Playoffs: whom to cheer, whom to jeer

[RabidBadger]

If you focus on his prime years, he definitely elevated for the playoffs. He was over PPG 4 straight playoffs, so that's why it feels that way. His young and elder years drag down his average.

Dude was a gamer. So while him and Tavares have similar career stats, the playoff picture isn't even close.

No doubt. Tavares and Z aren't even from the same planet in terms of elevating their team. Even players like Dustin Brown or J Toews, who scored at a much lower clip, were immensely more impactful players.

To me, Tavares is like a modern day Pierre Turgeon: the stats are are certainly eye catching but are somewhat hollow in terms of being a real benefit to the team.

 

[FabricDetails]

Watching the Bruins-Leafs series.

So far I'm wondering if this is the 'Samsonov game'.

 

[FabricDetails]

Probably been joked about before but are Hampus Lindholm and Jonathan Berggren related?

 

[FabricDetails]

This game is tighter than a duck's arse.

 

[norrisnick]

This game is tighter than a duck's arse.

Yet strangely as sloppy as goose shit...

 

[FabricDetails]

Keep talking about Samsonov's playoff pct. I bet Leafs fans aren't sick of it at all.

 

[FabricDetails]

Oh man. This is going to be so freaking funny.

 

[FabricDetails]

- I'm going to enjoy watching Steve Dangle losing his shit so much.

 

[SuperScript29]

Goes to show you how far a goalie can take you, Swayman is an absolute beast.

 

[FMichael]

Crazy puck bounce off the glass…Boston better sleep fast - FLA is gonna be set to keep it rolling!

 

[Roomba With a Bauer]

lol suck it Toronna.

 

[dj4aces]

Well, the Leafs did it... they choked again. Good stuff.

Time to go back to cheering against Boston.

 

[ColdToiletSeats]

Leafs lose, life is good.... now it's time to cheer against Edmonton

 

[DamonDRW]

What's worse not making the playoffs at all or making it and then choking like that every year?

 

[SuperScript29]

It's kind of crazy, I mean at some point you have to shake things up. They have 4 forwards clogging the whole lineup. Nylander definitely showed his worth, and Matthews is the best goal scorer in the league, but the other two? One of them has to go.

 

[jkutswings]

What's worse not making the playoffs at all or making it and then choking like that every year?

Detroit will fix their issue before Toronto fixes theirs.

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

I know it's funny to watch Toronto lose(again), but it's also crazy...

They're the most important team in the game, the NY Yankees, LA Lakers, Dallas Cowboys and Manchester United equivalent...

60 years w/o a championship is brutal for their fans and that franchise...I legit feel bad for their fans

 

[Ezekial]

Crazy puck bounce off the glass…Boston better sleep fast - FLA is gonna be set to keep it rolling!

Off the glass? That was a set play off the boards. A display of home ice advantage we use to do with our springy boards.

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Spare a thought to the Leafs fan who laughed at Larkin and co celebrating too much after the OT winner.

 

[norrisnick]

I know it's funny to watch Toronto lose(again), but it's also crazy...

They're the most important team in the game, the NY Yankees, LA Lakers, Dallas Cowboys and Manchester United equivalent...

60 years w/o a championship is brutal for their fans and that franchise...I legit feel bad for their fans

I mean, their fans are the only reason I have any hint of schadenfreude regarding their playoff implosions. The team itself hasn't been in any way a rival of the Wings during my Wing fanhood and I've been watching for 30 years. I don't like the leafs because of their fans so there is no reason for me to feel bad for them.

Off the glass? That was a set play off the boards. A display of home ice advantage we use to do with our springy boards.

Stuart and Cleary ran that same play, on a PK no less, during the '08 Final.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

What's worse not making the playoffs at all or making it and then choking like that every year?

Having that much talent (and cap hit), regular season success and choking every year is definitely worse.

I remember the pain of the Wings underachieving before they finally made it to the finals in 95 and the won in 97.

 

[dj4aces]

What's worse not making the playoffs at all or making it and then choking like that every year?

Being considered by some as a Cup favorite, only to get bounced in the first round.

I think even we could've advanced if we played against the Leafs.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

Having that much talent (and cap hit), regular season success and choking every year is definitely worse.

I remember the pain of the Wings underachieving before they finally made it to the finals in 95 and the won in 97.

Losing to the Sharks, getting swept by the Devils in the finals and then the Avs was so awful.

Leafs tho, they haven't sniffed anything close to even losing a conference final. They beat Tampa in six after Tampa had been through three straight cup final appearances and then got spanked by the Panthers. It's astonishing, that's all they have done.

 

[WaW]

I hope Boston beats Florida tbh. I'm kinda tired of how cocky and spoiled all of the small fanbases full of new hockey fans are (i.e. Carolina, Tampa, Florida, Vegas, Nashville) with how much success they've all had. I want to see Boston v NYR and winner of Edm/Vancouver v Dallas/Colorado (f*** Vegas). I want as many people to care as possible, it's more fun for me that way, anyway. To each their own.

 

[jkutswings]

It's astonishing, that's all they have done.

Not really. This year is the first time they've had halfway decent defense and goaltending, and half their payroll up front continues to shrink during the post season.

I don't know if Detroit will ever be successful enough to win a Cup during this rebuild. But I can at least see the pieces (Raymond, Seider, Edvinsson, Danielson, Kasper) that will play a style conducive to the playoffs.