East Round 2
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I've mentioned a few times that the reason the Panthers struggled in the regular season was their penalty killing, no doubt a result of being a heavily penalized team. Hence in the penalty-suppressed climate of the playoffs the rest of their game—which is quite good—is shining through.
Interesting Florida having a terrible penalty differential in game 1. I wonder what changed since the last series.... /s
Devils hangover from round 1 hasn't worn off (or they are really bad in series game 1s), "Canes clamping down on D so far. NJ has one SOG, a dribbler at that.
These uniform colors are only slightly better than the TB/Tor series.
Bastian makes it 3-1, on the 2nd shot of the game for NJ.
Bastian makes it 3-1, on the 2nd shot of the game for NJ.
This Panthers team is not afraid of any situation, even if they’re not really clicking at first. They’re going to end up taking both in Toronto here.
I'm not ready to count out the Leafs, but you wonder if they'll start grabbing their sticks a little too tight like the Bruins did.
I hate the Panthers but admit this is making me feel a bit better.
Oh, is the Florida-Toronto game on TV? I've been watching the David Tyree catch on a loop and I'm looking to mix things up.
That's interesting -- it's making me feel better to know the Panthers are good. Their dump and chase and cycle game is doing the same thing against the Leafs that it did against the Bruins.
I opted to skip both and have just been punching myself in the junk for the last 2 hours.
I have pics of my most recent colonoscopy I can share with you, if you'd like to move on to something better.
Not sure, but unfortunately it's fond of making drop passes in its own zone.
Florida is playing great but they are also living a charmed life. Pucks are going off Bobrovsky’s mask, the cross bar, through his legs but getting kicked away.
He would definitely want the two recent expansion teams meeting in the conference finals. They might get $1 billion franchise fee for the teams in the next expansion.
Yeah.
Dallas Seattle is a win-win
Win no matter who wins
Dallas would also be good for a Houston expansion
Maybe the fact that Florida had to basically play like it was the playoffs for a month or two has given them an edge. Hard to sustain another month I imagine.
If Florida ends up knocking out the Leafs and the Oilers, Trudeau might bomb us. Now that the Bruins are out, if Canada doesn’t end its 30 year losing streak, it may never.
If Florida ends up knocking out the Leafs and the Oilers, Trudeau might bomb us. Now that the Bruins are out, if Canada doesn’t end its 30 year losing streak, it may never.
They have won every coin flip game they have played so far in the playoffs. Let's see how long there kick continues.
Samsonov leaves the game after crashing into the post pretty hard, Woll comes in and immediately gives up a goal to tie the game 1-1.
Toronto is on the ropes.
Toronto is on the ropes.
I couldn't bring myself to watch this. What a tremendously unlikeable team, with no fans, absolutely shredding the league. What a shit show.
The puck bounces perfectly off the board behind the net right to a Panther and then the pass back to Reinhart.
Canada can't bomb Florida. At least not in the winter, we'd take out half of our own population.
If Samsonov is out, Florida may have the best goalie of the remaining East teams.... which is saying something.
This entire tournament is going to feel like a massive missed opportunity, isn't it?
This entire tournament is going to feel like a massive missed opportunity, isn't it?
You will have to be more specific going forward.
4 points for J Hughes
2 assists for L Hughes
My Leaf-fan-friend who was very chirpy after Round 1 hasn't been quite so chirpy the last few days.
Yeah the silver lining is that this does not appear to have opened the door for TML. Thinnest of silver linings, but still
Through a little less than two rounds, the Panthers have simply dominated the real estate behind the goal. They have scored a lot of goals because of the split second it takes a keeper to try to locate a puck that is coming from behind him.
Maybe the Oilers can beat these guys playing end to end against them but I am not sure anyone else can. Either roll up your sleeves and muck it up in the corners with them, even if costs you your transition game, or be prepared for more of the same.
Maybe the Oilers can beat these guys playing end to end against them but I am not sure anyone else can. Either roll up your sleeves and muck it up in the corners with them, even if costs you your transition game, or be prepared for more of the same.
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So the Panthers, who won 6 straight games once all season, have now of course won 6 straight in the playoffs against the 1 and 4 seeds.
Hockey, man.
Hockey, man.
Any Leaf fan who dares to get chirpy in the playoffs needs to get off the meds. (Spoken as a somewhat-Leaf fan, I'm mostly a baseball guy).
You should have heard him (well, read his texts) with about 10 minutes to go in Game 7 of 2013.