Road to Lord Stanley's Cup - Official 2018 NHL Playoffs thread
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Waterproof
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Go Sharks!
timothy_strickland
BRUHZ
leafs needed a big skilled goal-scoring centerman, they already drafted wingers in the past two drafts in nylander and marner.
timothy_strickland
BRUHZ
Im rooting 4 any western team and winner of caps/pens
screw the bruins and lightning.
screw the bruins and lightning.
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.Why screw the Lightning? Does it have to do with Stamkos not going to Toronto?
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last time leafs got out the first round, sundin wsa captain, had guys like roberts and niewyndyk, tomas kaberle was still a leaf and eddy belfour was in net 
Homer Simpson
Superstar
People need to chill. Better teams have had more disappointing seasons but are allowed to stay the course because no one gives a fukk if they fail.
Dion is a bigger pylon than Gardiner
and he still has 3 more years at a 7M per year cap hit 
It was a miracle the Leafs were even able to trade him.
it's year 2 for Matthews against Chara/Bergeron/Bruins It's series like this that will make him/Leafs better. They shut Crosby down too, and Crosby's better than Matthews. Matthews is for sure better than Laine though, that's not even a question. Matthews never fully got his game back this year after being hurt tbh. 5 points in 6 games last year. 
Nylander was pathetic again.. even when playing against weak opposition, but he's a skilled Swede so people won't mention it At least he's an RFA now, and Lou will be able to penny pinch him.
I've hated Gardiner for years and low-key hate all those bums from that era.
JVR, Bozak, Polak, Komarov are all UFAs and will be gone. They have too many NHL ready forwards so they have the pieces to trade for D. They need a couple of pieces back there. They thought they could be like Pittsburgh, but Malkin and Crosby when they're on can be top 2 players in the world.
Zaitsev's first year of a 7 year contract was a disaster. They're blaming it on him getting sick and losing a lot of weight, they better be right. His contract and Matt Martin's (who can't even get in the lineup) are eyesores, but other than that the Leafs management have done a great job drafting and developing so far.
Disappointing ending, but the start of the series was a million times worse than the end. They're going to have a bunch of space to retool next year. Players are naturally aging out of their contracts with cheap players/prospects there to replace them. They have the pieces to make the trades they need to make.
Next year is the last year of Marner/Matthews on ELCs though, so they better get their ducks in a row.
Dion is a bigger pylon than Gardiner
and he still has 3 more years at a 7M per year cap hit It was a miracle the Leafs were even able to trade him.it's year 2 for Matthews against Chara/Bergeron/Bruins
It's series like this that will make him/Leafs better. They shut Crosby down too, and Crosby's better than Matthews. Matthews is for sure better than Laine though, that's not even a question. Matthews never fully got his game back this year after being hurt tbh. 5 points in 6 games last year. Nylander was pathetic again.. even when playing against weak opposition, but he's a skilled Swede so people won't mention it
At least he's an RFA now, and Lou will be able to penny pinch him. I've hated Gardiner for years and low-key hate all those bums from that era.
JVR, Bozak, Polak, Komarov are all UFAs and will be gone. They have too many NHL ready forwards so they have the pieces to trade for D. They need a couple of pieces back there. They thought they could be like Pittsburgh, but Malkin and Crosby when they're on can be top 2 players in the world.
Zaitsev's first year of a 7 year contract was a disaster. They're blaming it on him getting sick and losing a lot of weight, they better be right.
His contract and Matt Martin's (who can't even get in the lineup) are eyesores, but other than that the Leafs management have done a great job drafting and developing so far. Disappointing ending, but the start of the series was a million times worse than the end. They're going to have a bunch of space to retool next year. Players are naturally aging out of their contracts with cheap players/prospects there to replace them. They have the pieces to make the trades they need to make.
Next year is the last year of Marner/Matthews on ELCs though, so they better get their ducks in a row.
fukk outta here andersen is the reason you scrubs even made it a long series
in game 7 even though he was swiss cheese he held up fine against rask
it was your defense that was QMJHL status - no puck possession, hanging andersen out to dry
timothy_strickland
BRUHZ
i'd only keep kadri from the old leafs core.
btw associating rielly to the bozak/jvr/gardiner/lupul era aint fair. he didnt play in the playoffs in 2013.
@Homer Simpson
btw associating rielly to the bozak/jvr/gardiner/lupul era aint fair. he didnt play in the playoffs in 2013.
@Homer Simpson
SmoothOperator88
Your friendly neighborhood coli poster
Marchessault signed a contract extension in January.
Its still funny to me Leafs went into the playoffs with this defense....They were ass ALL YEAR,they had a shot to make changes at the deadline.
This team has the pieces up front that a few tweaks on the blueline could made a major difference in this series and instead they said NAH were good
2-3 competent defenseman would be the difference between losing again and going deep and they SAID these fans will pay for anything WERE GOOD...
You cant win with Gardiner,Polak,Zaitsev and Hainsey back there thats way too much liability...
Hainsey is a defensive defenseman who SUCKS in his own end how does he even have job in this league ???
This team has the pieces up front that a few tweaks on the blueline could made a major difference in this series and instead they said NAH were good
2-3 competent defenseman would be the difference between losing again and going deep and they SAID these fans will pay for anything WERE GOOD...
You cant win with Gardiner,Polak,Zaitsev and Hainsey back there thats way too much liability...
Hainsey is a defensive defenseman who SUCKS in his own end how does he even have job in this league ???
b_priest9mm
A work in progress...
Already hating on Matthews? Everyone in the league would kill to have him.
Not hating but he was invisible in this series and its worth noting.
Sweeney did his thing, I can't front. I thought he was a fool a few years ago but he clearly knew what he was doing. Bruins IMO won't go too far. Chara looking old and not the dominant force he once was. Rask is a good goalie but has a tendency to fall off every once in a while.
They might beat Tampa but would have to channel Chara from 2013.
Leafs need to get tougher. Their D is weak. Hard to really evaluate Anderson with that terrible D. He did let in some softies though. Need to address that in the offseason and get Mathews in the gym. Comes acrosss as passive. He's still young though so there's time.