also the leafs have added a bit of grit but the panthers remain the more physical team, not an easy matchup for sure.
- Pat1993

I don't know how everyone discounts a team that just knocked off Boston. They didn't do it by accident.

I don't know how everyone discounts a team that just knocked off Boston. They didn't do it by accident.
- Aetherial

and they did it despite having Paul Maurice as their head coach, that's pretty impressive.

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By the way, thanks for the support in the other blog guys. Much appreciated.

kinda hard to ignore the booins' record-breaking regular season lol
- Pat1993

sure, but the experts keep bringing the standing and the gap in points between Toronto and the Panthers. It was the same thing with Boston.

They used to pay way much attention to how teams were doing in the 2nd half, cause they knew those teams would be hot coming into the playoffs.

They noticed the Oilers got hot after the deadline, but not so much the fact the Panthers did way better in the 2nd half. The regular season standing is misleading as (frank).

Anyway, Im not an expert and I did call that one.

By the way, thanks for the support in the other blog guys. Much appreciated.
- stinger67

oh, I think I missed this, hope everything is alright.

sure, but the experts keep bringing the standing and the gap in points between Toronto and the Panthers. It was the same thing with Boston.

They used to pay way much attention to how teams were doing in the 2nd half, cause they knew those teams would be hot coming into the playoffs.

They noticed the Oilers got hot after the deadline, but not so much the fact the Panthers did way better in the 2nd half. The regular season standing is misleading as (frank).

Anyway, Im not an expect and I did call that one.
- deadpoulet

yup, especially when you look at the numbers, for some reason the odds for the president trophy winners to win the cup are very low.

By the way, thanks for the support in the other blog guys. Much appreciated.
- stinger67

I don't know how everyone discounts a team that just knocked off Boston. They didn't do it by accident.
- Aetherial

Toronto can win this for sure, but not sure how this should be an easy series for them either.

yup, especially when you look at the numbers, for some reason the odds for the president trophy winners to win the cup are very low.
- Pat1993

thats a big reason I was wondering why so much people were willing to give them the cup that easy. The history was there.

To be fair, their goaltending was way better during the season as well. And Bergeron did not start the series and played hurt ( most of them do at that point, but still).

thats a big reason I was wondering why so much people were willing to give them the cup that easy. The history was there.

To be fair, their goaltending was way better during the season as well. And Bergeron did not start the series and played hurt ( most of them do at that point, but still).
- deadpoulet

it was probably the "record-breaking" part, they had such a good season it made people forget about the odds.

hate to say it but a TOR-EDM cup final could be pretty (frank)ing cool.

hate to say it but a TOR-EDM cup final could be pretty (frank)ing cool.
- Pat1993

it was probably the "record-breaking" part, they had such a good season it made people forget about the odds.
- Pat1993

ouin, pis je comprends lidee de regarder le classement, les probabilites pis toutes.
Il y a des surprises chaque annee mais ce nest pas toujours facile de predire ou elles vont advenir.

Cest plus logique de dire au debut des series que Boston et les Oilers vont se rendre en finale que de predire un parcours cendrillon a Seattle, mettons.

- stinger67

yes

hate to say it but a TOR-EDM cup final could be pretty (frank)ing cool.
- Pat1993

we surely would have a record for goals lol
my first assesment of the playoffs was that TOR was just good enough to beat a tired TB team, and then would be crushed by BOS.
change of plans, it will be FLA. but the same result is to be expected imo.

we surely would have a record for goals lol
my first assesment of the playoffs was that TOR was just good enough to beat a tired TB team, and then would be crushed by BOS.
change of plans, it will be FLA. but the same result is to be expected imo.

- fidopro

what do you mean?

hate to say it but a TOR-EDM cup final could be pretty (frank)ing cool.
- Pat1993

That might be the coolest match up on paper

Seattle getting to the finals could be a fun story, but McJesus vs Mathews would be the poop. It would be really canadian.

what do you mean?
- Pat1993

that FLA will beat TOR, rather easily

big goal for the panthers

that FLA will beat TOR, rather easily
- fidopro

I don't see why you think it'll be that easy, the laffs don't have a bad team either, but ok.

That might be the coolest match up on paper

Seattle getting to the finals could be a fun story, but McJesus vs Mathews would be the poop. It would be really canadian.
- deadpoulet

last time a 100% Canadian cup final happened was in 86, habs vs CGY lol

Knice goal

Knice goal
- AGalchenyuk27

they needed that lol

I don't see why you think it'll be that easy, the laffs don't have a bad team either, but ok.
- Pat1993

its pure logic!!