[ADF] Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) | Panthers win series 4-1

[Roberts]

the leafs aren't even winning and they are spending the ENTIRE intermission talking about them.

[King Heffy]

2 minutes ago, greenbean30 said:

I hate Ron so much lol, such a f**king tool

Even Rotten Ronnie's family will be drinking champagne at his funeral.  Sportsnet should be ashamed to employ that worthless sack of ****.

[MaxVerstappen33]

uggh where are the Sportsnet streams.. i dont want to watch ESPN

[Canuck You]

2 minutes ago, canuckwings said:

Who's that in the middle of the panel? Dallas Eakins? His voice is putting me to sleep lol...I want more Bieksa please 

Yup.. That's him.

[canuck73_3]

Can’t wait to miss the first 8-12 minutes of Kraken games for Leafs post game talk. 

[Canuck You]

That douche with the 'Where' Boston?' sign..So cocky already. Worry about Florida.

[canuckwings]

5 minutes ago, Canuck You said:

Yup.. That's him.

Well...no wonder the teams he coached sleeps too lol. 

[*Buzzsaw*]

Leafs' defense is being exposed.

 

Panthers have two really balanced lines... Barkov line and Bennett line... both are heavy forecheck lines.

 

Leafs don't have enough quality D to matchup with both... Boston had the same problem.

 

I predicted Boston was not going to get to the finals, and I was not surprised the Panthers beat them.

 

Panthers finished top of the East last year, yes, they went into the toilet early this year after the big trades, but they started to find their feet again at the end of the season.

 

They have a really strong D corps... and with the two top lines, and their size, they are going to be a really tough challenge for the Leafs.  And Bobrovsky is better than Samsonov.

 

Leafs have never finished top of the East... their team feeds off wins over lower ranked teams, but they don't do so good against quality opposition.

 

Yeah, they beat Tampa, but that team was significantly older and slower than last year.... which was older and slower than the year before.

 

Tampa never replaced Palat, Goodrow, Verhaege, (who plays for the Panthers) etc.  And they were missing Cernak who was an absolute key player for them.

 

I pick Florida to eliminate Toronto.

[DeNiro]

Panthers are last years presidents trophy team. They replaced Huberdeau with a better player in Tkachuk, and Montour’s season is making up for the loss of Weegar.

 

Sure they struggled this season, but with Maurice leading the helm it should be no surprise that they’re rolling. And I love that the Leafs are underestimating them and hanging their hats on their 3-0-1 regular season record against them. 

[greenbean30]

That looked like some serious hooking by Knies

[canuckwings]

It's too early to say. Both teams have shown instances of poor coverage in their own zone. 

 

Panthers need to stay out of the box. And Tkachuk needs a goal. 

[King Heffy]

Knies went down easier than Rotten Ronnie does on the refs.

[Smashian Kassian]

1 minute ago, greenbean30 said:

That looked like some serious hooking by Knies

 

Close to too many men before that too.

 

Leafs got away with atleast 1 call

[*Buzzsaw*]

I think the fix is in for the Leafs in this series... I have seen a lot of soft calls against the Panthers so far.

 

Big surprise, Kelly Sutherland is the Ref, he usually is there to do Bettman's bidding.

[greenbean30]

1 minute ago, Smashian Kassian said:

 

Close to too many men before that too.

 

Leafs got away with atleast 1 call

But the refs are against them...

[*Buzzsaw*]

Leafs are a fast team... no question.

 

But the Panthers are both BIG and FAST... that is why their forecheck is so nasty.

 

Barkov the most underrated player in the league.

[greenbean30]

Wooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

[Jaimito]

Insurance goal needed. 

[canuck73_3]

Yes!!! 

[canuckwings]

Dang Montour is a beast...