OK. So one and a half good players.

Tavares missed- 7 games and played a decent amount hurt with a broken hand

Rielly missed- 23 games and played literally all the rest injured

Marner missed- 11 games

Hyman missed- 19 games, 21 goals despite that

Muzzin missed- 17 games

Let me know when Columbus equals that.
- GreatGigInTheSky

Anderson 44 games
Murray 43 games
Texier 34 games
Atkinson 26 games

Already more than any Leaf

Bjorkstrand 21 games
Jones 14 games
Wennberg 13 games

Those are all significant amounts of games but once again can manage to work through it not using excuses nor speak of playing injured which many players do.

OK. So one and a half good players.

Tavares missed- 7 games and played a decent amount hurt with a broken hand

Rielly missed- 23 games and played literally all the rest injured

Marner missed- 11 games

Hyman missed- 19 games, 21 goals despite that

Muzzin missed- 17 games

Let me know when Columbus equals that.
- GreatGigInTheSky

https://public.tableau.co...es&:origin=viz_share_link

PIT #1
CBJ #2

States there's a huge injury issue. Leafs didn't play even close to a healthy roster all season.
- GreatGigInTheSky

Pales in comparison to CBJ. Really you have no ground to stand on.

Anderson 44 games
Murray 43 games
Texier 34 games
Atkinson 26 games

Already more than any Leaf

Bjorkstrand 21 games
Jones 14 games
Wennberg 13 games

Those are all significant amounts of games but once again can manage to work through it not using excuses nor speak of playing injured which many players do.
- Nighthawk

In fairness, none of those guys are as good as Tavares and/or Marner.
Leafs were missing Andersen as well as Muzzin, Mikheyev, Hyman, Johnsson, and Rielly plus a few others

In fairness, none of those guys are as good as Tavares and/or Marner.
Leafs were missing Andersen as well as Muzzin, Mikheyev, Hyman, Johnsson, and Rielly plus a few others
- PatC80

When the Leafs were playful well they were a far better team that CBJ. When not, they didn’t look like they deserved to be in the playoffs. Pretty hard to tell what any team looks like in first round.

In fairness, none of those guys are as good as Tavares and/or Marner.
Leafs were missing Andersen as well as Muzzin, Mikheyev, Hyman, Johnsson, and Rielly plus a few others
- PatC80

7 & 11 games are nothing to get over with the other high paid F’s. I’ll take Seth Jones over any D on the Leafs. Granted Tavares/Marner are elite but Atkinson ain’t chump change & J Anderson is a beast. I love Hyman 👍

In fairness, none of those guys are as good as Tavares and/or Marner.
Leafs were missing Andersen as well as Muzzin, Mikheyev, Hyman, Johnsson, and Rielly plus a few others
- PatC80

In terms of points and scoring, perhaps. But in terms of importance to their team and how they play, not so much. Those players were on the team that beat Tampa Bay last year for a reason.

When the Leafs were playful well they were a far better team that CBJ. When not, they didn’t look like they deserved to be in the playoffs. Pretty hard to tell what any team looks like in first round.
- Canada Cup

This is true but also in a much weaker division. 1st round is a team is ready at the bell or it can be bye bye in a hurry.

In terms of points and scoring, perhaps. But in terms of importance to their team and how they play, not so much. Those players were on the team that beat Tampa Bay last year for a reason.
- JohnFergusonJr

CBJ is very good at a team game where so many other teams are not barring a few.

The toughest teams to match up against not in order imo are Washington St Louis Dallas CBJ Boston Colorado Philly & Pittsburg. NYI could be included maybe.

Lets hear your playoff format.
- Nighthawk

if you want safety - don't play. it seems though that people in general want to go back to do the things they like - and hockey is part of the entertainment people are looking for.

if we're talking about entertainment - let's make it as interesting as possible.
i would personally be in favor of having the top 12 teams of each conference in playoffs.

then give top 2 of each division (boston, tampa, washington, philadelphia in east), and start off (pre playoffs series) with a best of 5 series between

#5 conference vs #12
#6 conference vs #11
#7 vs #10
#8 vs #9

teams (8) that lose those series can go into draft lottery; all of those teams have same odds of winning #1 pick, but always much lower odds than the 7 bottom teams not participating in playoffs (I would be in favor of giving all those teams the same odds at #1 overall pick, maybe with the exception of detroit).
so maybe detroit 12% chance of #1 overall pick, 2-7 7% chance, and other 8 teams 5%.

then playoffs, have a 2nd lottery for the playoffs brackets:

8 seeded teams (4 per conference), separating the top 2 of each division.

so EAST

boston (#1 atlantic) vs. ??
- MaximusAurelius[lottery out of 4 winners pre-playoffs]

philadelphia (#2 metro) vs. ?? [lottery out of 4 winners pre-playoffs]

winners of these series play eachother

other side

tampa vs. ?? [lottery out of 4 winners pre-playoffs]

washington vs. ?? [lottery out of 4 winners pre-playoffs]

winners of these series play eachother

(posted that Wed)

for EAST that would be
#5 conference vs #12 PITTS vs MTL
#6 conference vs #11 CAR vs FLO
#7 vs #10 LEAFS vs NYR (great matchup for TB ratings btw)
#8 vs #9 CBS VS NYI

then winners of those preseries are assigned to the bracket via lottery (lottery on which winner is A, which is B, which is C, Which is D):

BOS vs A
PHI vs B
-
WSH vs C
TB vs D

And I still think the lottery % (Det 12%, other 6 non-pre-playoff teams 7% and lostng 8 teams 5% or something like that) is quite a good solution as well.

In terms of points and scoring, perhaps. But in terms of importance to their team and how they play, not so much. Those players were on the team that beat Tampa Bay last year for a reason.
- JohnFergusonJr

Yawn

Pales in comparison to CBJ. Really you have no ground to stand on.
- Nighthawk

No.

And weren't you the guy talking about clb not making excuses?

This is true but also in a much weaker division. 1st round is a team is ready at the bell or it can be bye bye in a hurry.
- Nighthawk

Top 2 teams in the conference and the league, but much weaker division.

Yawn.

I would love to see another Boston Toronto matchup... I would watch that. I've watched 2/3 games 6/7 matchups they've had so far.

I would love to see another Boston Toronto matchup... I would watch that. I've watched 2/3 games 6/7 matchups they've had so far.
- kaptaan

that might be a reality soon to come.

In fairness, none of those guys are as good as Tavares and/or Marner.
Leafs were missing Andersen as well as Muzzin, Mikheyev, Hyman, Johnsson, and Rielly plus a few others
- PatC80

this is more weighted on TOI, so its close
https://twitter.com/ManGa...tatus/1238240346590580742

anyways, IF there is playoff hockey this summer, no excuses..both teams should be healthy

Good morning Leafy landlubbers.

Anne Hathaway's turn to wave goodbye...

OK here is matchup number 8

Gamora vs. Sue Storm, A or B

OK here is matchup number 8

Gamora vs. Sue Storm, A or B


- Aetherial

This one won’t be close.

OK here is matchup number 8

Gamora vs. Sue Storm, A or B


- Aetherial

A

OK here is matchup number 8

Gamora vs. Sue Storm, A or B


- Aetherial

A

even if B is as hot as A

in LA Finest (TV) where B plays a detective.

This one won’t be close.
- Woderwick

The matchups are random.

OK here is matchup number 8

Gamora vs. Sue Storm, A or B


- Aetherial

Skinny little Nancy Callahan. She grew up. She filled out.

B

OK here is matchup number 8

Gamora vs. Sue Storm, A or B


- Aetherial

B