The Leafs will win the division and beat Ottawa in the first round. Best case is that Tampa beats Florida in the first ronud so that the Leafs can play Tampa in the second round.
Pre-Game Talk: Leafs vs Flames
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Idk this team has been way too ass the past couple months for it to be a guarantee
Even in the past we’ve choked 1st/2nd away in this division when we were a good regular season team
It starts with this Calgary game though, which they need to win
The Leafs will win the division because Tampa isn't good enough and Florida is banged up and doesn't care. The Panthers are in full coast mode.
just rotate IMO, both have been ass for a while now so whoever catches fire first can be the guy you go with down the stretch and maybe the playoffs if they continue to play well
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Yeah I saw the way they coasted right past us for an easy win the other night. IIRC we were 100% healthy while Florida was not, I can only wonder how badly they would have pounded us had they cared.
Rotate because why burn anyone out before the playoffs? I'll bet Stolarz starts game one though.
Would be hilarious if Sens catch Panthers and drop them down to WC2 spot.
This is the most positive, optimists take possible. If the first thing is true and we win the division, it'll be a miracle. If the 2nd thing is true, and we draw Ottawa, they always match up well against us, so feels like another miracle would be required.
Then, given those 2 feats are achieved - we'd need Tampa to beat Florida - and that's where I start to believe. I think these guys can actually beat Tampa, cuz that lil bit of belief from beating them before (twice, if you allow JTs 2nd series winner to count, instead of Justin Holl being a dolt) - is just enuff to get this fragile team to beat them again.
I guess I just think we're more likely to see Tampa in the first round, hope that the above stands true - then walk into a matchup in the 2nd round with Florida, or whoever beats Florida.
Leafs WC spot this season.
A decade ago we played Washington and defied expectations.
How poetic if its this arc that rallies the Team
1 Bolts
2 Cats
3 Sens
WC Leafs
A decade ago we played Washington and defied expectations.
How poetic if its this arc that rallies the Team
1 Bolts
2 Cats
3 Sens
WC Leafs
It’s hard to imagine the Leafs, losers of 5 of their last 6 caring anymore then Florida
If Nylander and JT keep playing like they have been, Domi McMann and Knies pick up their games, and the rest concentrate on playing D, they can still finish top three in the Atlantic.
Maybe Prime will bring their A team to the broadcast and not the D or even E team like they have a few times.
Maybe Prime will bring their A team to the broadcast and not the D or even E team like they have a few times.
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Tampa is better than Toronto. They just don't play their best against the Leafs.
They play a back and forth sort of game against the Buds and the Leafs burn them. If they tried shutting TOR down like other teams do, they'd be more successful in head-to-heads.
I wonder if that’s what’s up with Matthews? He was very good in 4N final, but hasn’t been as interested since. There’s talk about Brady wanting to go home, maybe Matthews wishes he was too.
We will see what team shows up tonight, the uninspired one whose thinking that its game 25 of the regular season, or the one that's going to want to work to get ready for playoffs.
Simple the team that shows up will be the team that has already been paid and looking forward to springtime golf
Florida has lost 3 of their last 4 games, and in two of those games they gave up 2 goal third period leads. Tampa has also lost 3 of their last 4 games. Should both of those teams consider rebuilding? Or is it possible that sometimes teams just go through slumps? Does anyone remember that the Leafs won 5 straight games after the Four Nations tournament? I don't remember reading a lot of "future is bleak" threads during that streak.
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That's the way to play the Leafs for sure. Make them uncomfortable and see how they react to it.
