SCF Game 5: Florida Panthers Vs Vegas Golden Knights | 8:00PM ET 5:00PM PT | TNT, TBS, TruTV, CBC, SN, TVAS

[theslatcher]

If Leafs were playing tonight the Cap would be up an extra million next year. Not to mention there would be a game 6.

If my grandma had wheels she'd be a bicycle.

 

[Devilsfan118]

if the panthers beat the leafs, almost a sweep too, imagine how bad vegas would have destroyed them. Leafs are too soft for the playoffs.

Don't disagree, but it's clear now this Florida team was able to goon its way past vastly superior teams.

 

[Sentinel]

Close, as with Anaheim/Ottawa but I think overall, especially considering the series closing game this one will rank worse.

It's just never felt even remotely competitive outside of a few moments.

Sure, I agree.

Florida did not belong anywhere near these Finals.

 

[tarheelhockey]

So how many games should they play to factor out luck?? 100 game series is enough? Or 1000? Listen you can keep making excuses for losses but that's loser talk.

I mean Florida was one of the absolute worst teams in the league for half the season, then one of the absolute best teams for half the season, then knocked out a bunch of wagons in the playoffs, then imploded in the Finals.

If you have a theory about how sample sizes factor into this, I'd love to hear it.

 

[GMR]

If Leafs were playing tonight the Cap would be up an extra million next year. Not to mention there would be a game 6.

Yeah the ratings of CNBC might be higher tonight than this game.

 

[Straight Fire]

Going to be some party tonight in Vegas

Thank goodness this isn't in Vancouver

 

[Pablo El Perro]

It literally was nearly 6 games of hockey, that's how much OT they played.

Canes heavily dominated long stretches of those games. Florida got the goaltending and Matt Tkachuk legacy-making goals. It's hockey, it happens. I'm not even mad, this is what we sign up for when we follow this sport. But acting like the series was a big blowout is nonsense.

Y'all played a good series, jokes are going to be just that

 

[PromisedLand]

VGK just made me 500 dollars richer BABY

 

[robertocarlos]

Is that the guy who polishes the Cup?

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Show that you care and go down swinging.

i mean they showed that they cared battling their way to the final as an 8th seed. any attempt to goon it up now will only look childish and pathetic

 

[B33R LEAGUE]

All we had to do was beat the Knights 3 more times.

Generally speaking...Your chances of running into a Stanley Cup Finalist in the Playoffs is 33%.

Your chance of running into the Winner is 25%.

Your Chances of running into neither is about 50%.

In the last 5 Playoff entries..

Winnipeg has ran into the finalist twice.

AND

We have run into the Cup Winner twice.

Basically we flipped a coin 5 times and it landed on heads 4 times when we needed tails

 

[Winston Wolf]

Does Tkachuk join the handshake line?

 

[Dowisetrepla]

Shouldn’t Florida pull the goalie? Isn’t that what the analytics says??

 

[Straight Fire]

Imagine if Panthers came back and tied it

 

[fsanford]

Huh, when the Knights go through the handshake line there will be only one thing on their minds: Tomorrow's tee time.

It better be a late one. I wonder which casino gets cup first?

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

this period is just a formality at this point

 

[BlueOil]

If Leafs were playing tonight the Cap would be up an extra million next year. Not to mention there would be a game 6.

yeah but think about how much cheating would be required to get the leafs into the SCF, almost an unbelievable amount of it, wouldn't be easy to stomach

 

[EverTheCynic]

More like Floridon't, amirite?

 

[Auston Marlander]

If that helps you sleep.

Come on man. We all know Leaf fans never go to sleep with a smile.

You're not wrong.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Y'all played a good series, jokes are going to be just that

They were the most competitive losers who were swept. That's gotta mean something.

 

[TimeZone]

I mean Florida was one of the absolute worst teams in the league for half the season, then one of the absolute best teams for half the season, then knocked out a bunch of wagons in the playoffs, then imploded in the Finals.

If you have a theory about how sample sizes factor into this, I'd love to hear it.

It's called delusion.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

There's like 3 broken sticks

Yeah, Vegas should quit taking those free ones they give out at the golf club to advertise.

 

[Bread and Circuses]

Olcyk is just babbling....lol

 

[Ocoee]

Don't disagree, but it's clear now this Florida team was able to goon its way past vastly superior teams.

All of this is false

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

Imagine if Panthers came back and tied it

Zac Dalpe and Colin White about to GO OFF