Giving Credit To Your Opponent

[Big Cactus]

Alright so we all know playoffs are stressful for everone involved. I grew up as a kid during the 90’s and early 200’s so more than anyone I love hate, passion, and physicality in hockey. However HfBoards is a close nit community and compiles the most passionate and occasionally smartest fans in the sport.

The title is self explanatory. What’s the scariest feauture of the team your playing?What player scares the hell out of you when on the ice? What are the positive attributes you see out of your opponents? Give some credit to your opposition.

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[Big Cactus]

As a leafs fan:

The bruins ability to cycle and control puck possession in the offensive zone is horrifying. It takes one bounce or a seam to open up for an easy goal. Especially after wearing down the defence over a 1min+ shift in their own zone.

The Marchand-Bergeron-Pasta line is one of, if not the best line in hockey. Even though they’ve been relatively quiet (so far) the ability that they have to dominate defensively and offensively is matched by few. The little touch passes and ability to create space for each other is incredibly frustrating to watch as an opposing fan.

 

[Kaeften]

Columbus continued playing as they entered the playoffs, essentially fighting for their lives. Duchene especially plays like he's loving every second of the games, and the fact that he has more will to win and energy than all of TB combined scares me

 

[Prince Pasta]

Leafs D was excellent in game three for cutting lanes and preventing any established zone time outside a handful of times. Fore check hems the break out from below the circles in the d-zone which is preventing any real sustained attacked from occurring, its a great game plan and the players are executing. Freddie Andersen has been outstanding, looks like the Vezina candidate he was in the first half of the season.

 

[varano]

The bruins are the bruins...they don't need explanation. I knew exactly what I was going to see and they brought it.

They're a team that has a high offence top line, a lot of grit and shit disturbing on the bottom... and a defence that can move and put a puck to the net.

 

[TychoFan]

As I've said in the past, props to the Avs so far. Scary as a lot of people predicted!

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Marner and Andersen.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Columbus has a game plan and executes it very well. They strip Tampa off its speed and trap the hell out of us. Cooper and his team don't have any answers whatsoever. The resulting frustration totally clouds the teams mind and they stop being effective (Stamkos, Point) and/or do stupid things like taunting and getting suspended (Hedman, Kucherov).

 

[gtrower]

Carolina is fast. Game 3 especially their forecheck reminded me of the Caps forwards vs the Tampa blueline in the 2018 ECF. Which is not fun to be on the other side of in a series.

 

[MLSE]

As a Leafs fan I feel like this is a therapy thread in an anger management course.

That Being said, that is how good the Bruins are at what they do.

 

[Hunter368]

As a Jets fan I give the Blues full props. Jets were a .500 team the 2nd half of the season and the Blues were the best team in the nhl the 2nd half of the season. Last I looked 46% ofJets fans voted we would lose in the 1st rd vs the Blues. Jets are the clear underdog in this series vs a very good & hot team in the Blues. #respecttheBlues

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

My team, CBJ, is up 3-0 but the opponent is so good and has so many weapons that I lack confidence that the Jackets will win the series.

 

[BonMorrison]

Stars have the game breaking forwards that the Preds lack. Every time Radulov, Seguin, Benn, or Zuccarello are on the ice - something happens. Preds are up a game but I think the Stars have been the superior team.

I said before that a lot of the Preds game plan this series was gonna be get some lucky goals and then hold onto your butts and hope Rinne shows up. Game 3 was definitely that.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

The draft lottery was tough

 

[cgf]

I would do terrible things to have Backlund & Tkachuk anchoring our 2nd line.

...oh and I'd like mr mustache if he weren't doing that shit to my team. Kid's turned himself into a nifty bottom 6er.

 

[traparatus]

Carolina just whooped us. I mean 'I can't bare to watch this anymore' kind of ass kicking. I still feel sore the morning after.

WTF, Carolina? That was just rude.

 

[2CHAINZ]

As an Ottawa fan Melnyk is really kicking our ass.

 

[smack66]

I've been saying Bruins in 7 since the start. I would say anyone who says their team will win in 7 is clearly giving the other team props. As for the Leafs, Marner, Marner, Marner "to the tune of the Brady Bunch"

 

[Steerpike]

Gaudreau is the shiftiest motherf***er I've ever seen. I'm worried about what it'll look like if he gets going. Better keep slashing the shit out of his hands so long as it keeps not getting called.

T'chuck is a rat bastard and I hate him. Landesberg is a rat bastard and I love him.

Sam Bennett plays hard and mean and I'd love to have him as well.

Flames centers are showing up all of our guys at the dot.

Mike Smith has shown the ability to summon the spirit of Hašek and frustrate the shit out of our top guys.

 

[JKinCLE]

My team, CBJ, is up 3-0 but the opponent is so good and has so many weapons that I lack confidence that the Jackets will win the series.

Same. Never did I think the Jackets would be in this situation. I'm more nervous than game 1 because they can absolutely rattle off 4 wins in a row.

 

[Summer Rose]

The scariest thing about the Coyotes' opponent is that our current opponent is nobody, and the only way nobody is going to win the Stanley Cup is if we have another lockout that cancels the whole season.

That's pretty damn scary if you ask me.

 

[Paris in Flames]

I would rather play any team in the league before Boston. They play a style and seemingly just know how to counter the Leafs style of game better than any team out there. No matter what the score of the game or what the series says....I never feel safe with Boston.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Mackinnon is McDavid tier, at least lately.

Landeskog is an underrated captain. I never realized until this playoff series what an agitator he was, a lot like Tkachuk.

Makar is gonna be a special player.

 

[DaveG]

As a canes fan, Backstrom is scaring the shit out of me any time he's on the ice. He was the most dangerous player on either team in games one and two, and it felt like he had all the decent chances the caps had last night.

 

[King In The North]

Colorado took us to Suplex City last night.