They just made the final four doing that. Leafs haven't made it past the final 16 in forever.
Its much smaller than the disadvantage than the goaltending advantage the Rangers have. Lets put it this way:
Rangers offence 8 << Leafs offence 9.5
Rangers defence 8 = Leafs defence 8.0
Rangers goalies 9.5 >>>> Leafs goalies 6.0
I value having good goaltending. Shitty goaltending has blown a lot of series for the Caps over the years.
How do people come up with these numbers?
HDCF%
Toronto - 2nd (Toronto gave up 496 HDCA)
NYR - 26th (NYR gave up 573 HDCA)
NYR (at 5v5) was one of the most porous defensive teams in the league. The difference between NYR and some of the lottery teams, in terms of 5v5 play, was basically a Vezina calibre goaltender.
Rangers offence 6 < < < Leafs offence 10
Rangers defence 6 < Leafs defence (9th in xGA) 8
Rangers goaltending 10 > > > Leafs goaltending 5 (I hope?)
It's crazy how much Shesty covered up last year. If he takes even a 10% step back in GSAA, the Rangers may struggle to even make the playoffs.
Btw, I am looking at offence and defence as total systems, not position players.
That’s just devil & isle fans voting against the Rangers lol. leafsfan5, 91leafstavares91, dionthefluff, and people with location: Toronto are probably leaf fans.
Only see one Ranger fan other than myself who voted for us so far. Even one of our heated rivals (Caps) fans clicked like on my post saying that and voted Rangers lol.
Obviously people prefer voting for their team, I’m just saying there is a bizarre discrepancy here. Doesn’t make sense that they’re voted the 4th cup favorite meanwhile losing a poll about whether they’ll even make it out the first round
Why doesn't it make sense?
Read the thread about the first round a bit closer - most people are saying something like "I hope they lose again, but if they win a round, I could see them going deep". Basically, you have 30 fanbases hoping to keep the meme going strong, but actually like Toronto's team.
