Around the League - PLAYOFFS!?

ToneDog

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Bennett and Josh Anderson are classic case of players evolving into toughness games that they weren't known for

Bennett was known for feistiness, not the A hole he has turned out to be
Anderson was never known for fighting at all apparently even in his first year with Columbus

Then one fine morning he shifted his game. Even fought Chara



It's a good thing we didn't

We couldn't have Collin Blackwell, Joe Thornton at the age of 40, Wayne Simmonds who was done, Jimmy Vessey, Barabanov, Malgin, Foligno who didn't score a single goal for us

I wonder why sometimes I wanna punch Dubas
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Superstar

"Be water, my friend."
Jun 25, 2008
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Yeah great skaters. Boston D constantly have to worry about their forwards carrying the puck out

We lost a lot of speed over the years. Matthews allergic to carrying the puck and not a fast skater
Tavares is a snail

Our Centers are slow

You also have Marner who thinks he's got all the time in the world to slow the game down in the playoffs.
 

mikeyz

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Florida makes Boston pay for that double minor.

In hindsight. I am actually kinda glad we lost that game 7 O.T. Because looking at how this series is shaping up now, and how the Panthers are looking ATM, there is absolutely no f***ing chance in hell we were beating them.
 
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GQS

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Looking at how the Panthers move the puck around and how they're looking for deflections, tip ins, open shots etc. There's no reason why the Leafs can't do the same and its mind boggling that their powerplay was so bad in comparison. So many Leafs shots were relatively easy saves while the Panthers can find different ways to beat a good goalie like Swayman.
 

ToneDog

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Florida makes Boston pay for that double minor.

In hindsight. I am actually kinda glad we lost that game 7 O.T. Because looking at how this series is shaping up now, and how the Panthers are looking ATM, there is absolutely no f***ing chance in hell we were beating them.
I wouldn't mind if Tkachuk fed Marner a few like he did Pasta.
 
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ToneDog

56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
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Looking at how the Panthers move the puck around and how they're looking for deflections, tip ins, open shots etc. There's no reason why the Leafs can't do the same and its mind boggling that their powerplay was so bad in comparison. So many Leafs shots were relatively easy saves while the Panthers can find different ways to beat a good goalie like Swayman.
They don't have Rielly and Marner quarterbacking their PP.
 
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Superstar

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Looking at how the Panthers move the puck around and how they're looking for deflections, tip ins, open shots etc. There's no reason why the Leafs can't do the same and its mind boggling that their powerplay was so bad in comparison. So many Leafs shots were relatively easy saves while the Panthers can find different ways to beat a good goalie like Swayman.

Everyone of Florida's players on their powerplay are capable shooters...we got 2 muffin shot artists in Marner and Rielly, so the opponents just focus on Matthews and Willy, and tie up Tavares in front of the net if he gets the puck.
 

Leaffan1991

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The reason we can't score in the playoffs is because they don't go into the dirty areas and try and get greasy goals, all other teams get a bunch of traffic in front of the net and take point shots
 
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