30
|
Post by jacksalmon on Apr 29, 2023 9:13:31 GMT -6
It was a sign that those clowns were going to lose game 5 when after getting the first goal in the game, 21 seconds later, they gave up the tying goal on a very poor defensive that allowed the Bolts to be in prime position to score the tying goal. It was obvious from that goal that Toronto was already malfunctioning, even though they had opened the scoring. That was the time to put the screws to the Bolts, instead of letting them right back into it with poor play. There is something that ain't right in the heads of the Toronto clowns. On the other hand, it is entirely possible that the Bolts are simply the better team and that is why they have, for the most part, outplayed Toronto. It is the Bolts who have fallen asleep in two games and given up big leads, so they are the ones who are screwing up. By now, with a proper attitude, the Bolts would have won the series. In other words, Toronto is only on the verge of winning the series because the Bolts fell asleep in two games in which they had big leads; and not because Toronto is the better team; or an even match for the Bolts. As long as the Bolts keep their heads screwed on right, the Leafs have little chance of winning another game. If they do, it will be because the Bolts blew another one, not because the Leafs actually beat them. like I said, if Vasilevskiy plays in games 6 and 7 like he did in game 5, the loafs are toast. Yes, Vazy is just one of the players that makes the Bolts the better team. I don't know why they choked in games 3 and 4, but they did. So, if they don't lose their focus, as you said, the leafs are toast.
|
|
|
Post by OldTimeHawky on Apr 29, 2023 12:42:34 GMT -6
🤞 if it goes to 7 the Leafs will choke...again. Hopefully they pull off the win tonight.
|
|
|
Post by T-man2010 on Apr 29, 2023 14:02:24 GMT -6
🤞 if it goes to 7 the Leafs will choke...again. Hopefully they pull off the win tonight. More like which team will choke first.
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 29, 2023 16:55:34 GMT -6
looks like the leafs are going with 7 defensemen, holl is sitting out and erik gustafsson is getting his first playoff game with toronto.
samsonov in net for toronto again.
edit: i wonder if gus even unpacks anymore when he gets moved? last 4 seasons he's switched teams 7 times. chicago, flames, philly, habs, chicago, caps, leafs.
|
|
|
Post by vadarx on Apr 29, 2023 18:57:14 GMT -6
looks like the leafs are going with 7 defensemen, holl is sitting out and erik gustafsson is getting his first playoff game with toronto. samsonov in net for toronto again. edit: i wonder if gus even unpacks anymore when he gets moved? last 4 seasons he's switched teams 7 times. chicago, flames, philly, habs, chicago, caps, leafs. at least they were smart enough to finally sit Holl. he has killed them 5v5.
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 29, 2023 19:52:24 GMT -6
looks like the leafs are going with 7 defensemen, holl is sitting out and erik gustafsson is getting his first playoff game with toronto. samsonov in net for toronto again. edit: i wonder if gus even unpacks anymore when he gets moved? last 4 seasons he's switched teams 7 times. chicago, flames, philly, habs, chicago, caps, leafs. at least they were smart enough to finally sit Holl. he has killed them 5v5. giordano's numbers weren't much different than holl's. and he's -1 tonight as well. (same as gus who's played just 7:38 tonight)
|
|
|
Post by vadarx on Apr 29, 2023 20:04:15 GMT -6
THANK YOU TORONTO
|
|
|
Post by phill9 on Apr 29, 2023 20:04:35 GMT -6
Yes....buhbye Tampa, thanks for the draft pick!
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 29, 2023 20:17:54 GMT -6
there's no chance cooper starts elliott next game is there? does joseph woll get the start for toronto next game? samsonov looked shaky to me even when he made a good save. and his numbers before tonight were 3.72 and .875%. the leafs were winning despite samsonov. what fckn idiot would even think that? samsonov 2nd star behind tavares. feel good for jake mccabe. 27:22 (led both teams), 7 hits and 4 blocks.
|
|
|
Post by BigT on Apr 29, 2023 20:20:56 GMT -6
So Hawks pick 20th I’m guessing? Gawd dam leaves fans are acting like they won 3 cups in one year. Happy for TJ. He finally gets out of the 1st round with the Leaves!!!
|
|
|
Post by phill9 on Apr 29, 2023 20:24:43 GMT -6
So Hawks pick 20th I’m guessing? Gawd dam leaves fans are acting like they won 3 cups in one year. Happy for TJ. He finally gets out of the 1st round with the Leaves!!! Yep, I think the only way the Hawks could have moved up was if Winnipeg and/or the Islanders advanced. So 20 is the pick
|
|
|
Post by vadarx on Apr 29, 2023 20:25:38 GMT -6
Yes....buhbye Tampa, thanks for the draft pick! 2 draft picks! hopefully that moves the first and second we got from them up a hair. probably depends on the Florida/Boston game. I'm guessing. Seattle winning would help as well.
|
|
|
Post by vadarx on Apr 29, 2023 20:26:47 GMT -6
So Hawks pick 20th I’m guessing? Gawd dam leaves fans are acting like they won 3 cups in one year. Happy for TJ. He finally gets out of the 1st round with the Leaves!!! Yep, I think the only way the Hawks could have moved up was if Winnipeg and/or the Islanders advanced. So 20 is the pick I was wrong about Seattle, but if Florida wins, we would move up a spot.
|
|
|
Post by phill9 on Apr 29, 2023 20:27:12 GMT -6
Yes....buhbye Tampa, thanks for the draft pick! 2 draft picks! hopefully that moves the first and second we got from them up a hair. probably depends on the Florida/Boston game. I'm guessing. Seattle winning would help as well. I've been focused on the 1st rounder most. Any idea where that puts the 2nd round pick?
|
|
|
Post by vadarx on Apr 29, 2023 20:31:24 GMT -6
2 draft picks! hopefully that moves the first and second we got from them up a hair. probably depends on the Florida/Boston game. I'm guessing. Seattle winning would help as well. I've been focused on the 1st rounder most. Any idea where that puts the 2nd round pick? should be either 51 or 52, depending on Boston
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 29, 2023 21:11:21 GMT -6
Gawd dam leaves fans are acting like they won 3 cups in one year. it's only been 19 years since they won a playoff series. no big deal. one playoff prediction i'm 100% sure will come to pass is that my brother's head will be pounding when he rolls out of the fart sack tomorrow.
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 29, 2023 21:22:01 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by jacksalmon on Apr 29, 2023 22:52:02 GMT -6
I am glad the Leafs are lucky, but, man, they sure are lucky. Again, they were outplayed and outshot, but lucky Tavares gets a two skate ricochet past Vazy to wrap it up. I would not recommend getting outplayed and depending on getting lucky as a winning strategy for all games. I sure wish that the NHL would put more emphasis on zone time as a stat, as I am sure the Bolts totally dominated the zone time.
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 29, 2023 23:22:11 GMT -6
I am glad the Leafs are lucky, but, man, they sure are lucky. Again, they were outplayed and outshot, but lucky Tavares gets a two skate ricochet past Vazy to wrap it up. I would not recommend getting outplayed and depending on getting lucky as a winning strategy for all games. I sure wish that the NHL would put more emphasis on zone time as a stat, as I am sure the Bolts totally dominated the zone time. tough crowd. toronto's 3 o/t wins on the road should count for something. i'm not going to try and find zone time, but total SOG in the series favored TB by an average of 2 shots/game...196 to 184. i'm not sure i'd bet money on the leafs winning a second series this year but love them or hate them they deserve some credit.
|
|
|
Post by T-man2010 on Apr 30, 2023 6:44:14 GMT -6
I am glad the Leafs are lucky, but, man, they sure are lucky. Again, they were outplayed and outshot, but lucky Tavares gets a two skate ricochet past Vazy to wrap it up. I would not recommend getting outplayed and depending on getting lucky as a winning strategy for all games. I sure wish that the NHL would put more emphasis on zone time as a stat, as I am sure the Bolts totally dominated the zone time. Only zone time that matters is the puck time inside the net zone.
|
|
|
Post by BigT on Apr 30, 2023 8:04:17 GMT -6
One thing people were saying was how tough the east is. Well, you don’t have to play everyone. Just play 4 teams to win the Cup. 3 of them from your conference. The leaves truly got lucky this year and played the Bolts. The boots were worn down and beat up. Hedman much less than 💯. Cernak out. The salary cap crushing them. Boston supposed to be a wagon. They could be gone. So if Tampa, Boston, NJ, Islanders all out. Now it’s much clearer to make it. Leaves vs panthers. Carolina vs Rags.
Leaves could have the easier track to the conference finals. So when all is said and done. The tougher conference is not always the champion!!!
|
|
|
Post by BigT on Apr 30, 2023 8:58:38 GMT -6
Also, it’s about time that Tavares showed up. For some reason he seemed to be absolved from the scrutiny of the team losing. It seemed it was always the fault of 34/16 but he slipped away unscathed. He signed the big ticket. And is the hometown hero. He’s the captain and he deserves his fair share of the blame. I know he’s getting the accolades right now!!!
|
|
|
Post by jacksalmon on Apr 30, 2023 10:11:55 GMT -6
I am glad the Leafs are lucky, but, man, they sure are lucky. Again, they were outplayed and outshot, but lucky Tavares gets a two skate ricochet past Vazy to wrap it up. I would not recommend getting outplayed and depending on getting lucky as a winning strategy for all games. I sure wish that the NHL would put more emphasis on zone time as a stat, as I am sure the Bolts totally dominated the zone time. tough crowd. toronto's 3 o/t wins on the road should count for something. i'm not going to try and find zone time, but total SOG in the series favored TB by an average of 2 shots/game...196 to 184. i'm not sure i'd bet money on the leafs winning a second series this year but love them or hate them they deserve some credit. They do deserve credit. Even though I blasted them after their game 5 fiasco, the truth is that Tampa is a very good team and the Leafs had to be doing something right to even stay close. Well, they did stay close and they got extremely lucky. Tavares' winning goal was not a fete of skill. It was pure luck that it hit two skate blades (including Vazy's) and went in. But, they had to get to OT first, so give them credit for that. Where the hell was Nylander the whole game? I finally caught sight of him in the 3d period and wondered where he had been the rest of the game. And he is supposed to be one of their stars. An invisible star? It was as though Tampa knew exactly what each Leaf player was going to do with the puck. The Leafs couldn't pass it out of their own zone and they couldn't skate it out. To me, there was a dominance in favor of Tampa, but the Leafs hung around and used Lady Luck to win the series. They also used Samsonov, who should get a lot of credit and, then even more credit for his performance.
|
|
|
Post by jacksalmon on Apr 30, 2023 10:14:03 GMT -6
I am glad the Leafs are lucky, but, man, they sure are lucky. Again, they were outplayed and outshot, but lucky Tavares gets a two skate ricochet past Vazy to wrap it up. I would not recommend getting outplayed and depending on getting lucky as a winning strategy for all games. I sure wish that the NHL would put more emphasis on zone time as a stat, as I am sure the Bolts totally dominated the zone time. Only zone time that matters is the puck time inside the net zone. I would disagree with that. As shown last night, the amount of zone time indicates which team is dominating the game. Tampa spent a lot of time in the Leaf d zone setting up good shots. The Leafs got two seconds, for the most part, each time they got into the Tampa zone and didn't get much in the way of good shots on Vazy. The Leafs/Tavares got lucky and won the game, but mostly because of Samsonov, not because of the Leaf offense. The Tampa defense just simply shut down the Leaf offense and they did nothing as shown by their lack of zone time.
|
|
|
Post by hsbob on Apr 30, 2023 10:37:27 GMT -6
I am glad the Leafs are lucky, but, man, they sure are lucky. Again, they were outplayed and outshot, but lucky Tavares gets a two skate ricochet past Vazy to wrap it up. I would not recommend getting outplayed and depending on getting lucky as a winning strategy for all games. I sure wish that the NHL would put more emphasis on zone time as a stat, as I am sure the Bolts totally dominated the zone time. Losing Cernak in game one hurt,he's a big,physical stay-at-home D-man and that missed high-stick on Hagel with the ref looking right at it at the end of regulation hurt too. The kid had ONE HELL of a season....... ftw.usatoday.com/lists/lightning-brandon-hagel-missed-high-stick-maple-leafsSeventy one postseason games the prior three seasons was bound to catch-up with any team........especially against an opponent with only nineteen postseason games on their odometer over the same period.
|
|
|
Post by jacksalmon on Apr 30, 2023 15:42:21 GMT -6
What's also unfair about the non-call on the Hagel high-stick is that the refs never once overlooked a Tampa infraction in the series. The gentle Bolts got nothin' to complain about, just ask Magoon.
The Bolts will be right back in it next year----they ain't going away. Even if they have a couple of salary cap problems to solve.
|
|
|
Post by BigT on Apr 30, 2023 19:21:40 GMT -6
What's also unfair about the non-call on the Hagel high-stick is that the refs never once overlooked a Tampa infraction in the series. The gentle Bolts got nothin' to complain about, just ask Magoon. The Bolts will be right back in it next year----they ain't going away. Even if they have a couple of salary cap problems to solve. I was with my buddy the whole weekend. His cousin is TJ. We were on the phone with him in his truck. TJ said his stick never actually hit Hagel in the face. It hit him in the shoulder and was close to his face. I’m not saying that’s the case but the guy doesn’t lie. Anyways. Can’t blame the refs. Really can’t. There’s calls both ways that were missed. Leaves we’re finally due. I always say……. You’ll get what you deserve!!!
|
|
|
Post by galaxytrash on Apr 30, 2023 19:32:48 GMT -6
What's also unfair about the non-call on the Hagel high-stick is that the refs never once overlooked a Tampa infraction in the series. The gentle Bolts got nothin' to complain about, just ask Magoon. The Bolts will be right back in it next year----they ain't going away. Even if they have a couple of salary cap problems to solve. I was with my buddy the whole weekend. His cousin is TJ. We were on the phone with him in his truck. TJ said his stick never actually hit Hagel in the face. It hit him in the shoulder and was close to his face. I’m not saying that’s the case but the guy doesn’t lie. Anyways. Can’t blame the refs. Really can’t. There’s calls both ways that were missed. Leaves we’re finally due. I always say……. You’ll get what you deserve!!! looks to me like the stick hit hagel around the ear, or the helmet around the ear. nowhere near the face (or the shoulder). 2 things. still should've been a high-sticking penalty but imo i don't believe hagel was hurt on the play at all.
|
|
|
Post by BigT on Apr 30, 2023 20:27:07 GMT -6
I was with my buddy the whole weekend. His cousin is TJ. We were on the phone with him in his truck. TJ said his stick never actually hit Hagel in the face. It hit him in the shoulder and was close to his face. I’m not saying that’s the case but the guy doesn’t lie. Anyways. Can’t blame the refs. Really can’t. There’s calls both ways that were missed. Leaves we’re finally due. I always say……. You’ll get what you deserve!!! looks to me like the stick hit hagel around the ear, or the helmet around the ear. nowhere near the face (or the shoulder). 2 things. still should've been a high-sticking penalty but imo i don't believe hagel was hurt on the play at all. I was also told that if your stick comes up another players stick. It’s not a high sticking penalty. It’s happened many times in the league before. I don’t think Hagel is an embellisher. But he definitely tried to sell that. However, unless I heard wrong. The high sticking was a non factor as it rode up Hagels stick. All in all, the leaves won. Even I won’t take that away from them!!!
|
|
|
Post by vadarx on Apr 30, 2023 22:24:15 GMT -6
path just keeps getting clearer and clearer for the loafs.
if they don't do it this year, I dunno when they will...
|
|