Around the League - Deadline Edition

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Well at least Ottawa didn’t get absolutely destroyed by McDavid and Draisaitl in this loss.

 

[fahad203]

Oilers are my preferred matchup in Round 1, they just don't have the depth, or D to compete. McDrai would be toast by game 3 or 4 playing 28 minutes a night.

No faith in Smith/Koskanen either.

Montreal. When was the last time we had a playoff series against the Habs? Even in Covid, this will be epic

Hoping by then, they'll allow some fans in arenas or at least patios

 

[Suntouchable13]

I think Leafs Habs first round looks like more and more like a reality.

 

[Not My Tempo]

I think Leafs Habs first round looks like more and more like a reality.

Which I’m okay with. The Habs don’t have any “dangerous” game breaking things. We stick to our plan, and we can win.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Which I’m okay with. The Habs don’t have any “dangerous” game breaking things. We stick to our plan, and we can win.

We should win, no excuses this year.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Has he done well with the NYI, yes or no?

He's done well in hiring Trotz. Unfortunately he's set the team up with many of the same mistakes he made in TO.

 

[3blizzard4]

A Leafs vs. Habs playoff series without fans is a crime against humanity.

 

[wingman75]

It's always a good night when les Habitants lose.

Wouldn't it be something if CGY beat MTL in all the final 5 and somehow managed to pass them? Extremely unlikely, but would be a hoot.

I know playing them in the playoffs would be cool, but so would them epically missing!

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Man I never knew how much of Habs “success” this season relies on overtime losses.

 

[Sypher04]

So, Edmonton beat Ottawa all 9 games. They've beat Calgary 5 of 7.

That means they are only 11-13-2 against teams that aren't bottom-2 in the division.
Won 3 of 5 vs Vancouver as well

So 8-11-2 vs playoff teams in the North.

Also, McDavid & Draisaitl have both had 21 points in 9 games vs Ottawa.
In McDavid's case that's 2.33ppg vs Ottawa, 1.5ppg vs the rest of the division.

Now, lots of players pad stats against bad teams, so I'm not criticizing or cutting anyone down, just thought it was interesting to note.

 

[3blizzard4]

So, Edmonton beat Ottawa all 9 games. They've beat Calgary 5 of 7.

That means they are only 11-13-2 against teams that aren't bottom-2 in the division.
Won 3 of 5 vs Vancouver as well

So 8-11-2 vs playoff teams in the North.

Also, McDavid & Draisaitl have both had 21 points in 9 games vs Ottawa.
In McDavid's case that's 2.33ppg vs Ottawa, 1.5ppg vs the rest of the division.

Now, lots of players pad stats against bad teams, so I'm not criticizing or cutting anyone down, just thought it was interesting to note.

Trying brining those stats up with LOiler fans.

 

[BertCorbeau]

That Pearson deal remind me of several years ago when the Leafs re-signed Grabovski (I think) after they had acquired Bolland, and had Kadri breaking onto the roster .. And the Leafs then had to dump Grabo because of it.

Or maybe I have my history wrong, it's early

 

[TML1967]

Montreal. When was the last time we had a playoff series against the Habs? Even in Covid, this will be epic

Hoping by then, they'll allow some fans in arenas or at least patios

I would LOVE to beat Montreal in a series.
I THINK Edmonton, styilistically, matches up better for us in the 1st round.
Let Montreal and Winnipeg grind and defend eachoter to death for a round before we need to deal with them.

 

[Fogelhund]

I would LOVE to beat Montreal in a series.
I THINK Edmonton, styilistically, matches up better for us in the 1st round.
Let Montreal and Winnipeg grind and defend eachoter to death for a round before we need to deal with them.

It's going to be interesting. I think it's probable that we get Montreal in the first round. But, they have four games left against Edmonton, and are 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 OT win against them... so they might make up some ground. However, they don't match up well with the Flames, going 1 win, three losses so far, and have five more games against them.

 

[Menzinger]

A Habs-Leafs playoff series wouldn't just be good, it would be great for the sport of hockey as a historical rivalry I think things have definitely wained a bit in recent years due to the lack of post season matchups

 

[rdogg]

That Pearson deal remind me of several years ago when the Leafs re-signed Grabovski (I think) after they had acquired Bolland, and had Kadri breaking onto the roster .. And the Leafs then had to dump Grabo because of it.

Or maybe I have my history wrong, it's early

I never understood why the Leafs bought out Grabovski. If they wanted him off the team so bad I thought they could have traded him for a 7th round pick at least.

 

[fahad203]

I never understood why the Leafs bought out Grabovski. If they wanted him off the team so bad I thought they could have traded him for a 7th round pick at least.

Grabo was done by then. His contract was atrocious at the time. His concussion history and lost a step because of it.
He was being paid 5.5 and was really poor in the playoffs

He was overpaid to begin with at the time. Also, this is when Bell/Rogers took over. I think they wanted to get away from certain players and era
Burke was also fired right after the lock out

After the lock out, the entire line fell of the cliff. Kulemin went from 30 goal to like a 8 goal scorer next 2 years
McArthur had reoccuring injuries

 

[TMLegend]

Man I never knew how much of Habs “success” this season relies on overtime losses.

Which bodes well for them if they make the playoffs. No 3v3 or shootout gimmicks to contend with.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

That Pearson deal remind me of several years ago when the Leafs re-signed Grabovski (I think) after they had acquired Bolland, and had Kadri breaking onto the roster .. And the Leafs then had to dump Grabo because of it.

Or maybe I have my history wrong, it's early

Grabo was signed before Bolland. I think he re-signed before Carlyle was hired. After Carlyle was hired and he made obvious his dislike of Grabovski and MacArthur, both players were moved out in favour of more Carlyle-like players in Bolland and Clarkson.

I’m still not impressed with those series of events that off-season.

Just checked, Carlyle was hired March 2nd 2012, Grabo signed his new contract March 6th 2012. What a dumb way to go about it. Why sign a guy long term before you know your newly hired head coach will like him?

 

[Gabriel426]

Maybe bc of the 3 games in Edmonton, but I think Oilers is the best match up. Habs will be good too bc I think Price is hurt really bad and their defence is slow. Jets is the least favourable matchup bc of Helle and their forwards. Flames will be interesting too.

 

[RealisticLeaf55]

That Habs against Jets game was dog shit garbage. Both teams have terrible defense. Only difference was the Jets have decent goaltending and scoring.

 

[TopChedder]

That Habs against Jets game was dog shit garbage. Both teams have terrible defense. Only difference was the Jets have decent goaltending and scoring.

Habs should have rebuilt or tanked. They never did and never got 1OA picks. The one top 3 pick they have had plays on our team lol

 

[BertCorbeau]

Habs should have rebuilt or tanked. They never did and never got 1OA picks. The one top 3 pick they have had plays on our team lol

You're forgetting about Kotkaniemi .. But he hasn't exactly lit it up so far his career.

Their other top 10 pick was Sergachev and we know how that turned out

 

[TopChedder]

You're forgetting about Kotkaniemi .. But he hasn't exactly lit it up so far his career.

Their other top 10 pick was Sergachev and we know how that turned out

Very true!

I meant more of top 5....or was KK top 5? Lol I cannot remember.

But the only way to get young elite talent is to draft it most times.

 

[hockeywiz542]