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Playoffs 2021 Opening Round: Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs (MTL Wins 4-3)


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    • Habs Shock n Pound Leafs in 4
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    • Habs Win in Surprising Fashion in 5
    • Habs Take Competitive Series in 6
    • Habs Contain the Leafs Enough to Win in 7
    • Leafs Laugh Their Way to the Next Round in 4
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    • Leafs Dominate an Overmatched Habs Team in 5
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    • Leafs Face Some Adversity, But Get it Done in 6
    • Leafs Show They are Ready To Go the Distance in 7


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Leafs seemed lifeless through the first two periods, as if they were skating through sand. Finally a sense of urgency developed once Montreal went ahead 2-0.  Toronto starts to take over the game and ties it up 2-2. In the OT, all Toronto. It appeared like it was going to be over quick. When it got to something like 10 SOG for the Leafs in OT I started to have that seeping dread that this was going to be "one of those" OT periods where the first time Montreal gets a shot, it'll be over. Sure enough, the moment Montreal put some pressure on Toronto, it was over. 

 

 

 

 

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Did I see Mike Cammalleri on the ice for the Habs tonight?

 

Maybe it was an illusion cuz this is starting to look like the infamous #1 Caps and Ovie blow 3-1 first round game lead to #8 Montreal in April 2010 debacle.

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14 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

If the Leafs lose tonight then they'll have to play the Canadiens AND the Jets simultaneously in game 7 / game 1 of the second round.

(A joke about the NHL's bizarre pacing for these playoffs.)

 

Everyone said "split squad'" but your post made me think of The Queen's Gambit.  Have you seen in it?   She plays competition chess against multiple opponents on multiple boards simultaneously.

 

You'd need an outdoor stadium with two outdoor rinks.  When the Leafs line change, instead of the exciting Leafs line sitting down on the bench to watch the replay and Celine Dion videos, they'd run across to the other rink to play a shift there.  

 

What fun?! And it would also have the benefit of slowing the game down, which we all know would mitigate injury.

 

I think this could be done!

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13 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

At the rate these playoffs are going, they might have already awarded the Stanley Cup before the Leafs get out of the first round!  

 

 

Pretty sure they already awarded the Leafs a "pro-rated" Stanley Cup Championship after they went up 3-1 in the series.

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7 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

  Toronto starts to take over the game and ties it up 2-2. In the OT, all Toronto. It appeared like it was going to be over quick. When it got to something like 10 SOG for the Leafs in OT I started to have that seeping dread that this was going to be "one of those" OT periods where the first time Montreal gets a shot, it'll be over. Sure enough, the moment Montreal put some pressure on Toronto, it was over. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Welcome to being a Flyer fan over the past 4 decades.

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It's "put up or shut up" time for Matthews and Marner in this series:

 

Marner has 0 goals, but he is contributing with some assists. Still, not good enough. 

 

Matthews has 1 goal in 6 games, with a 3.1% S%. Again, a few assists here and there, but not good enough. The season would end on a real sour note if a 41 goal (realistically a 60 goal) season was spoiled by a no-show in the playoffs. 

 

The only reason the Habs are still alive in this series is because the real Matthews and Marner haven't shown up yet. 

 

I watched Matthews take a shot last night where he had 0% chance of scoring. The net was completely covered by Price from the angle Matthews was shooting and the shot went right into the logo on Price's chest. Couldn't have been an easier save. Someone needs to mix things up and try something new offensively. 

 

I also expect more out of Thornton as well. 1 point in 6 games, 0 assists. Also a team worst -3 along with Sandin. 

 

Scoring Playoffs

  Scoring Goals Assists     Ice Time
Rk Player Age Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TOI ATOI
  Team Total     6 17 28 45 25 53 14 3 0 3 22 6 0 205 8.3  

 

 

1 William Nylander 24 C 6 4 3 7 3 4 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 19 21.1 106 17:43
2 Alexander Kerfoot 26 C 6 1 5 6 3 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 10 10.0 104 17:20
3 Jason Spezza 37 C 6 3 1 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 27.3 69 11:26
4 Alex Galchenyuk 26 C 5 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 20.0 59 11:45
5 Auston Matthews 23 C 6 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 32 3.1 142 23:44
6 Mitch Marner 23 RW 6 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 17 0.0 149 24:52
7 Jake Muzzin 31 D 6 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 28.6 117 19:30
8 Morgan Rielly 26 D 6 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 15 6.7 154 25:44
9 T.J. Brodie 30 D 6 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 7.7 137 22:55
10 Zach Hyman 28 C 6 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 5.3 139 23:12
11 Rasmus Sandin 20 D 4 1 0 1 -3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 25.0 48 11:59
12 Joe Thornton 41 C 6 1 0 1 -3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 67 11:07
13 Zach Bogosian 30 D 6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.0 93 15:32
14 Pierre Engvall 24 LW 5 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0.0 59 11:50
15 Nick Foligno 33 LW 3 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.0 45 15:00
16 Justin Holl 29 D 6 0 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.0 132 21:58
17 Wayne Simmonds 32 RW 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.0 73 12:14
18 Adam Brooks 24 C 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 20 9:57
19 Jack Campbell 29 G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   373 62:14
20 Travis Dermott 24 D 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 32 16:04
21 Ilya Mikheyev 26 F 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 82 13:38
22 Riley Nash 31 C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   20 9:56
23 John Tavares 30 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   3 2:53

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, flyercanuck said:

 

 Welcome to being a Flyer fan over the past 4 decades.

 

Imagine if the final four in the playoffs was Toronto, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Vancouver.  I think the game would reset. 

 

"NHL process has stopped."

 

 

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4 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

It's "put up or shut up" time for Matthews and Marner in this series:

 

Marner has 0 goals, but he is contributing with some assists. Still, not good enough. 

 

Matthews has 1 goal in 6 games, with a 3.1% S%. Again, a few assists here and there, but not good enough. The season would end on a real sour note if a 41 goal (realistically a 60 goal) season was spoiled by a no-show in the playoffs. 

 

The only reason the Habs are still alive in this series is because the real Matthews and Marner haven't shown up yet. 

 

 

Again, as stated above,  ...welcome to being a Flyers fan.  See Giroux, Claude RE: lack of goals in recent playoffs.

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4 hours ago, pilldoc said:

 

 

Again, as stated above,  ...welcome to being a Flyers fan.  See Giroux, Claude RE: lack of goals in recent playoffs.

 

Well the Flyers have had some deep playoff runs, and if memory serves correctly, isn't it usually your goaltending that lets you down?    😐 

 

I can't remember if Matthews and Marner had trouble scoring the last time Toronto made the playoffs.

 

 

 

 

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46 minutes ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

Well the Flyers have had some deep playoff runs, and if memory serves correctly, isn't it usually your goaltending that lets you down?    😐

 

Goaltending has been an issue but in the last 10 years the Flyers have basically sucked it in the playoffs.  The exception was for that miraculous run 2010. And thanks to Leaky Leighton and high and wide Carter I still have nightmares about that SCF.

 

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Not exactly deep playoff runs as you might expect ......

 

 

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@WordsOfWisdom

 

I define going deep in playoffs as winning at least 2 rounds or more .....

 

Matter of fact if I go back even further the Flyers have only won 2 or more rounds four (4) times in the past 20 years.

 

Been kind of tough on us ...... 

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1 hour ago, pilldoc said:

 

Goaltending has been an issue but in the last 10 years the Flyers have basically sucked it in the playoffs.  The exception was for that miraculous run 2010. And thanks to Leaky Leighton and high and wide Carter I still have nightmares about that SCF.

 

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Not exactly deep playoff runs as you might expect ......

 

 

 

That's a remarkable oscillating pattern you've got going. Very rare indeed. 2021 was a miss, so your pattern continues. Next season you'll make the playoffs again.  :) 

 

Here's a look at the Leafs dubious recent playoff history, and I extended it back to year 2000 because I wanted to be generous and get one of those memorable "final four" (conference final) years in there:

 

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So technically, the Leafs missed the playoffs last season (because they weren't one of the final 16 teams). That wrecked their Red Wingian "streak" of three consecutive playoff appearances. Prior to that it was 10 of 11 years missing the playoffs, and the lockout year has been omitted from the table as well.  One 1st round loss to Boston in there to break up the white space lol.

 

2003-04...... the last time the Leafs played hockey beyond round 1.  (They lost in round 2.)  Sad indeed.  :( 

 

 

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1 minute ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

That's a remarkable oscillating pattern you've got going.

 

(chuckling) ... very interesting choice of words ...... 

 

3 minutes ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

Here's a look at the Leafs dubious recent playoff history, and I extended it back to year 2000 because I wanted to be generous and get one of those memorable "final four" (conference final) years in there:

 

So technically, the Leafs missed the playoffs last season (because they weren't one of the final 16 teams). That wrecked their Red Wingian "streak" of three consecutive playoff appearances. Prior to that it was 10 of 11 years missing the playoffs, and the lockout year has been omitted from the table as well.  One 1st round loss to Boston in there to break up the white space lol.

 

2003-04...... the last time the Leafs played hockey beyond round 1.  (They lost in round 2.)  Sad indeed.  :(

 

so yup .... I get your POV ..... we both have sucked in playoffs .....

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After watching the Colorado-Vegas game #1, I think the Marlies will still manage to past Laval. I don't know who's the Rocket's goalie, he seems pretty decent and he's proving that you can actually win a series with only one player.

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if the leafs lose this game, i could really see the fans rooting for another team, this will probably be the toughest defeat ever since they were up 3 games to 1 to just blowing it again.

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2 hours ago, tucson83 said:

if the leafs lose this game, i could really see the fans rooting for another team, this will probably be the toughest defeat ever since they were up 3 games to 1 to just blowing it again.

 

Alternatively, Leafs fans could just prorate the result into a win.

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5 minutes ago, GratefulFlyers said:

wow Price is stoning the Leafs tonight... I trust Carter is watching.

 

Wow had already jinxed them planning the parade route and saying due to covid no one would be able to be there.

 

That is a no no.

 

And we'll here we are.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Jimtown guy said:

Toronto took 50 minutes before they started playing with some desperation. May very well be to late 

 

Yeah it seemed like all game Montreal just wants it more...I know that's not the case but they're controlling play and really not giving TO much.


And that's all f-f-f-folks...ENer it's 3-zip.

 

edit: Ah that sucks Nylander gets one spoils Price's shutout. So maybe it's not quite over...? 90 secs left.

 

edit again: WOW....as a long-time Flyers' fan I've seen some bad beats but oh my Toronto! Up 3-1 and you can't squeeze out one more game...Unreal.

 

TO's Big Guns - yeah great reg season - not so much PO production.

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1 minute ago, lynxrattle said:

Holy moly. MTL won. Matthews totally shut down.

 

22.5 million for Marner and Matthews.

 

One goal is all they got.

 

That sucks even if you prorated it.

 

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