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

[HockeyVirus]

Nylander got all the Marner new dad power ... makes you wonder

Makes sense, Nylander became the Panthers father today

 

[Leafshater67]

It’s pretty clear Berube has a big influence on this team. They’re finishing hits now, not shying away from contact, going to the net and a result, the core 4 is much more engaged (except Matthews).

Berube hockey is playoff hockey. I know it’s just game 1 but this is a team that got bullied and physically dominated last year.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

What is it with you and bottles to the head my boy

Live by the bottle, die by the bottle.

 

[Bradely]

The Panthers looking more cooked than the steak my wife served me tonight.

Hope you said thank you to your lady!

 

[JPeeper]

What a beauty of a hit from Kulikov.

 

[T REX]

max pacioretty with a high hit, should have been a call there

It looked high for sure

 

[Delete1]

The game is not over, besides it can happen to any team.

It's okay. You can admit that the Leafs are going to win this game. It won't jinx anything.

 

[iCanada]

The Panthers look completely toothless. Clear speed difference between the teams.

Bobrovsky Skinner'ed them alive tonight.

 

[Contenderorpretender]

Shouldn't tkachuk get a penalty at the end? Seemed 2x more of a crosscheck than domi did

 

[Gjman2019]

Patches could barely skate last year. Where is this from?

He sure has a mean streak this year.....

 

[MikeS24]

That Kulikov hit reminded me of Peca to Kesler in 2006

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Tanev and OEL have been so, so, important. The Leafs used to have guys playing on the blue line who'd be crapping their pants when pinned down, they'd panic, and eventually it would bite them. Seeing those two get a hold of the puck in their own you know a smart, safe, play is almost always coming.

 

[Madap]

Panthers getting frustrated now. Leafs dominating them.

 

[ashs]

Ottawa deserves a lot of credit here. Ty

 

[Contenderorpretender]

Knies is a monster

He's called noneck the destroyer

 

[Tobias Kahun]

max pacioretty with a high hit, should have been a call there

Hahahaha.

No

 

[Speatleysson]

Marner has less than half as many penalties drawn at stutzle, must be a terrible actor.

Marner just sucks at it. Like when Ullmark stuck his arm out at him and he went flying.

 

[notbias]

Ottawa deserves a lot of credit here. Ty

It's not even a single game into the series... Ottawa sucked game 1 too.

Hopefully, as a Leafs fan, it continues, but I am not counting out Florida after two periods.

 

[Auston Marlander]

Chill... he barely got touched. He'll be back in a couple minutes.

Regardless of Stolarz, someone needs to run Bennett over. I vote Manthew Knies.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Ottawa deserves a lot of credit here. Ty

They do well from the tee box today?

 

[Gjman2019]

Tanev and OEL have been so, so, important. The Leafs used to have guys playing on the blue line who'd be crapping their pants when pinned down, they'd panic, and eventually it would bite them. Seeing those two get a hold of the puck in their own you know a smart, safe, play is almost always coming.

Truth

 

[Speatleysson]

Regardless of Stolarz, someone needs to run Bennett over. I vote Manthew Knies.

The leafs don't have toughness to back that up.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Eligible doesn’t mean they have to take it

 

[Summer Rose]

Tanev and OEL have been so, so, important. The Leafs used to have guys playing on the blue line who'd be crapping their pants when pinned down, they'd panic, and eventually it would bite them. Seeing those two get a hold of the puck in their own you know a smart, safe, play is almost always coming.

One thing I think I always said about OEL when he was on the downswing in Arizona was that he was, as he had always been, still calm under pressure. He just started making a bunch of bad decisions, and with him having lost his mother, I figured it was more of a mental thing. I'm still glad he's gotten his game back to at least some degree there.

 

[stats1]

Im
Waiting for these big bad Panthers to dominate physically….. Leafs are just laying out guys. Although Holmberg took one for the team there lol