Which team is most likely to come back and win the series from being 2-0 down?
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Evilhomer
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Are these the same non-Leafs fans who picked Florida to win in 4 or 5 games? That is working out well.
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Oilslick941611
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Edm did it last year. The Panthers are worse this year and bob looks broken. The panthers are ripe for the taking, and the leafs could silence a lot of critics tonight ( but they'll still be delusional about the leafs thinking its 2021 still, just like how people see the Oilers) but i do think the panthers are done. Tkachuk is playing like a shell of former self and should probably miss a game or to recover and allow a healthy body to play.
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I dont think the Panthers have it in them to do a gentlemans sweep. They are injury depleted and look very beatable.
I can see vegas doing it, but i can also see vegas going out on monday. Its such a toss up.
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im pretty sure i remember a certain boston series, actually 2 of them.
However, i do think the leafs are different this year.
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True they did do that, it is a bit different though doing that when they are up on you 3-0 vs you are up on them if you know what I mean. Taking foot off the gas vs fighting for survival.
I just don't subscribe to any one game determining if a team is different unless it is a game 7 or something. All it takes is a bounce
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they have saved up enough respect and are now gonna spend some of it...
In all seriousness, I think Berube added to the sauce....
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i think youre just being cautious hoping not to jinx the leafs. They have all season that shows the team has a different mentality than previous years. You are right about bounces though, the best team doesn't always the cup. Winning the cup means you get bounces, and all team even the great teams need a little help to get there. It goes both ways.
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Agree the Leafs are different. Just if they lose game 3 I don't think that means they are not different or not capable of winning the cup.
Gotta remember just went through this last series. Went up 3-0, people said Leafs gotta sweep to prove they are different. Matthews hits post on wide open net in OT, Ottawa scores... Site implodes for 4 days about how they are choking. Leafs win in 6. Now no one cares how it happened just that they won.
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thats the way it goes for us fans of Oilers and Leafs. Successes get downplayed and losses get amplified with everyone screaming "nah nah nana" Its all noise.
I voted for Florida in 6 in the series thread, so I guess that's still on the table. However, at this point I don't see Florida winning four games in a row to make my prediction come true. If they do manage to pull off the comeback it'll most likely take seven games instead, if they manage to at all, which at this point I don't really see happening.
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Nah, they're done. Maybe they win game 4 to avoid a sweep, but the combination of the top-6 dominance of the Leafs at even strength and Florida's defensive lapses will be too much for the Panthers to overcome. Get Tkachuk healthy next season and shore up the defense, and next year could very well be a different outcome.
It's definitely the Panthers. If only because of Leaf's history of playoffn shortcomings. So - there's definitely risk there.
Both are tremendous teams for what it's worth, with a ton of playoff experience and recent cups. So in theory, either/or could do it.
But I predict neither will. Leafs to win in 5 games max, and Oilers in 5 or 6.
Both are tremendous teams for what it's worth, with a ton of playoff experience and recent cups. So in theory, either/or could do it.
But I predict neither will. Leafs to win in 5 games max, and Oilers in 5 or 6.
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Florida
I think Vegas can as well, but Oilers seem to be clicking now, so even if Vegas plays their best I think Oilers at their best are slightly better.
Florida though simply is sucking compared to what they can play like, I think they got a better chance. Toronto clicking though, gotta give respect.
I think Vegas can as well, but Oilers seem to be clicking now, so even if Vegas plays their best I think Oilers at their best are slightly better.
Florida though simply is sucking compared to what they can play like, I think they got a better chance. Toronto clicking though, gotta give respect.
These are two teams that actually has a legit chance of coming back - even before tonights win for Panthers I probably would have picked them based on not only Panthers being the Panthers but also Leafs being the Leafs.
I vote for panthers, but Vegas could pull it off as well.
I vote for panthers, but Vegas could pull it off as well.
Let's say Panthers are 50% better at home, and Leafs 0% worse away. Then the matchup would still be around 25% better for Panthers at home than it is away. It's not "irrelevant" even if it affects only one of the teams.
The rest makes no sense, either. You don't think having the last change affects whether they will make defensive mistakes or not?
This thread is about which of them is "more likely." Neither of them is likely .But 10% is still more than 5%.
League results are completely different to playoff hockey. Florida owned Toronto in the league, means nothing.
Boston pretty much smashed everyone few years ago, Florida were lucky make the playoffs yet won in 7.
Every game been 1 goal, so its been the closest series and could be 2-1 the other way so easily.
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Either they do or they don't therefore they're both 50% likely and thus a tie.
But if you add them both together that gives a 100% likelihood meaning at least one of these teams will advance.
I hope this Round is the opposite from the 1st Round. In the 1st Round, most of the teams I wanted to win started off really well and then many of those series turned completely around and the other team won. Most of the teams I want to win started off poorly in this Round, so hopefully fortunes change just as they did in the 1st.
Carolina - check
Florida - Finally won the 3rd game
Winnipeg - Won the 2nd game
Vegas - I hate Vegas, but I hate Edmonton even more. It's your turn Vegas, win the 3rd game.
Carolina - check
Florida - Finally won the 3rd game
Winnipeg - Won the 2nd game
Vegas - I hate Vegas, but I hate Edmonton even more. It's your turn Vegas, win the 3rd game.
Well, might need to make some adjustments considering Pickard apparently is injured, and Oilers will be playing Skinner in net.
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