With the money you took from this guy you could buy a a lot...


- TrashPanda

(frank)ing crazy when you say that about a linemate of Steven (frank)ing Stamkos Seagull.
- RafiDRW

oh hi

Just give Kucherov all the trophies...

And Sens Hawks game has more scoring than the superbowl wtf

Nope, not ready. Not as presently constructed. For all the talent that this team has (hint: more than the Bruins) there is very little work ethic which suggests immaturity. They come with purpose when they play against playoff teams Tampa, Montreal, SAN Jose but come out flat and struggle against teams like Wings, Coyotes, and Sens
- Turnitaround

Absolutely agree with this. Love the Leafs and we have a great future, but not ready. Next year will be tough with the cap, but the year after that we get rid of Horton and Marleau contracts...…..from that year going forward is what we should be stacking our hopes on.

oh hi
- Steven_Seagull

The greatest.

With the money you took from this guy you could buy a a lot...


- TrashPanda

Ha ha ha that's great

I think Leafs are the better team and will win the series.
That said, our coach needs to smarten-up.

I think Leafs are the better team and will win the series.
That said, our coach needs to smarten-up.
- RogerRoeper

(Sarcasm incoming)

Pathetic.

The Jets lose to the Sens twice in a one week span? Losers

Golden Knights losing to Arizona 5-2 last week? Ha

Washington losing to the Panthers last week? Booo

Calgary losing to the panthers last week? Lahsihd

Oh and the mighty BRUINS? Yeah they lost to the NYR twice in a span of 10 days and threw in a loss to the Flyers in that 10 day span too. The Leafs should really learn from their future playoff competitor.

You know what? No teams deserve to win the cup this season. They should just forget the whole playoffs until contenders can finally stop being losers and go 82-0 and not lose to any non playoff team EVER. Shame on you contenders.
- Santo_44

Think you missed the point. I don’t think anyone expects a contending team to go 82-0. But you do expect them to come out and play every game like they mean business. When they lost to NYR few days ago they played that game hard, outshot their opponent but lost because they ran into a hot goalie..I don’t like losing but I have no problem because the effort was there and they played like a contender. But there was mediocre effort at best against OTT (31st placed team) and again against ARZ where they were massively outshot. Those are just 2 samples of several this season. Tampa on the other hand plays the 31st seeded team the same way that they play the 2nd seeded team. That’s what you call being a pro, coming to work, not messing around and all the other cliches

Probably not but they got Tavares now which should help. They'll probably need home ice too.

Reality is though, whoever wins probably gets poopkicked by Tampa Bay in the next round anyway.

Experience though?

I think Leafs are the better team and will win the series.
That said, our coach needs to smarten-up.
- RogerRoeper

Bold prediction: The Leafs will win the Stanley Cup within the next 5 years but it won't be with Babcock behind the bench.

Think you missed the point. I don’t think anyone expects a contending team to go 82-0. But you do expect them to come out and play every game like they mean business. When they lost to NYR few days ago they played that game hard, outshot their opponent but lost because they ran into a hot goalie..I don’t like losing but I have no problem because the effort was there and they played like a contender. But there was mediocre effort at best against OTT (31st placed team) and again against ARZ where they were massively outshot. Those are just 2 samples of several this season. Tampa on the other hand plays the 31st seeded team the same way that they play the 2nd seeded team. That’s what you call being a pro, coming to work, not messing around and all the other cliches
- Turnitaround

Talking about missing a point? You missed that he tagged the post as sarcasm...

Bold prediction: The Leafs will win the Stanley Cup within the next 5 years but it won't be with Babcock behind the bench.
- JohnFergusonJr

oh

oh
- .OHOH.

Pittsburgh (twice), Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington all fired their coach before they won a Cup with their core of players.

Just sayin', looks like a pattern.

Think you missed the point. I don’t think anyone expects a contending team to go 82-0. But you do expect them to come out and play every game like they mean business. When they lost to NYR few days ago they played that game hard, outshot their opponent but lost because they ran into a hot goalie..I don’t like losing but I have no problem because the effort was there and they played like a contender. But there was mediocre effort at best against OTT (31st placed team) and again against ARZ where they were massively outshot. Those are just 2 samples of several this season. Tampa on the other hand plays the 31st seeded team the same way that they play the 2nd seeded team. That’s what you call being a pro, coming to work, not messing around and all the other cliches
- Turnitaround

I love when people talk out of their ass to try and prove a point.

TB faced the NYR about a month ago and was outshot 33-20....

Teams play bad sometimes. Get used to it and start watching other teams other than the Leafs. You will realize no team is on their game 100% of the time.

I see the refs are ready for bruins playoff hockey

I love when people talk out of their ass to try and prove a point.

TB faced the NYR about a month ago and was outshot 33-20....

Teams play bad sometimes. Get used to it and start watching other teams other than the Leafs. You will realize no team is on their game 100% of the time.
- Santo_44

= betting on NHL games is a safe way to bankruptcy!!!

= betting on NHL games is a safe way to bankruptcy!!!
- 21peter

what if you bet against the oilers?

what if you bet against the oilers?
- Symba.007

even a blind squirrel finds a nut
a broken clock is right twice a day .

I see the refs are ready for bruins playoff hockey
- burn

That was insane.

I get it, the game is fast, yadda yadda, but when you're getting video reviews wrong or little conferences between refs wrong? It was like Nylander's "high stick" that was called a goal on the ice, but yet overturned somehow, despite not being a high stick.

Probably not but they got Tavares now which should help. They'll probably need home ice too.

Reality is though, whoever wins probably gets poopkicked by Tampa Bay in the next round anyway.

Experience though?
- JohnFergusonJr

The Leafs match up very well against Tampa. I think they would want to play us the least out of Boston/Toronto in the second round IMO

I love when people talk out of their ass to try and prove a point.

TB faced the NYR about a month ago and was outshot 33-20....

Teams play bad sometimes. Get used to it and start watching other teams other than the Leafs. You will realize no team is on their game 100% of the time.
- Santo_44

This is true, but the Leafs losing to teams like Arizona/Detroit for example is pretty awful. Those are the teams you need to beat.

This is true, but the Leafs losing to teams like Arizona/Detroit for example is pretty awful. Those are the teams you need to beat.
- Archaic

We've been playing down to non-playoff teams all year for some odd reason. Some of that is fatigue, like in AZ on Saturday, but there are a lot of times that they just get outworked or trapped and the team doesn't adjust very well.

That's kind of my biggest fear into the playoffs: Boston dismantled our weak right side and the Leafs made no adjustments.

With Rielly and a year-older Hainsey back together again, it doesn't look good either.

I don't know if these pairings are going to be the ones we go into the playoffs with, but I don't see much of an upgrade here usage-wise:

Rielly Hainsey
Muzzin Zaitsev
Gardiner Dermott

If you're going to play Dermott on his right side, why not up with Rielly?

The ups and downs of a long NHL season.

I remember my first time....

We've been playing down to non-playoff teams all year for some odd reason. Some of that is fatigue, like in AZ on Saturday, but there are a lot of times that they just get outworked or trapped and the team doesn't adjust very well.

That's kind of my biggest fear into the playoffs: Boston dismantled our weak right side and the Leafs made no adjustments.

With Rielly and a year-older Hainsey back together again, it doesn't look good either.

I don't know if these pairings are going to be the ones we go into the playoffs with, but I don't see much of an upgrade here usage-wise:

Rielly Hainsey
Muzzin Zaitsev
Gardiner Dermott

If you're going to play Dermott on his right side, why not up with Rielly?
- gravyface

Agreed. These new pairings are awful. They need to go get someone steady like Nick Jensen. They could slot him into the right side with Reilly, then Slide Hainsey in with Muzzin, and Zaitsev off the roster


Honestly Jensen fits the Leafs perfectly, cheap salary would not be a big deal for the cap, and they could look to resign him at a reasonable cap hit for next year.

Boston will kill us if we dont shore the right side up.