GDT: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning | Game #1 Tuesday @ 7:30pm | Legacy

[LeafsFan89]

Round One, Game One. Your Toronto Maple Leafs host the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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Damn, appreciate the effort!

 

[BayStBullies]

1 game doesn't make a series, let's remember that

Every game makes a series. They need to treat every game as their last.

 

[bax]

This will be great. I love exhibition games.

Any word on how Sammy is feeling?

 

[Atomos2]

Let’s do this!!!

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Round One, Game One. Your Toronto Maple Leafs host the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Tonight, for the second year in a row, the virtuous and honourable Maple Leafs begin a series against the dirty and disgraceful Lightning in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. While Cooper and Stamkos are busy complaining to the media about officiating, the Leafs are focused on the task at hand as they prepare to win the first playoff series since 2004.

30 years ago the Maple Leafs went on an unexpected and deep run that fell short thanks in no small part to shoddy officiating (the more things change eh). Those playoffs were the beginning of a run that saw the Leafs reach 4 Conference Finals in 12 years, have the fourth most playoff wins among NHL teams, and have the fifth most series wins among NHL teams. This current Leafs team is without a doubt the most talented and balanced in the Matthews era, and many of their players can draw parallels to former Leafs who were key in many deep runs. If these Leafs want to notch some series wins under their belts (preferably fouor) it won't hurt to draw upon the success and legacy of Leafs teams past.

(These aren't perfect comparisons, as Matthews really has no peer in Leafs history but Sundin is the closest, and Clark has no comparable on the current Leafs)

Lineup
Toronto Maple Leafs​

Michael Bunting (Darcy Tucker) View attachment 690681​	Auston Matthews (Mats Sundin) View attachment 690682​	Mitch Marner (Doug Gilmour) View attachment 690683​
John Tavares (Joe Nieuwendyk) View attachment 690684​	Ryan O'Reilly (Gary Roberts) View attachment 690685​	William Nylander (Alex Mogilny) View attachment 690686​
Alex Kerfoot (Steve Thomas) View attachment 690718​	Noel Acciari (Shayne Corson) View attachment 690688​	Calle Jarnkrok (Sergei Berezin) View attachment 690689​
Zach Aston-Reese (Travis Green) View attachment 690690​	David Kampf (Peter Zezel) View attachment 690691​	Sam Lafferty (Garry Valk) View attachment 690692​

Jake McCabe (Bryan McCabe) View attachment 690705​	TJ Brodie (Jamie Macoun) View attachment 690706​
Mark Giordano (Brian Leetch) View attachment 690707​	Justin Holl (Todd Gill) View attachment 690708​
Morgan Rielly (Tomas Kaberle) View attachment 690709​	Luke Schenn (Wade Belak) View attachment 690710​

Ilya Samsonov (Curtis Joseph) View attachment 690711​

Joseph Woll (Felix Potvin) View attachment 690712​

Lineup
Tampa Bay Lightning


Stamkos-Point-Kucherov
Hagel-Cirelli-Killorn
Colton-Paul-Eyssimont
Maroon-Bellemare-Perry

Hedman-Perbix
Sergachev-Raddysh
Cole-Cernak

Vasilevskiy
Elliott




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Go Leafs Go

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Sheldon Keefe - Pat Burns

Great thread man

 

[TMLife17]

This will be great. I love exhibition games.

Any word on how Sammy is feeling?

Russian machine never break

 

[Torontonian]

Waited all year for this, hopefully the boys can feed off the crowd and get an early lead and not look back.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Hanta Yo!

I have no idea what that means, but I'm with you!

Hanta Yo baby, Hanta Yo!

GLG!!

 

[fahad203]

Leafs in 4
Deal with it

 

[Darch]

Leafs should win, but we saw last night how the NHL's great equalizer was back in play. Refs who choose when to call stuff and allowing weaker teams to kill talent. >ugh<

 

[crump]

Good job Jimmy. You lost me at Steve Thomas though lol. Let’s hope Lafferty can replicate Valk Series OT series winner against Pittsburgh.

Let’s freakin go boys!!!!!

 

[Bravid Nonahan]

If Samsonov plays to his capability, we will win.

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

When asked about the start of the series, Keefe probably had the following answers for reporters' questions.

On line matching against Tampa when playing at home:

Keefe: "I'm not worried about that type of stuff. Only coaches do that type of thing".

On sending a message to his top players if they underperformed at the start of the series.

Keefe: "It is a good question. We are all feeling good, but I could see myself not picking up their dry cleaning before the next game".

On whether he would bench somebody if Marner or Matthews in particular were struggling.

Keefe: "I don't know. Maybe Willie. He knows we expect a lot from him and he can do more".

On tinkering with the lines leading up to the series, and whether he's confident for Game 1.

Keefe: "I don't think it's tinkering. I don't think of it like that. I like to diddle with the lines. We feel good. Diddling with the lines feels good. I'm going to keep diddling with them, that's my job as the coach".

 

[wingman75]

Let's effin go!

 

[Kelly]

Great GDT Jimmy!

LETS GO! I'm ready
Beers in the fridge
I've pushed pins into my makeshift Kucherov doll
I've petted my Matthews doll to completion
I've sacrificed 3 goats


THIS IS OUR YEAR MY PPL, I can smell it. GO LEAFS GO

 

[fahad203]

I would love nothing more for someone to just absolutely destroy Kuch
If it's one of our star players, even better

A total POS

 

[Larcos_Unal]

INTO THE FLOOD AGAIN, SAME OLD TRIP IT WAS BACK THEN!!!!!!

 

[PuckMagi]

I didn't really watch too many regular season games this year, but I'll definitely be watching tonight. Really looking forward to this!

 

[BayStBullies]

I would love nothing more for someone to just absolutely destroy Kuch
If it's one of our star players, even better

A total POS

I would love Kucherov to be officiated against the same rules as Bunting.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Good job Jimmy. You lost me at Steve Thomas though lol. Let’s hope Lafferty can replicate Valk Series OT series winner against Pittsburgh.

Let’s freakin go boys!!!!!

I was VERY generous to Kerfoot for his comparison lol.

 

[Fogelhund]

Kallgren called up... To be the 3rd E-bug

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[TorMapleJays]

Going to the game tonight and have a reso at 4:30 pre-game, and I have so much work to do and just know I'm going to f*** off all day. Wish me luck.

Where?

I tried to get the Loose Moose and no go

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Keys to winning:

1. Try and shut down that loaded 1st line
2. Lay the body on their D every chance you get
3. Say out of the box
4. Don't beat yourself with idiot moves (kerfoot, galchenyuk)

If they start taking dumb penalties and letting Stamkos & Kucherov tee off one-timers, you're gonna have a bad time.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[93gilmour93]

INTO THE FLOOD AGAIN, SAME OLD TRIP IT WAS BACK THEN!!!!!!