GDT: Second Round of the 2025 Playoffs

[Backyard Hockey]

FL doing this all while Tkachuk has been a total non factor

 

[Backyard Hockey]

M

That's Justin Beiber

It is? Would make sense. Totally punchable

 

[Sir Loin]

It is? Would make sense. Totally punchable

Exactly. You had it right.

Side note: Wrestling's Edge is there tonight. He was clapping for the injured ref.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

It's sad the leafs can't even "load up" 1 dominant unit because they don't have 5 bonafide possession play driving monsters. No matter who they put out there there's weak links. Curse of the talented passengers.

 

[BobbyJet]

Leafs getting booed out of Canada.

Let's put things in perspective, shall we? Leafs took the best team in hockey to 7 games. A Panther team that has no holes and a hall of fame goaltender.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Marchand, Jones and Verhaege have been awesome.

Cant wait to hear Biz

 

[Toews2Bickell]

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Let's put things in perspective, shall we? Leafs took the best team in hockey to 7 games. A Panther team that has no holes and a hall of fame goaltender.

They had a 2-0 series lead and Florida’s best player is clearly still hurt and not even a factor.

 

[Joemoe]

If the Leafs really want to make this a classic they tie it up and lose in OT.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Let's put things in perspective, shall we? Leafs took the best team in hockey to 7 games. A Panther team that has no holes and a hall of fame goaltender.

This is 9th year the core of Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Reilly have failed to advance past 2nd round (only made it into 2nd round twice to begin with)

There comes a point you have to blow it up and acknowledge your core hasn't worked

 

[Sir Loin]

They had a 2-0 series lead and Florida’s best player is clearly still hurt and not even a factor.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Toronto looking like the San Jose of old

 

[Backyard Hockey]

The Leafs game is almost as hideous as Colby Armstrong’s nose

 

[Sir Loin]

Anson Carter does not agree with all of the booing.

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

2 series wins in 7 years for this Leaf core barring a miracle. A big step below the 2010's Sharks and Canucks. At least those teams made some deep runs.

 

[BobbyJet]

They had a 2-0 series lead and Florida’s best player is clearly still hurt and not even a factor.

Yeah, so? It just reinforces that Florida is a playoff machine. Sure, Leafs can't compete with them at crunch time but I doubt any team can at this time.

 

[Sir Loin]

Toronto looking like the San Jose of old

Shit, they even got to the conference final.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Shit, they even got to the conference final.

3x they did and they made it to SCF after shedding parts of old core (Nabokov, Boyle and a few others were gone by the time team went to SCF)

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Anson Carter does not agree with all of the booing.

Dude is a cornball. The only guy who calls himself by a nickname (‘Ace’) that no one else does

 

[Sir Loin]

Yeah, so? It just reinforces that Florida is a playoff machine.

Adding Seth and Marchand clinched it.

Bobby, I'm actually rooting for them, hard. They came out tonight looking like they're skating in mud. They need to find their marbles in the third.

 

[statswatcher]

Let's put things in perspective, shall we? Leafs took the best team in hockey to 7 games. A Panther team that has no holes and a hall of fame goaltender.

if it were any other team i would give them the credit. the laffs are the laffs though.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

The Leafs could use Dwayne Jetski this game

 

[BobbyJet]

Bobby, I'm actually rooting for them, hard. They came out tonight looking like they're skating in mud. They need to find their marbles in the third.

In the RS yes they could come back but against Panthers in a 7th game I doubt it very much.

 

[Toews2Bickell]

Why exactly did Toronto just roll with this core year after year expecting different results...they bring in guys that should help that have won cups and it never matters, it starts with Matthews

 

[Callidusblackhawk]

Why exactly did Toronto just roll with this core year after year expecting different results...they bring in guys that should help that have won cups and it never matters, it starts with Matthews

They're stuck playing moneypuck on defense because their top 4 cap hits are forwards taking up half the cap.