TropicalFruitGirl26

Absolutely. Recommended by 4 out of 5 surgeons. And that is only because that 5th surgeon is more of a 'use freshly chewed bubblegum' guy

EN makes it 5-3 Canes. Wow. Ya blew it NY!!

Isles had a 3-0 and a 3-1 lead.....now could lose the game 4-3. If they do drop this, could be the series. This was underdog NY's chance to make it a series, but they let that slip away. A 2-0 Carolina team will be almost impossible, IMO, for the Isles to overcome.

Not two minutes in...the intrepid and medically well traveled Mark Stone puts the Knights up 1-0

Not for lack of trying....

Blue Jays square it in Raptor-like fashion. If only they could win like the Argonauts though.... I can hear it now....back in Toronto for Game 3 ...the "We want the Cup!" chants!

Looked like a bunch of Canadian sardines packed into that crease....

What the holy hell.....who could find the puck in that mess??

Not happenin....they gotta show Boston how tough they are!

With dumb chit penalties....like the ones they just took... Boston to the PP

Whoops! Bruins let Auston break on through with speed....the result is a 3-2 Toronto lead!

yea, but.... That hit by Lucic on Miller back in 2011 not only knocked the confidence out of the Sabres organization for about a decade +, but ownership felt it, and fired Ruff on reaction!

Johnny Pajamas ties it as the game is sent into the 2nd intermission with Leaf momentum. The Toronto sky has fallen and risen back up so many times already.....

Danton Heiny almost got one through the back door (see what I did there? )

Not sure why Emily Kaplan reporting that Pat Maroon skating at the red line during warm ups is such a eyebrow raising thing....as if, "Is he looking for trouble over there"...particularly with Ryan Reaves in the same vicinity. Well, yea, Emily...had you been paying attention to Maroon the last several seasons with St. Louis and Tampa Bay (did it a short bit with the Wild too), he PURPOSELY does that during warms ups. His way to pre-irritate the other team. Whether they buy in and bite is another matter, but he does that. Now, Emily, go report on something more worthy.... like.... what does Morgan Geekie eat that he is such a large human being?

Samsonov got his bell rung on that play. Bruins trying to bank pucks off his noggin. Careful, Toronto...anything happens to Samsonov, you may be forced to put in Martin Jones then the chit will REALLY hit the fan... Speaking of which, as I finish this, with 0.000007 seconds left, Pavel Zacha gives the B's the lead. Morgan Geekie, the skating condominium, figures in that once again with the clean face off win in the offensive zone.

Oh, I get it...as a Minnesota Wild fan, I've seen my share of rotating goalie systems over the years, but Boston is up against a good Leafs team (despite all the fun I make at their expense), and I just think they shouldn't mess around and stay with got them a win. If Boston wanted to give Linus some play time, wait for the series to shift to Toronto. At that point, win or lose in Game 2, Ullmark in could be justified better. Either way, if the Bruins win Game 2, then all that is moot. Nice to have a solid tandem like the Bruins have, that is for sure. Oh, and welcome to the boards.

And just like that Max "Stop Calling Me CementHead" Domi ties it! 1-1

So far, the Bruins not missing a beat having Ullmark in net. They take the lead....that wide body Morgan Geekie gets them a 1-0 lead. What are those chips falling down from above......those blue n white chips?? Is that...is that.....sky falling???

See, I don't think the Leafs understand how this cap circumvention works....the player is out during the REGULAR season.....THEN returns for the playoffs. Not the other way around...... Leafs management should consult with Chicago, Tampa Bay, and Vegas on how do that correctly. What dumb @$$3s...

Wow. After a win, and how well Jeremy Swayman played, the Bruins are gonna switch to Linus Ullmark for Game 2?? Ballsy.....

Hooooooly Kay Rap..... What's next? Ryan Miller out of retirement to lead them in net? Matthew Barnaby for their top six? But YOU CAN'T have Dave Andreychuk....he is happy doing intermission work for the TB Lightning! Man...the power of @Buffalo Rick wishful thinking...

Nice hit by Mat Dumba on Florida's Stenlund in open ice. Shoulder to shoulder and puts the Panther player on his arse! Mat Dumba may do some stupid things on the ice here and there, and he may turn the puck over a bit more than coaches and fans would like, but when he is focused, he does help move the offense and does things like that plastering of Stenlund just now. I wanna see Dumba, Cernak, Cirelli, Paul use their size and/or tenacity to do more of that. Irritate the Panthers a bit. Not hard to get them all stirred up. Big boom hits....ya love to see it!

Classic Offense vs Defense.... Free Flowing vs Heavy Style....Flashy vs Workmanlike. On paper, and if you are a glutton for what the media feeds you, the Colorado Avalanche are favored to win this. But since the Jets aren't a paper team, and they have some real Jurassic sized players who can also produce, not to mention a guy in net who could arguably be called the 'best goaltender on the planet', I think WPG has just as good a shot to win. Let's not forget that for large stretches of the season, the Jets led the Central, and teams trying to break through their defensive schemes was akin to trying to run through a wall, head first, without a helmet. Yea, yea...when your team is led by the likes of Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar, I can see why the Avs are the favored team. But I question their goaltending, I question their overall team depth, and I question the hype...again. I will go Jets in 7, home ice will play a part, in a mild 'upset' if you can call it that, that sees them shuffle off to the next round.

Putting my homerism aside for a minute (just a small minute! ), I'd say your pick is pretty viable for the reasons you mentioned. And the so-called experts are probably the same people who thought Florida's run to the Finals was a 'fluke' or a Cinderella run LAST season. It was not. Panthers underperformed last year during the season, and put it together finally in the playoffs. They deserved to be in there against the Knights, and this season, they are simply continuing what they started during those playoffs. Ok...the minute is over, and Homer TFG is back. Bolts hold their own destinies in their hands (or sticks). They look jittery out there, almost as if they are over anticipating the Panthers hitting them, pushing their offense, the whole nine yards. Once the Lightning realize they can hang with them in those same areas, as they showed late in the first, this series is anything but decided Florida's way.