How can Tampa Bay even compete?

[Devilsfan992]

I would take Tampa's bottom 6 over a lot of NHL teams. Killorn, Cirelli, Miller, and Paquette are all very solid players.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Shots are like 45-20 Leafs and high danger chances are 75% for Leafs.

Vasilevskiy is putting on an all time performance in goal right now

And? That is what Vasy does usually nightly

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Probably but my point was Toronto has been the better team tn

Then why didn't they win?

 

[M2Beezy]

Clever post. Some real insight.

Facts are facts

 

[Frank Drebin]

Then why didn't they win?

The better team always wins.

Hot goalie? - your players just aren't talented enough to score.

 

[Devilsfan992]

I don't know what's more embarrassing: the actual notion of rating these two teams by categories, having intangibles as one of the categories, or completely botching up the rating of each category.

 

[flamesforcup]

Whats even worse is Leafs fans coming in and unironically defending the picture and somehow spinning a 4-1 loss into a "dominating Leafs performance".

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

Whats even worse is Leafs fans coming in and unironically defending the picture and somehow spinning a 4-1 loss into a "dominating Leafs performance".

Well, I mean, they did dominate.

 

[Snippit]

Gord Miller last week presented his theory on how the refs are afraid to call penalties for Toronto because their powerplay is too good.

SN and TSN are totally unbiased though.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Shots are like 45-20 Leafs and high danger chances are 75% for Leafs.

Vasilevskiy is putting on an all time performance in goal right now

So you're saying the chart should say Tampa's goaltending is better.

 

[The Macho King]

Gord Miller last week presented his theory on how the refs are afraid to call penalties for Toronto because their powerplay is too good.

SN and TSN are totally unbiased though.

Explains why they never call them for Tampa.

 

[BlackDogg]

Now that is funny. Tampa defies the odds.

 

[LeapOnOver]

The fact that the producers didn't have the balls to declare anything a tie let's you know how biased they are.

 

[ScaredStreit]

Are people actually buying this? Let's compare the facts:

-Tampa has scored 20 more goals than the Leafs this season and lead the NHL
-Tampa has the best goal differential in the NHL (by 17)
-Tampa has the best record in the NHL
-Tampa plays in the same division as the Leafs and thus plays the same teams the same amount of times
-Tampa has fewer loses in more games played
-Tampa is 9-1 over their past 10 games, Toronto is 6-3-1
-Tampa has made it to the 3rd round (or better) 3 of the past 4 seasons...Toronto has failed to win a playoff series
-Tampa has been without their starting goaltender for a while and is still better than Toronto

Tampa has done all of the following since the last time the Leafs won a playoff series:
-Won a Stanley Cup
-Appeared in 2 Cup finals
-Made it to the 3rd round 5 times
-Won 11 playoff series

Leaf fans I get it you have a contender and a strong team...but I hate to break it to you but you're not as good as Tampa and that's ok because nobody's as good as they are this season (thus far).

Toronto arguably (and it's very arguable) has a better top-6 than the Lightning. If they do it's barely. Tampa's bottom 6, defense, and goaltending is clearly better.

 

[Master P]

And the end of the night its one game in the middle of December. Nothing more.

 

[Eat The Rich]

A few notes that will undoubtedly go un-noticed because they don't fit the circle-jerk in here.

1. They based intangibles on the team record when their All-Star #1 goalie went down. Not many teams can do that.
2. I don't know very many people who truly believe Andersen is better than Vasilevskiy at this point.
3. Elliotte Friedman alluded to the fact that it's a Leaf regional broadcast, these guys aren't as oblivious as you'd like them to be.

I swear, I feel some of you hate this team more than you like your own.

 

[Jtown]

the media makes it so hard to like the leafs.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Yay another Toronto bashing thread.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

So you're saying the chart should say Tampa's goaltending is better.

No I'm saying it was one of the better goaltending performances I can recall in recent history....did you watch the game?

 

[Frosty415]

Vasi did not get lucky, there's a reason he's a head of Andersen by many so far for the vezina if the season ended today

You can tell who doesn't watch tampa in this thread

 

[Jtown]

Vasi did not get lucky, there's a reason he's a head of Andersen by many so far for the vezina if the season ended today

You can tell who doesn't watch tampa in this thread

well according to that info graphic anderson is better than Vasi . Looks like luck factored in big time for the bolts today.

 

[New User Name]

As a Leafs fan that was embarrassing. But it's Rogers...need I say anymore.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Yawn wake me up when the playoffs come. Media doing what media does.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

If you get scored on by Killorn, the Goaltending checkmark should automatically move to Tampa's side.

 

[Master P]

If you get scored on by Killorn, the Goaltending checkmark should automatically move to Tampa's side.

He didn't even have to fall down either.