that’s because defense isn’t a problem for us👊
- Skalapy

special teams are?

Leafs should hire the Vegas doctor(s)....Mark Stone IS ready to play tonight...what an amazing feat!

Please enlighten us
- mr.sir

Horrible:
Causing or likely to cause horror, shocking
Very unpleasant

Leafs should hire the Vegas doctor(s)....Mark Stone IS ready to play tonight...what an amazing feat!
- Symba007

No doubt, they'd be able to get Willy back to game form.

No doubt, they'd be able to get Willy back to game form.
- Whipper

AND Hanafin on D at the TDL

special teams are?
- Symba007

Nope… just a soap opera driven fanbase

Horrible:
Causing or likely to cause horror, shocking
Very unpleasant
- Fakepartofme

That’s too long to fit on a jersey, smart guy

What trade?
- Fakepartofme

The trade of Cap space!!

Weak goaltending affects the offense too. Winnipeg isn't anywhere near as dynamic if they don't trust Hellebuyck.

- Monkeypunk

Who let in the 6 goals last night?
(Win scored 7 even with weak goaltending)

Leafs should hire the Vegas doctor(s)....Mark Stone IS ready to play tonight...what an amazing feat!
- Symba007

Leafs should hire the Vegas doctor(s)....Mark Stone IS ready to play tonight...what an amazing feat!
- Symba007

2 years in a row he goes out at the same time and miraculously heals for game 1. What are the chances.

That’s too long to fit on a jersey, smart guy
- mr.sir

Im sure AI could do it or at least create a pic to represent it.

There's gotta be an emoji or two

2 years in a row he goes out at the same time and miraculously heals for game 1. What are the chances.
- bryant

Well, based on what you said....i guess they are pretty good?

2 years in a row he goes out at the same time and miraculously heals for game 1. What are the chances.
- bryant

2022:
Placed on LTIR Feb 14th.
Activated April 12th.

2023:
Placed on LTIR Feb 20th.
Activated April 18th.

2024:
Placed on IR Feb 22nd.
Placed on LTIR March 4th.
Activated April 22nd.

2022:
Placed on LTIR Feb 14th.
Activated April 12th.

2023:
Placed on LTIR Feb 20th.
Activated April 18th.

2024:
Placed on IR Feb 22nd.
Placed on LTIR March 4th.
Activated April 22nd.
- BINGO!

Who let in the 6 goals last night?
(Win scored 7 even with weak goaltending)
- Nasty_Duck

Yes, that point has been made - but has Hellebuyck given them every reason to trust him over this Vezina winning season? Do you think one rough game has them retreating back to their blueline and creating a shell around him - or do they trust him? Do you think the Leafs trust Samsonov, based on how he has played on average, over this season? I know the answer I'm thinking of. We've all played in front of good and bad goalies and we know how we react as a team around them. Professionals are way better, but they react in a similar way.

2022:
Placed on LTIR Feb 14th.
Activated April 12th.

2023:
Placed on LTIR Feb 20th.
Activated April 18th.

2024:
Placed on IR Feb 22nd.
Placed on LTIR March 4th.
Activated April 22nd.
- BINGO!

2022 he came back before the end of the regular season (i.e., he had to fit under the salary cap).

The other two times?

Not so much.

Luke fox

"Leafs will see how Nylander feels the rest of the day, then make a decision on Game 2."

Yes, that point has been made - but has Hellebuyck given them every reason to trust him over this Vezina winning season? Do you think one rough game has them retreating back to their blueline and creating a shell around him - or do they trust him? Do you think the Leafs trust Samsonov, based on how he has played on average, over this season? I know the answer I'm thinking of. We've all played in front of good and bad goalies and we know how we react as a team around them. Professionals are way better, but they react in a similar way.
- Monkeypunk

Are you saying you saw the Leafs do this in game 1?

I didn't at all, if anything their defensive coverage was way too loose and sloppy as a whole.

If your trying to say the Leafs don't trust Samsonov I'm not sure I agree, you say "on average" but aside from the last few starts Sammy was really really good since coming back and I think the Leafs had more trust in him than Woll in the last 2.5 months or so of the season.

End of the day I'll keep saying that none of that matters if the Leafs can't score more than 1 goal on Boston goalies per game....BUT Air Corji has given me faith!

Luke fox

"Leafs will see how Nylander feels the rest of the day, then make a decision on Game 2."
- Fakepartofme

So you’re saying there’s a chance????

Leafs win game 2

Vegas, Tampa.. any market Buttman wants to see growth will always get the breaks... Vegas is a paper champion..... Buttman could careless about Canadian teams or teams with deep fan base already established... Buttman is a joke and team ownership groups allow his nonsense.....

Vegas, Tampa.. any market Buttman wants to see growth will always get the breaks... Vegas is a paper champion..... Buttman could careless about Canadian teams or teams with deep fan base already established... Buttman is a joke and team ownership groups allow his nonsense.....
- angryagain

Forgive my ignorance but what does the bolded mean?

Luke fox

"Leafs will see how Nylander feels the rest of the day, then make a decision on Game 2."
- Fakepartofme

Maybe if Nylander doesn't play and the Leafs are out in 4 games people will start believing me when I say he's their most clutch scorer in the playoffs?

Forgive my ignorance but what does the bolded mean?
- Nasty_Duck

Either they are champions made of paper or they're champions on paper.

Either way, they won the cup last year so I doubt they care.

Maybe if Nylander doesn't play and the Leafs are out in 4 games people will start believing me when I say he's their most clutch scorer in the playoffs?
- Scabeh

Some of us already believe / agree with you.

The hope is that that narrative can change to “so far” and someone like the man with the greatest porn ‘stache in NHL history goes wild in the playoffs and becomes the biggest playoff performer in Leaf history!!!