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And in 15-16 we swept the Penguins in the regular season, they then went on to win the Cup. By Leafs logic, we were better and therefore deserved the Cup.
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Who gets 3rd in the Atlantic?
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And in 15-16 we swept the Penguins in the regular season, they then went on to win the Cup. By Leafs logic, we were better and therefore deserved the Cup.
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38-18-6 is not 0.630. It's 0.661, which is a 108 points pace. And here's an interesting tidbit: the best points totals in a regular season EVER by the Maple Leafs is 103 points (bonus trivia: the Leafs have only three 100+ points seasons ever. Besides the already mentioned all time best of 103, they have two seasons of exactly 100 points each).
So, Cassidy's Bruins in a 3/4 of a season sample have performed better than the Leafs ever did since they were founded.
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It's even better: 38-18-6 is 0.661. And that would have meant 4th overall last year.
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Boston playing very well right now. 2 pts back of 2nd in Atlantic with 3 games in hand. I think it's time to add Toronto to this poll isn't it?
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The arrogance to not include the Leafs as an option is astounding. Well done.
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Toronto should obviously be an option lol. I mean it is basically between Boston and Toronto at this point anyways. Though I do think that the Leafs will still end up in 2nd. They are coming out of by far the toughest part of their schedule this season, meanwhile Boston has been in a soft spot. That isn't meant as any kind of shot at Boston, a lot of teams don't take advantage of those soft spots and they did. But the Leafs have had a ridiculous schedule the last 6 weeks or so and it eases off a lot in the new year and towards the stretch run.
Bruins have been whooping some Tampa ass the last couple years and swept the Pens last season. Regular season records mean crap come playoff time.
I really hope the two team meet in the first round. The tears will be delightful.
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Yeah, Boston tears are especially delicious.
But seriously, I just don't feel threatened by Boston. Tampa is the real deal and I'm expecting a good matchup between the two blue and white teams.
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How you play against Tampa somehow correlates to playing Toronto? Alright lol. Not that I disagree with you that regular season records don't mean as much as most people try to say they do but that was a really weird response.
Especially delicious because before the past couple seasons playing Toronto was a bonafide blowout win?
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Here to help: the Bruins lost a total of 49 - FOURTY-NINE - man games to injury. Our entire top 9 + two defensemen + our starting goalie have missed significant time (Krejci and McQuaid are still out).
That means that the Bruins had no more than probably 2/3rds of the regular roster for the vast majority of the season so far. It is not by chance that the Bruins had to push in a great deal of rookies in the lineup (SEVEN rookies scored their first ever NHL goal for the Bruins this season...). Only in the last 8-9 games we were close to fielding a full roster. As things stand, we haven't had even one game @ full roster.
All this to say that Boston has NOT been in a "soft spot" whatsoever. As a matter of fact, we've been through hell.
And even with that, we currently have the 6th best points percentage in the whole league (the only team with worst injuries than us, Anaheim, has the 20th best points %) . Only Tampa, Vegas, New Jersey, Nashville, and Los Angeles have performed better: that means we outperformed 83.3% of the league.
PS: against those 5 teams who have been better than us, we have a combined 5-2-1 record. That’s a 688 record or a 112 points pace vs the best of the best.
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PatriceBergeronFan
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Don't worry - Boston doesn't "feel threatened " by Toronto either.
TheBeastCoast
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Okay so everything you said in this post was correct. You guys have had a lot of injuries....but it has absolutely nothing to with what I posted so I am not quite sure why you quoted me, seeing as I wasn't addressing injuries and simple the two teams schedules to this point. I'm not even saying that I think the Leafs will definitely finish ahead I do think it is close but the Leafs have an easier schedule to end the season, there really isn't a way to doubt that.
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For the sake of establishing what a "soft spot" of a whole season it has been so far, would you consider "softer":
a) playing a marginally better schedule (I have not checked this, I am taking your statement in good faith) with a horribly destroyed roster
OR
b) playing a marginally worse schedule with pretty much a full roster at all times (I know, Matthews lost 10 games with a concussion)
?
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I would objectively take A. I would like to add that I was not trying to say your entire schedule has been easy just the last month or so for both teams. The Bruins have had a run with lots of home games and decent amount of rest, and you guys have started getting healthier. Meanwhile the Leafs had a tough stretch with lots of road games without Matthews. In the end I think it all balances out and the teams are fairly even anyways. It would be a fun series to watch though for sure.
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I gotta say, I like you. Good post. Can't object to anything here.
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Oh, I'm sorry. Not what you wanted to hear?
I meant, "it will come down to a three way race for spots #2 and #3 between the Lightning, Habs and Bruins while the Leafs easily sew up the top spot".
Habs??? whoa are you out to lunch.
the leafs are the best Canadian team right now. the top 3 teams in the Atlantic are the top 3 teams in the east.
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obviously not. tampa is the best team in the league. they're stacked. at every single position.
I think byvthe end of the season you're gonna see a huuuge margin between 3rd and 4th in the atlantic. like 15 or 20 points.
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