2020/2021 Around The League Thread | Playoff Edition III

[Knight53]

Wasting a first round pick for the corpse of Nick Foligno with Taylor Hall available will forever be hilarious.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

With 7 min to go...Nylander had a 3 on 2. He sees Edmundson coming towards him and decides to curl up before the blueline and dump the puck in.

During the EN sequence. Marner in the offensive zone has a lane to the net but decides to dump it in the corner to nobody because Petry was lining him up.

Mason Raymond was more willing to take hits than these guys.

 

[LordBacon]

And Boston loses.
God damn I’m so getting drunk after work

 

[Ace of Hades]

Always good to see the Laughs lose and choke in such mighty fashion. Overhyped losers still cant get past the first round.

 

[DFAC]

My God. What a feeling.

I will say again - I have nothing against a lot of Toronto fans. But the Media - especially CBC and TSN - can suck it. This feels glorious.

Leaf fans are pretty insufferable though, hope this humbles them up a bit

 

[Catamarca Livin]

Five straight first round exits.

Didn't they miss the playoffs last year? Or did the Canucks win 2 rounds last year? The 1st for Folingo is not looking a lot better than the 1st to get rid of one year of Marleau. I think Leaf have done a lot of things right but they like all teams can not win unless their best players are their best players. The flat cap for 5 years hurts them a lot as Matthew's contracts are not going down as a percentage of cap. Matthews is a star so their will win around some year.

 

[vanuck]

And Isles win in OT!

I'm not an evil person.....but if I had an armoured vehicle I would paint the Habs logo and all the rest of the Canadian teams then drive up and down Yonge street.

On the back I would paint.....shove it CBC.

I'm sure I can find a lot of Vancouver fans hitching a ride!

I call shotgun.

 

[Canuckle1970]

Media spending too much time on what the Leafs didn't do, and not enough about what the Habs did do.

Leadership = Price with honourable mention to (gag me) Perry.

 

[NoShowWilly]

Calgary misses, Edmonton swept, Toronto meltdown, Vancouver... Lottery win?

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

Leafs out.

 

[LordBacon]

 

[Canuckle1970]

There was something funny about seeing Corey Perry, his longtime divisional rival actually making an impact on this game.

I lost all respect for Thornton after he tried to clown Henrik when the ref was talking to both team captains. Happy to see him lose.

That's where you saw Joe's "leadership and character" on display. A loser then, a loser now.

 

[Raistlin]

Calgary misses, Edmonton swept, Toronto meltdown, Vancouver... Lottery win?

The stars are aligned. I felt bad for Toronto for the first time in my life. Took four Gm7 losses, I'm heartless

 

[Catamarca Livin]

happy the leafs lost, but what a boring series. the first important leafs/habs games in decades and it's basically a dud. oh well

It had violence, goaltending, 3rd period comebacks 2 overtime possible elimination victories and went 7 games. It was a great series for neutral or non leaf fans.
It has to be soul crushing for them. Even the WCE won a couple rounds. They will go young next year. Let the young guys lead. Vancouver should do the same.

 

[Nucker101]

It had violence, goaltending, 3rd period comebacks 2 overtime possible elimination victories and went 7 games. It was a great series for neutral or non leaf fans.
It has to be soul crushing for them. Even the WCE won a couple rounds. They will go young next year. Let the young guys lead. Vancouver should do the same.

Admittedly I didn’t watch much of it, but the pace and intensity seemed so much faster in the TB/FLA series, that was fun to watch.

 

[ziploc]

Calgary misses, Edmonton swept, Toronto meltdown, Vancouver... Lottery win?

Don't. That's called "Tempting the Fates". Let's just accept that we will somehow pick 21st and be happy with our lot.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

LOL.

To Toronto: F Nick Foligno, F Stefan Noesen
To Columbus: 2021 1st round pick (TOR), 2022 4th round pick (TOR)
To San Jose: 2021 4th round pick (TOR)

To Toronto: F Riley Nash
To Columbus: 2022 6th or 7th round pick

To Toronto: G David Rittich
To Calgary: 2022 3rd round pick

To Toronto: D Ben Hutton
To Anaheim: 2021 5th round pick

 

[Canuckle1970]

Admittedly I didn’t watch much of it, but the pace and intensity seemed so much faster in the TB/FLA series, that was fun to watch.

Loved the Florida Cup, and now loving Avs & Knights.

 

[Melvin]

I love hockey

 

[krutovsdonut]

so sad

 

[Knight53]

LOL.

To Toronto: F Nick Foligno, F Stefan Noesen
To Columbus: 2021 1st round pick (TOR), 2022 4th round pick (TOR)
To San Jose: 2021 4th round pick (TOR)

To Toronto: F Riley Nash
To Columbus: 2022 6th or 7th round pick

To Toronto: G David Rittich
To Calgary: 2022 3rd round pick

To Toronto: D Ben Hutton
To Anaheim: 2021 5th round pick

 

[krutovsdonut]

schadenfreude steeping through my whole body.

 

[VibinCanuck]

Is there a bigger loser in the league than Joe Thornton?

And imagine being dumb enough to sell him as some "great grizzled vet" that would teach them how to win. Comical all year and more so with this result.

 

[StreetHawk]

Didn't they miss the playoffs last year? Or did the Canucks win 2 rounds last year? The 1st for Folingo is not looking a lot better than the 1st to get rid of one year of Marleau. I think Leaf have done a lot of things right but they like all teams can not win unless their best players are their best players. The flat cap for 5 years hurts them a lot as Matthew's contracts are not going down as a percentage of cap. Matthews is a star so their will win around some year.

Honestly, you have to wonder for Toronto about them not keep Lou Lam around til he was able to sign their young kids coming out of elc. Lou is historically known to be a tough negotiator on young players.
Sign Tavares for $11 mill and your kids think that’s the bar to aim for in their contracts.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Wasting a first round pick for the corpse of Nick Foligno with Taylor Hall available will forever be hilarious.

Technically a first and two fourth rounders for Foligno. And a third rounder for Big Save Dave Rittich who was the third string goalie. They have 3 picks in the upcoming draft and not a lot the next year either.