Boston isnt a good regular seasom team they are probably the best regular seasom team since 2010-2011
Agree but facts are facts. Marchand is a whiny little bisnitch. Good player yes and can score and agitate, but also has a history of Injuring players intentionally then throwing up his hands with that "what me??" look. He has injured a few Leafs with little payback. And that's their captain, the face of their fading hopes. To he11 with them.
But why does what they used to be matter at this point? As of right now, they are not much different than Florida or Toronto.
They have the mental edge over toronto
We’ve still got to get some points to secure our playoff spot. But I think we will lose out to Tampa and end up in WC1. Having to play Florida lmao
The way the Leafs play against Eastern teams it wouldn't be all that surprising to see them fall into WC1.
We're probably gonna end up playing Boston or Florida regardless
Caps are gonna get spanked like last week.
Rags are first in the East with two games in hand on Boston and one on Florida
Everyone said the exact same thing about Tampa, and then Toronto beat Tampa last season. One game has no relevance to the last game, let alone what happened years ago.
The Rangers must have the softest remaining schedule of any contending team. Other than their next game (Colorado), it's pretty much all non-playoff games. Barring the unexpected, I think the Rangers will lock up first in the conference, which means that the Leafs are getting Florida or Boston no matter where they finish.
Tampa is the one team that I think could upset Florida if they can get going. They're not what they once were but they punked the Panthers in back to back years in the playoffs and are also the 'bigger brother' of the two having won multiple cups and far more success comparatively. They've also owned the Bruins in the playoffs too.
That would be a series I’d like to see and it really wouldn’t be an upset if TB won.
I tend to agree. I could definitely see Tampa giving Florida a lot of problems.
I don’t care where the leafs end up in the playoff seeding at this point. They’ve been clear favourites in some series and lost and been underdogs in others and lost.
It really doesn’t matter. They would be considered underdogs in any of the potential matchups, but they could win a series agains any of those teams.
Honestly, other than whichever teams finishes in the second wild card spot in the Eastern, I think you can say this exact same thing about every single playoff team. The parity across the board this season is interesting.
