Pre-Game Talk: Toronto @ Arizona, Dec 28th 9pm EST
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Daisy Jane
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Pyrophorus
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Last time there we beat them 4-1. The Yotes are always tough against us-not a gimme.
FlareKnight
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They've powered their ways up the standings. Only downside to the Atlantic situation is that catching Tampa for top spot is almost impossible. They are good at feasting on our pretty weak division and should be able to hold top spot in the conference without issue.
Hopefully we come out of this break rested and ready to go. Need to beat teams like Arizona if we want to hold our current position.
A good team wins 2 of the next 3 and should honestly win all 3 but bare minimum of 2
It is unlikely but not impossible there are still 4 games to be played between the Leafs and Tampa
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stickty111
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What does that have anything to with his post? Or did you just want to say something bad about the Leafs?
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I am not, nor have I ever been worried about Boston, they made up some ground sure, but they needed Matthews to get hurt to do it and they STILL didn't catch Toronto now Mattthews is back, the gap is bound to re open
Intact
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How do you think the team that has won the Stanley cup has done in Arizona the last 2 seasons? 0 Wins, 2 losses. This is hockey it doesn't work that way
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Boston missed Bergeron, Marchand, Rask, Backes, Krejci, and I think more players due to injury this year. They also haven't relied on goaltending for a massive stretch like we did. And yes, they did catch Toronto. There's being confident in your team, and then there's making things up like you're doing
They have not tied or passed Toronto yet, therefore they have not caught them, I do not make shit up.
sorry that it was the last time we played Arizona we lost, didnt know he meant last time we were there.
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Hopefully Matthews is flying like last game, it really sets the tone when he is relentless. As for Hyman, he has looked better than usual lately, making some nice passes. Maybe Babcock is playing Hyman simply out of potential. As it stands there is no way he can be justified as a first liner, it is amazing that people can lock step believe he is doing a good job of that. However, if and when Hyman discovers he has a lot of time and space with the puck all this frustration may pay off massively. Imagine how dominant that line will be next year if Hyman becomes more of an offensive threat.
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Boston has played 6 more home games than road games. Their schedule is going to get tougher soon while ours eases up.
You may want to go and look at there remaining schedule compared to ours before you start making such definitive statements
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We are a better team then Boston and will finish higher then them.
Its a guarantee. See I can do that too.
Its a guarantee. See I can do that too.
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Hyman is a weird phenomenon where the eye test points to a bottom 6 player being gifted top 6 minutes. He bobbled picks often, rarely makes the standard skilled player you would hope a 1st line winger is capable of making, and frankly just looks like a plug compared to Nylander and Matthews some nights.
And yet when you look at it statistically he’s certainly not as terrible. A 40 point seasons seeing little to no PP time isn’t terribly bad. He’s not a top 6 winger but with Matthews it can work. Would obviously love to have someone else there, but when Matthews and Nylander are getting off, it’s hard to argue the results. Good Job Hyman, I may have been wrong about you.
As for the game. If our Big three is back than I think we can beat anyone. GLG
And yet when you look at it statistically he’s certainly not as terrible. A 40 point seasons seeing little to no PP time isn’t terribly bad. He’s not a top 6 winger but with Matthews it can work. Would obviously love to have someone else there, but when Matthews and Nylander are getting off, it’s hard to argue the results. Good Job Hyman, I may have been wrong about you.
As for the game. If our Big three is back than I think we can beat anyone. GLG
essentially prepare ourselves for Leafs/Bruins 1st round of the playoffs. Just figuring out who gets home ice for the rest of the season. Dont see either team catching Tampa, and none of the other Atlantic teams are getting close to leafs and bruins unless either team shits the bed
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