Leafs playoff strategy

[Racer88]

Marner should fight Marchand.

I know Mitch is bigger, but still, you know that if the bench sees him fight, the rest will follow the engine!

Hahahahahah he would get destroyed

 

[freshwind]

They do not.

yup, it is 35%, not 50

 

[I am Canadian]

I don't see it discussed enough about how we had such a focus on screening Vasileskiy in the Tampa Series and shot for tips.

Next series they went back to trying to skill it up and got stone walled by Bob. Not sure why we decided that screening the goalie is only effective versus Vasileskiy, when it's good against EVERY goalie.

 

[ToneDog]

I don't see it discussed enough about how we had such a focus on screening Vasileskiy in the Tampa Series and shot for tips.

Next series they went back to trying to skill it up and got stone walled by Bob. Not sure why we decided that screening the goalie is only effective versus Vasileskiy, when it's good against EVERY goalie.

Tampa D -Cernak was softer than Florida's D??

 

[Menzinger]

I really don't know. I don't know where the true power lies with this team. Is it CEO, the board? Who would be the catalyst for change, and we never hear from the board, or the CEO.

Are Rogers/Bell unhappy with the results, or only care about the revenue?

Playoff gate revenue is a massive money generator. The more playoff games the more profit.

The issue is prior to Shanny the team spent 10 years not seeing a cent.from playoff revenue. Moving on from that to a big question mark is likely a bigger wall to climb than anything else, it's not that ownership doesn't care about success., it's that they'd rather keep going with the guy who they think has the best chance at delivering it.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Playoff strategy:

A Hockey Player’s Prayer



Our Father who art in the rink,
Hockey be thy name.
Thy will be done, the Cup will be won
On ice, as well as in the stands.
Give us this day, our hockey sticks
And forgive us our penalties
As we forgive those who cross-check against us.
And lead us not into elimination
But deliver us to victory.
In the name of the fans
And thy holy sport.

Amen!

​

 

[horner]

TBAY is going to overtake us
We will end up being a wild card team

 

[HamiltonNHL]

TBAY is going to overtake us
We will end up being a wild card team

We play them twice.

Considering who they just beat maybe we are a WC team

 

[darrylsittler27]

Playoff gate revenue is a massive money generator. The more playoff games the more profit.

The issue is prior to Shanny the team spent 10 years not seeing a cent.from playoff revenue. Moving on from that to a big question mark is likely a bigger wall to climb than anything else, it's not that ownership doesn't care about success., it's that they'd rather keep going with the guy who they think haclear. The Leafs are the biggest loser franchise in all sports ever. They call it a win. Detroit NFL did more. Every year, it's next. Leafs need to deliver this year.

We play them twice.

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Considering who they just beat maybe we are a WC team

True

 

[Commander Clueless]

TBAY is going to overtake us
We will end up being a wild card team

I don't hate it.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

TBAY is going to overtake us
We will end up being a wild card team

I hope that occurs but I doubt it as we never catch a break .. playing Metro is so so so much easier it isn't funny .. but Tampa knows that too and they will rest guys to make sure they stay behind us

 

[horner]

I hope that occurs but I doubt it as we never catch a break .. playing Metro is so so so much easier it isn't funny .. but Tampa knows that too and they will rest guys to make sure they stay behind us

We will end up playing Florida

 

[Leafsfan74]

There may be some serious merit in splitting up Marner and Matthews come playoffs.

Matthews, Marner and Tavares on different lines, Nylander moved where needed. This would provide the balance and potential secondary scoring this team needs.

Their defense is going to be even more important. It is going to be physical and Leafs need to stop being afraid of less than ideal players playing if they bring a physical, committed game.

 

[darrylsittler27]

We will end up playing Florida

Guess it's good we didn't dump that first. How high can we pick?

 

[darrylsittler27]

There may be some serious merit in splitting up Marner and Matthews come playoffs.

Matthews, Marner and Tavares on different lines, Nylander moved where needed. This would provide the balance and potential secondary scoring this team needs.

Their defense is going to be even more important. It is going to be physical and Leafs need to stop being afraid of less than ideal players playing if they bring a physical, committed game.

We only have one chance. Brutal physicality plus 3 scoring lines. They will only gang up on M and M anyway. Splitting them up deflects off one line. The 4th line needs to be physical and not fun to play against.

 

[hoglund]

TBAY is going to overtake us
We will end up being a wild card team

that may be better for the Leafs for their match up 1st round. It seems finishing 3rd hasn't been too good for the Leafs.

 

[ToneDog]

that may be better for the Leafs for their match up 1st round. It seems finishing 3rd hasn't been too good for the Leafs.

I prefer Boston over the Rangers in round #1, but if you can get by the Rangers, you avoid Florida in round #2. At this point they are not getting an easy out in round #1. They have to man up or they will be teeing off before they know what hit them.

At this point the top 3 seeds are up for grabs so all three are possible 1st round match ups.