Who has the most to prove these playoffs?

[Goose]

As a Leafs fan, it’s hard to imagine anyone has more pressure on them than the Matthews/ Marner/ Tavares/ Nylander group, but there have to be others out there feeling the heat too.

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[Pavel Buchnevich]

Panarin

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Oil

 

[Love]

As a Leafs fan, it’s hard to imagine anyone has more pressure on them than the Matthews/ Marner/ Tavares/ Nylander group, but there have to be others out there feeling the heat too.

Yes probably the Leafs or the Oilers in my opinion. It wasn’t that long ago that these two teams were talked about as having “young cores” but if they don’t win soon those cores might not exist at all.

 

[BB79]

Edmonton has a lot to prove. They need a SCF appearance

 

[BertCorbeau]

In addition to the Leafs:

Rangers
Oilers
Hurricanes
Jets

In order IMO

 

[TLEH]

1) Oil
2) Leafs
3) Hurricanes
4) Rangers

In my opinion.

 

[TMLegend]

Oilers are #1. I don't think anyone is even expecting the Leafs to win their first round matchup.

Honorable mention to the Canes.

 

[Kiorei]

Oilers I think. I'd like to see the Canes get to the Cup Final though. Feel like they are due and they added Guentzel who is a big game player.

 

[Rowlet]

As a player I'd say Matthews

As a team I'd say Edmonton

 

[Canucks LB]

As a player imo mcdavid
As a team, the stars

 

[Realgud]

As a player, any leaf
As a team, the leafs

 

[Three On Zero]

Edmonton and Toronto, those cores are still too good to continually get knocked out early

 

[Praetorian Caps]

As a player I'd say Matthews

As a team I'd say Edmonton

This and McDavid, as a player too.

 

[Puckatron 3000]

In addition to the Leafs:

Rangers
Oilers
Hurricanes
Jets

In order IMO

Appreciate the call-out for the Jets, who often get overlooked. There was a lot of controversy this summer about whether Scheifele and Hellebuyck would re-sign, or if we'd enter a rebuild stage. We went all in. And even though we don't have the top-end players of the Oil or the Leafs, and the pressure those individual players must feel, we are looking at Chevy's legacy in play. He's been around for a long time, bet big with those contracts and at the TDL, and we'll see how after his long patient approach to building the team, how going all-in finally works out.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

Officials.

 

[Realgud]

This and McDavid, as a player too.

Why does a guy who scores at a 1.53 ppg in the playoffs need to prove himself? One of the very few players with a higher ppg in the playoffs than in the regular season...

 

[OVO16]

Hurricanes should be up there. They fly under the radar but needs to be talked about more how they have continued to choke in the playoffs for years now after having such dominant regular seasons

They have a lot of good players about to become UFA's at the end of this year. They need to make noise bad

 

[TLEH]

McDavid has already proven himself as an elite player. Even in the playoffs. Oilers just really need to get over the hump.

 

[River Meadow]

Matthews, not close.

He can score 10000 goals in regular season but he needs to do it when the games actually matter.

 

[DFC]

How can it not be the Leafs?

 

[Rowlet]

Appreciate the call-out for the Jets, who often get overlooked. There was a lot of controversy this summer about whether Scheifele and Hellebuyck would re-sign, or if we'd enter a rebuild stage. We went all in. And even though we don't have the top-end players of the Oil or the Leafs, and the pressure those individual players must feel, we are looking at Chevy's legacy in play. He's been around for a long time, bet big with those contracts and at the TDL, and we'll see how after his long patient approach to building the team, how going all-in finally works out.

I think a lot of the Jets pressure was alleviated after re-signing those guys, which is why they can be overlooked. Edmonton's immense pressure comes from having the best player in the league, and potentially losing two of the top 5 C's in the league over the next two seasons.

That being said, they absolutely do need to go on a deep run to entice new fans to come out and support the team.

 

[hangman005]

Does it have to be the whole person is a body part enough... because recent discourse would say Mark Stones Spleen has to be right up there

 

[Osakahaus]

Rangers. This is honestly the easiest path they can get if they get past the Canes. I will be saying that if they miss, then its game over. The same thing applies for the Hurricanes, because they have a lot of UFA's and RFA's this offseason

for the west? Its Vegas. Prove everyone who hates the LTIR wrong.

 

[Video Nasty]

Oilers as a collective team. Anything less than a Stanley Cup Finals appearance is a failure.