Who wins the first game of the regular season: Leafs or Jets?

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Logic dictates that you take the better team and player so I voted for Leafs and Matthews.

Anything can happen, though

Smart man would not bet on the Leafs. Jets have better top 6 and defense.

 

[Voodoo Child]

I don't know who is going to win but I can tell you who won't win; this website.

 

[X66]

Not only is Mason a below average starter, he sucks major against the leafs as well, so we'll see if that continues in Winnipeg.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Not only is Mason a below average starter, he sucks major against the leafs as well, so we'll see if that continues in Winnipeg.

Can always play Hellebuyck. I for one am not looking forward to throwing Mason in against the Devils.

Andersen also let in 9 goals in 2 games vs us last season..

Something tells me these games are not decided by who has the superior goaltender on paper, but rather whoever gets the most hat tricks.

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

Jets easy, leafs will regress towards their 30th place finish this season as last year was a fluke

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Looks like the Jets have a division rival.

Would love to see these two meet in the finals.

 

[Garthinater]

Jets easy, leafs will regress towards their 30th place finish this season as last year was a fluke

And people like to say that leaf haters don't exist rofl

 

[Daximus]

And people like to say that leaf haters don't exist rofl

No one says Leafs haters don't exist there are haters of every team. People just hate the Leafs more because their fan base is the largest and loudest.

 

[PG Canuck]

Jets

 

[WilliamNylander]

Matthews drops 4 again, leafs win 5-2.

 

[libertarian]

Smart man would not bet on the Leafs. Jets have better top 6 and defense.

Agree, Jets are a better all-around team. Jets by two goals.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I'm gonna say Leafs win 4-3

Laine with the winning goal?

 

[Pyrophorus]

Agree, Jets are a better all-around team. Jets by two goals.

The standings disagree.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Andersen also let in 9 goals in 2 games vs us last season..

As did the Jets' goaltenders.

 

[Garthinater]

No one says Leafs haters don't exist there are haters of every team. People just hate the Leafs more because their fan base is the largest and loudest.

You can't speak for everyone because I've literally seen people claim that people don't hate the leafs which is untrue

 

[Daximus]

You can't speak for everyone because I've literally seen people claim that people don't hate the leafs which is untrue

Care to point to any of these claims?

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Jets easy, leafs will regress towards their 30th place finish this season as last year was a fluke

If anything, 13%+ oiSH% is a fluke

Voting on that is more luck than anything as generally (not speaking about the extremes), even a good team (say 5th in the league) vs a bad team (say 26th in the league) will be quite close to a coin toss in probabilities of winning a game (about 60%-40% in favor of the better team)

So I flipped a coin and it fell on the Leafs. Therefore voted Matthews too, as the top offensive player on the winning team is more likely to get more points than the 2nd-3rd best offensive player on the losing team.

You can't speak for everyone because I've literally seen people claim that people don't hate the leafs which is untrue

"I've seen a handful of people, out of the thousands of active member of a Hockey forum, claim that people don't hate the Leafs, so I am going to generalize their statement to a greater population."

 

[Garthinater]

Care to point to any of these claims?

I'm not one to make claims without backing it up. I can't say I'll get back to you quickly but I'll message you once I find one.

"I've seen a handful of people, out of the thousands of active member of a Hockey forum, claim that people don't hate the Leafs, so I am going to generalize their statement to a greater population."

What greater population? If you never said that leaf haters don't exist then it doesn't apply to you. Difficult concept to understand, I get it poppy

 

[PunkRockLocke]

What a strange thread

Jets fan fishing for ammo on how 'good' his team is.

One game? Don't care who wins it. Both teams are bubble in their respective conferences, but the Leafs get my vote as the better squad (begrudgingly).

Matthews over Laine any day of the week. I don't expect that will ever change.

I don't get the Jets mania this offseason. Why do people think they will be good? Scheifele, Laine....Trouba (meh)...that's it

 

[MMANumminen]

Laine and Jets will humiliate Leaves as usual

 

[supersonic jet]

The standings disagree.

Most of the teams starting out healthy and on even terms, I see the Leafs having a slow start. If Leafs have near the injuries Jets had last yr, can see them finish comfortably out of the playoffs.

 

[Advanced stats]

Jets fans are so cocky considering they missed the playoffs last season, with their 2 best scorers being incredibly lucky with their goals. (Laine had a 17% shooting and Schiefle 20%) they act like Mason is a big deal, when he's still a below average goalie. They seem to think their whole team is just going to gel together nicely when they still have the same coach.
Reality is, the Jets are a bubble team.
Reality is, the leafs are a bubble team, but because they made the playoffs last season with an insanely young team, they'll likely improve. Will the Jets improve more than the leafs? Doubtful.

As for predicting one game of the season?...that's silly.

 

[supersonic jet]

Jets fans are so cocky considering they missed the playoffs last season, with their 2 best scorers being incredibly lucky with their goals. (Laine had a 17% shooting and Schiefle 20%) they act like Mason is a big deal, when he's still a below average goalie. They seem to think their whole team is just going to gel together nicely when they still have the same coach.
Reality is, the Jets are a bubble team.
Reality is, the leafs are a bubble team, but because they made the playoffs last season with an insanely young team, they'll likely improve. Will the Jets improve more than the leafs? Doubtful.

As for predicting one game of the season?...that's silly.

One fan base or both are going to be very disappointed or very happy, we will see who were more informed or maybe just big homers. Cannot wait for this season to start to get the answer to what our hopes are.

 

[Hulide]

Any chance Ehlers can get a hattrick and Andersen gets a shutout... I wish

 

[Jacksonbobson]

1-0 Jets win in a shootout