for his nostrils

He's actually kind of grown into those.

 

[Gjman2019]

I am a Habs fan, but I've always been a Leafs fan, too. Born and raised in Toronto.

I'm a Habs fan, a Leafs fan and a Red Wings fan, in that order. It was much easier to root for Toronto and Detroit when they were Western Conference teams.

Since they moved to the East, it was much tougher and I largely sort of gave up on Detroit.

For me, there's never really been a rivalry wth the Leafs, becuase until the 2021 playoffs, the two teams had never played a game that really mattered in my entire life time. I don't hate the Leafs, I don't really see them as a rival. I hate the Bruins. They are easily the biggest "rival" to the Habs for me.

Never really got into the hatred between Montreal and Toronto either......When i was a kid in the 80's they would play i think 3 times a year usually Sat HNIC games....It was a showcase event and it created a buzz for sure but the teams were in different conferences and never had anything to do with eachother in an important spot (the last game of 2007 and 2021 came decades later)

 

[Spargon]

Love how all people have are nostrils and balding jokes about Matthews. If that's all you got left, pretty weak sauce, 2017 called and wants their weak jokes back.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

After watching way too much hockey during the past weeks, one of the things that stood out to me was how utterly joyless the journey looks for Toronto. Even after they won the series there was no celebration. Very few smiles.

I get that this is a job. I get that they're under enormous pressure to succeed in the post season. I get that the media is way over the top in how they cover the team. But even taking those things into account, a victorious series should bring some outward happiness. It's too bad that playing in what should be a great place to play pro hockey brings so little happiness to the players who play there.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Love how all people have are nostrils and balding jokes about Matthews. If that's all you got left, pretty weak sauce, 2017 called and wants their weak jokes back.

Oh but there's plenty more left

Imagine this guy rallying the troops ... "To HELL,, AND BACK!"

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Worse.

In '93 any high stick that drew blood was an automatic 5 and a game misconduct.

Gretzky should have been kicked out of that game, went on to score the OT winner.

And then went on to have "the best game of his career" in game 7 (his words several times repeated). Thanks for saving that one for us Gretz.

 

[Bust]

FYI Thachuk hasn’t played much in the first round. Hell be out there more for the power play.

Even better for the leafs if he's off the ice.

I'm sure Leafs management has scouted FLA extensively. If Tkchuck is injured, FLA will be in trouble - they are going to need their star players to get past the leafs.

 

[MikeS24]

I just realized the leafs are the biggest underdog’s in the entire league right now. (According to betting lines)

LETS f***ING GO!

The boys do great when they’re overlooked. Starting to feel better and better about this series the closer we get to puck drop

Honestly, I would not be surprised if any of the remaining 8 teams went to the finals. I think they are all worthy

 

[Gjman2019]

Yup. That was the kicker. Should have been gone for the game.

Wendel's wrist shot or shots that game still gives Hruedy nightmares....

 

[Gjman2019]

Honestly, I would not be surprised if any of the remaining 8 teams went to the finals. I think they are all worthy

It is the ultimate parity league ....

Gonna be a blast with the Leafs as dogs though....

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Because he will eat shit going for a hit and end up injured…

You're probably right. Both Clifford and Simmonds took unbelievably dumb penalties when they got into the lineup in the playoffs against Tampa in the the first series a few years ago. I doubt the team goes that direction again, the adrenaline is just too high in that situation and dumb things happen.

 

[Just Rude]

After watching way too much hockey during the past weeks, one of the things that stood out to me was how utterly joyless the journey looks for Toronto. Even after they won the series there was no celebration. Very few smiles.

I get that this is a job. I get that they're under enormous pressure to succeed in the post season. I get that the media is way over the top in how they cover the team. But even taking those things into account, a victorious series should bring some outward happiness. It's too bad that playing in what should be a great place to play pro hockey brings so little happiness to the players who play there.

Pretty downtrodden bunch, I'd say.

 

[93gilmour93]

Because he will eat shit going for a hit and end up injured…

Why go for a hit when you can choose the flying elbow

 

[93gilmour93]

Pretty downtrodden bunch, I'd say.

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Over 20 years later and Ottawa is still getting beat by a Domi in the Battle of Ontario

 

[Summer Rose]

Honestly, I would not be surprised if any of the remaining 8 teams went to the finals. I think they are all worthy

It is indeed a great looking final eight. I wouldn’t be surprised at any possible pairing being the finals. Hope the actual hockey along the way there doesn’t disappoint.

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Honestly, I would not be surprised if any of the remaining 8 teams went to the finals. I think they are all worthy

Agreed. I don't see any dark horses in this year's playoffs. No journalists or sovereigns either.