GDT: Panthers @ Leafs. Game 1 Tuesday 7pm.

[3blizzard4]

Take two at home.

One in Florida.

Then close it out at home game 5.

 

[kb]

 

[meefer]

A confident Liljegren gives Gio a partner who he can pass the puck to and not worry about it exploding Holl’s stick into space. Gio can concentrate on D, while TL skates or passes the puck out of our zone. Please Keefe, show the kid some love.

 

[Sypher04]

A lot of said Leaf fans will be US residents, so good luck. Also I think this kind of thing is bush league. They’re hockey tickets, blocking a paying customer is ridiculous

 

[SprDaVE]

Pathetic LOL

I wonder if they'll try to ban Leaf jerseys like Ottawa tried to do?

 

[ToneDog]

A lot of said Leaf fans will be US residents, so good luck

If there is a will, there is a way to get tickets. Pretty petty of the Panthers to do this. Canadian fans should boycott Panthers games next year to send them a message.

 

[robertmac43]

Just win.

 

[SprDaVE]

 

[Pi]

What did you guys think of Gus in game 6? I thought he was pretty decent..

He would definitely make the 2nd PP unit more potent and he's honestly a lot better defensively than I thought he was. I thought he was MAB, but he can play defense.

 

[Leafsforever89]

Starting Tuesday is to the Leafs advantage IMO.

I would expect the same lineup from game 6.

I doubt Keefe will go with 7/11. I can see him putting Holl back in actually.

 

[ACC1224]

I doubt Keefe will go with 7/11. I can see him putting Holl back in actually.

I had forgotten they went 11/7

 

[stats1]

I got a feeling McCabe is going to annihilate someone in this series. The Leafs have to do exactly what they did to Vasi, go to the net, get screens look for big rebounds. Bob is not the best at controlling the puck

 

[wingman75]

The fact this thread exists brings a tear to my eye. Round 2? Finally!

Excited to see this play out. Especially excited that we are facing a new foe.

Expect this to be a bit more open and some of our stars should be able to generate more good looks.

Sammy will still need to be sharp.

 

[stats1]

I like Gus I think he really adds pop to the PP on the 2nd unit… would we continue with 11/7? All I know is Holl stays out. He’s good on the PK but pucks die on his stick in our zone because he doesn’t think the game fast enough, he panics fires it down the ice for either an icing or turnover or he gets pressured along the boards takes a penalty or costs us a goal. Lilejgren is just the better player

 

[Revolt]

No Justin Holl please.

Leafs are the better team and we have home ice advantage in this series. Very confident that the boys will win this.

 

[stats1]

I think the Tkachuk-Bunting matchup would be fascinating also lol

 

[TorMapleJays]

Pathetic LOL

I wonder if they'll try to ban Leaf jerseys like Ottawa tried to do?

Remember when Tampa forced the panthers kid to remove his jersey……

 

[Drytoast]

This is going to be harder then the Tampa series. Buckle up. Florida is no joke.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Florida will be riding sky high after that monumental upset.

It won't be easy.

 

[LeafsNation149]

I'm not sure if it was just me, but I thought ROR played his worst game as a Leaf in game 6. Anyone know if he's hurt or anything? I haven't seen anything but I hope he goes back to playing like he did games 1-5.

 

[stats1]

The fact this thread exists brings a tear to my eye. Round 2? Finally!

Excited to see this play out. Especially excited that we are facing a new foe.

Expect this to be a bit more open and some of our stars should be able to generate more good looks.

Sammy will still need to be sharp.

Florida is kind of a rope a dope style team, so yes the play should be more open than against TB. Keefe should be implementing a system of clogging the neutral zone and stand them up at the blue lines. They create their offence off the rush. You clog them up they turn the puck over a lot

 

[Ziggdiezan]

How is this legal?

 

[BayStBullies]

If Bob gives out rebounds like he did on that 3rd Bruins goal, the Leafs are going to light him up. But the Panthers team is no joke. They've got scorers, they come at you and they are definitely persistent.

Going to be a real test for both teams to re-focus quickly after hugely emotional first series wins.

The Leafs will get caught hard if they think saving their effort and only playing 20% of the games will be enough. Florida plays whistle to whistle and also closes games hard.

Florida is kind of a rope a dope style team, so yes the play should be more open than against TB. Keefe should be implementing a system of clogging the neutral zone and stand them up at the blue lines. They create their offence off the rush. You clog them up they turn the puck over a lot

Keefe teams allow zone entry for free. I doubt Florida has any friction entering.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

This has to be grounds to get cancelled in 2023. Discrimination? Offensive?

 

[Rob Brown]

Florida will be riding sky high after that monumental upset.

It won't be easy.

Good thing our guys will be, too.