Keato
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Whatever happens tomorrow, I think we can all agree this will determine who the best player and team is.
The Laine line isn't that good defensively IMO. It's faster, so I expect Kadri's line to match-up against that line and Moore against the Schiefele line. My point wasn't that they wouldn't try it either. My point was that we're that much deeper that they're forced to match (with the Schief line IMO being the best defensively) their best centre line to ours which lets Marner's line for instance, run against weaker match-ups.
Ah yes, the one timer with which he scored an entirety of 4 goals last year. Or was it 5?
I find the (Finnish) reverence interesting. We Swedes barely liked Willie, for example, until the WCH. Lesser talent, but the best we’ve had. Even Karlsson doesn’t even come close. We love him, but there’s not a fan base devoted to just him.
I wonder to which degree cultural differences come into play.
Jets will win easily this match. 6-1, Laine with a hat trick.
Sorry maybe one timer was a bit too specific, it's more where he is alone after a pass and has time to shoot without being bothered. Of which that's the majority of his goals.
(As far as one timers I counted at least ten before I got to the half way mark of this video.)
Laine is an exemptional shooter. I think he's earned the respect of the league to have the passing lane to him constantly shut down. I think there is a possibility he doesn't find it as easy this year to get that shot off in the amount of time shown in most of these goals.
I could be totally wrong and he instead goes super syian.
Everyone is entitled to have an opinion.
I find the (Finnish) reverence interesting. We Swedes barely liked Willie, for example, until the WCH. Lesser talent, but the best we’ve had. Even Karlsson doesn’t even come close. We love him, but there’s not a fan base devoted to just him.
I wonder to which degree cultural differences come into play.
I know I was sure, called him top 3. Same with Forsberg the year or two prior. We did get Rielly though, but Forsberg would have been nice at the time as well.Lets be honest, at #15, not a great amount was expected from EK.
You could pick at 15, 100x, and not get an EK.
#8 is just a little bit better, but again you weren't sure.
Not really.
Went thru both teams pregame threads for tomorrow's game ( ya I need a life)
Jets pregame day thread:
280 post with one post bashing leaf fans, and not one proclaiming Laine the better player (which he is imo ).
Zero post talking about a rivalry other than a twitter quote from Babcock dismissing the rivalry, which was agreed with by another poster.
Mostly positive analysis of both young dynamic rosters and game matchups.
Leafs pregame thread:
124 posts, 11 of which are talking about this rivalry, proclaiming Mathews far superior over Laine or how annoying jets fans are.
There are some good posts though
So more than double the posts by Jets fans, but a fifth less than Leaf fans, that show this rivalry as a big deal.
Sportsnet eh? Someone hurry and bump that Romanuk thread!Game Day: Maple Leafs at Jets
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS at WINNIPEG JETS
Wednesday, 7 p.m., Bell MTS Place
TV: Sportsnet, Radio: 1050 AM