ECQF Game 3: Toronto Maple Leafs Vs Florida Panthers | 6:30PM ET | TBS, CBC, SN, TVAS

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THE STORY IN TORONTO

The Leafs continue to be screwed over by officiating, only receiving 4x as many powerplay minutes as Florida. Sam Bennett was only fined 5K and was not made to perform ritual seppuku as punishment for the most disgraceful hit in NHL history, which you can see here:

THE STORY IN SUNRISE


The Florida Panthers are 2 wins away from their first ECF since 1996​

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[AvroArrow]

All good Panthers fans, you better pray your team wakes up. No idea how long Bob can keep carrying them.

 

[MrSnrub]

Leafs are done if they don't get a W today. Maybe got a little overemotional after winning that single playoff series?

 

[Play]

Panthers need to wake up or they are losing 4 straight.

 

[AvroArrow]

Oh god it's Wes McCauley, probably see something stupid like 15 minutes of PP time for Florida, couple 5 on 3s, someone will get a 5 minute major.

 

[Paradise Circus]

I would be more concerned about the Leafs defense and goaltending than Bob regressing a tad.

 

[Laus723]

 

[ReHabs]

Winning a playoff round after so many years of losing and choking must've felt good but the over the top celebration thereafter clearly revealed the team (+ management, etc) are pretenders. It's going to require an enormous effort for the Leafs to claw back to par, I don't think anything they've shown us so far indicates they have that in them.

 

[A1LeafNation]

3-0 Panthers. Series done.

 

[Laus723]

3-0 Panthers. Series done.

Lol, I don’t recall either guy being particularly kind to the Panthers, though.

 

[Space Coyote]

Leafs outplayed Panthers in game 2. The difference was Bob was better than Samsonov.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Lol, I don’t recall either guy being particularly kind to the Panthers, though.

Wes MacCauley brother in law hates Sheldone Keefe. Leafs are 0-8 with Wes McCauley as a Ref in the playoffs.

He reffed game 1 of the Leafs Tampa series this year.

Leafs were getting the momentum back in that game down 3-0, came back to make it 3-2 and huge momentum hit by McCabe. Didn't call Tampa slashing on McCabe, but make a phantom slash on Kampf within seconds of the hit.

Tampa goes on to make it 4-2 on the PP, Leafs and Bunting gets rattled by the calls within minutes and headshots Cernak for a 5 min major taking Leafs out of the game for good.

Speculative but teams can absolutely get rattled by bad reffing.

 

[JimmyApples]

My prediction of Panthers in 5 is looking nice right about now, but cmon Panthers let’s sweep em’.

I’m expecting the penalties to be 5-1 for the Leafs tonight.

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

Old ways open old doors. The Leafs need to keep on doing all those things that brought them to where they are. No change, no diversion.

Just dominance.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

If Leafs continue with carrying the play like they have in the first two I think they find a way to get back in it tonight. Not very ofter you outplay a team three games in a row and lose them all.

 

[DueDiligence]

Oh god it's Wes McCauley, probably see something stupid like 15 minutes of PP time for Florida, couple 5 on 3s, someone will get a 5 minute major.

One can only hope.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Oh god it's Wes McCauley, probably see something stupid like 15 minutes of PP time for Florida, couple 5 on 3s, someone will get a 5 minute major.

So the reverse of what’s happened so far. Lol!

 

[Icarium]

Wes McCauley will be one of the refs? Forum crash incoming.

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

I’m hoping we play better after getting some rest, playing 5 in 9….we were hanging in by a thread in game 2.

 

[Lilou]

It ain't over yet hehe. Leafs taking both games in FLA. WATCH!

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Wes MacCauley brother in law hates Sheldone Keefe. Leafs are 0-8 with Wes McCauley as a Ref in the playoffs.

He reffed game 1 of the Leafs Tampa series this year.

Leafs were getting the momentum back in that game down 3-0, came back to make it 3-2 and huge momentum hit by McCabe. Didn't call Tampa slashing on McCabe, but make a phantom slash on Kampf within seconds of the hit.

Tampa goes on to make it 4-2 on the PP, Leafs and Bunting gets rattled by the calls within minutes and headshots Cernak for a 5 min major taking Leafs out of the game for good.

Speculative but teams can absolutely get rattled by bad reffing.

Well, whacky conspiracy theories aside, hopefully the power plays don’t continue to favour the Leafs 4-1. I can’t ever recall a team only getting a single penalty in two straight playoff games.
If Florida gets better reffing this game then I like their chances but Toronto has to know this is a must win game. Expecting a close game.

 

[JimmyApples]

Well, whacky conspiracy theories aside, hopefully the power plays don’t continue to favour the Leafs 4-1. I can’t ever recall a team only getting a single penalty in two straight playoff games.
If Florida gets better reffing this game then I like their chances but Toronto has to know this is a must win game. Expecting a close game.

It’s crazy that the powerplays tonight could be 5-0 Florida and it wouldn’t even up the calls.

But imagine the outrage if the penalties were 8-2 in favour of Florida?!

 

[D1az]

Leafs fans are seriously on some quite emotional, mathematically discrete sinus wave.
Pretty much complete turnaround for the emotions from one game to the next.

 

[Leonardo87]

I think Toronto just need to keep playing like they have last game. Cats were mostly under siege last game but Bob was able to come up big. It’s been a fun series so far, and am not counting Toronto out yet, but Florida can really put another nail into the coffin with a home win today.

 

[JimmyApples]

Imagine a Leafs player stepped up the way McDavid and Drai have