Pre-Game Talk: Game 5 - MTL on the brink.

[Twine Tickler]

I think if the Leafs finish them off, we will see more "playoff style hockey" against WPG. That series could be nasty even.

to be honest, we shit kicked WPG 5v5 this year.

xGF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:

HDCF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:

As long as we can keep the game 5v5, and Helly doesn't play like a god we should be more than OK against them. But first things first. Gotta step on the Habs throats tmw.

 

[Brobust]

to be honest, we shit kicked WPG 5v5 this year.

xGF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:
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HDCF% @ 5v5 against the Leafs:
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As long as we can keep the game 5v5, and Helly doesn't play like a god we should be more than OK against them. But first things first. Gotta step on the Habs throats tmw.

That's with the leafs basically taking the season ending game lightly.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Not only is Winnipeg resting but if we (hopefully) beat Winnipeg the next team we play will be resting and waiting also. Let’s put it away in 5

Down MTL in 5 then down WPG in 4 and we’re all caught up.

 

[Atomos2]

End it. Just end it.

We brought the shovels. It's time to bury them.

 

[mix1home]

They say winning the 4th game to close out a series is the toughest, so lets get er' done boys !!!!

Good thing we already won game #4 and it will be easier game #5.

 

[Voodoo Child]

It's much easier to goalie a team with two all-world talents and a decent second liner surrounded by AHLers than it is to goalie a team with two first lines and a bottom six that can score.

Winnipeg is a much better team than Montreal but I'm not too worried.

The Habs had maybe a 15% chance of beating us at the start of the series. I'd give Winnipeg 33.3%.

 

[Pi]

It's much easier to goalie a team with two all-world talents and a decent second liner surrounded by AHLers than it is to goalie a team with two first lines and a bottom six that can score.

Winnipeg is a much better team than Montreal but I'm not too worried.

The Habs had maybe a 15% chance of beating us at the start of the series. I'd give Winnipeg 33.3%.

Yeah. I think Matthews and Marner are going to rip through them and if they don’t, Nylander has more talent in his pinky than the entire Oilers team minus McDavid and Draisaitl so he’ll destroy them.

 

[Clark4Ever]

The fact that Winnipeg is already resting and waiting should be plenty of motivation for the boys to put in their best effort tomorrow.

 

[Clark4Ever]

It's much easier to goalie a team with two all-world talents and a decent second liner surrounded by AHLers than it is to goalie a team with two first lines and a bottom six that can score.

Winnipeg is a much better team than Montreal but I'm not too worried.

The Habs had maybe a 15% chance of beating us at the start of the series. I'd give Winnipeg 33.3%.

If we advance, Winnipeg will be a tough out.

 

[Pi]

Not only is Winnipeg resting but if we (hopefully) beat Winnipeg the next team we play will be resting and waiting also. Let’s put it away in 5

Rest is overrated. We’ve played more games but Winnipeg has played more minutes.

Plus, look at the games itself. We’ve kept the Habs to the outside for the most part and coasted in games. Winnipeg was facing shot after shot and Hellebuyck saved their ass 3 straight times in OT.

 

[Clark4Ever]

If Foligno is ready to come back, I really hope Keefe doesn't mess with the second line.

 

[Budz22]

We all know this could’ve been a sweep.

 

[GrizzLeaf]

Just
Frikken
Win!

 

[al secord]

delete

 

[Subway Schenn]

The last time the Leafs won a playoff series we had Mats, Roberts, Almo, Kaberle, McCabe, Belfour, Poni, Big Nik, Tucker, Domi, Leetch, Marchment, Francis, Nieuwendyk, Klee, Reichel, Aki Berg, heck Renberg was still a Leaf!

Long overdue. Big dreams this year!

 

[al secord]

The last time the Leafs won a playoff series we had Mats, Roberts, Almo, Kaberle, McCabe, Belfour, Poni, Big Nik, Tucker, Domi, Leetch, Marchment, Francis, Nieuwendyk, Klee, Reichel, Aki Berg, heck Renberg was still a Leaf!

Long overdue. Big dreams this year!

Ken Motherf****n Klee

 

[Cleetus]

Ken Motherf****n Klee

 

[Pete2000]

LEAFS IN 4!!!!!

 

[Pete2000]

YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR BAG NOW

 

[LeafalCrusader]

If Foligno is ready to come back, I really hope Keefe doesn't mess with the second line.

Put him back with Matthews and Marner and reunite the HEM line

Foligno Matthews Marner
Galchenyuk Kerfoot Nylander
Mikheyev Engvall Hyman
Vintage

 

[Stonehands1990]

Put him back with Matthews and Marner and reunite the HEM line

Foligno Matthews Marner
Galchenyuk Kerfoot Nylander
Mikheyev Engvall Hyman
Vintage

I find we play better as a team with the HEM or ZIP line intact. We get the full value of Hyman. I’m all in favour of this

 

[Voodoo Child]

 

[showtime8]

The biggest takeaway for me is how important the depth scoring has been and will continue to be in the playoffs.

Right now, Galchenyuk, Spezza and Rielly have as many points as Marner and Matthews.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Who do the Leafs play after the jets?

 

[BrannigansLaw]

I’m confident they’ll get the job done tomorrow but until then there are no guarantees. Still a job to do and I hope they come with that mindset and finish these losers off.