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Eastern Conference: Round 1 - #2 Boston Bruins vs #3 Toronto Maple Leafs  

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  1. 1. Who wins the series?

    • Bruins Sweep 4-0
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    • Bruins in 5
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    • Bruins in 6
    • Bruins in 7
    • Leafs Sweep 4-0
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    • Leafs in 5
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    • Leafs in 6
    • Leafs in 7


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Defensive Error Totals (After 5 games)

 

Andersen - 4

Rielly - 4

Gardiner - 4

Zaitsev - 4

 

Hainsey - 3

 

Polak - 2

Plekanec - 2

Dermott - 2

 

JVR - 1

Marleau - 1

Kadri - 1

Brown - 1

Matthews - 1

Hymen - 1

Johnsson - 1

Marner - 1

Nylander - 1

Bozak - 1

 

 

It should be noted that since defencemen play more minutes, they will naturally accumulate more errors than forwards. At the end of the series, I'll post the totals along with the calculated stats (defensive percentage, true +/-, etc.)

 

 

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True +/- (after 5 games)

 

(Calculated exactly as you would expect: TPM = Points - Defensive Errors.)

 

Marner: 6 - 1 = 5

 

Bozak: 4 - 1 = 3

Hyman: 4 - 1 = 3

JVR: 4 - 1 = 3

 

Brown: 3 - 1 = 2

Marleau: 3 - 1 = 2

 

Rielly: 5 - 4 = 1
Johnsson: 2 - 1 = 1

Matthews: 2 - 1 = 1

 

Plekanec: 2 - 2 = Even

Nylander: 1 - 1 = Even

Kadri: 1 - 1 = Even

Moore: 0 - 0 = Even

Kapanen: 0 - 0 = Even

Komarov: 0 - 0 = Even

 

Dermott: 0 - 2 = -2

Polak: 0 - 2 = -2

 

Gardiner: 1 - 4 = -3

Hainsey: 0 - 3 = -3

 

Zaitsev: 0 - 4 = -4
 

The TPM statistic is an attempt to measure the best overall player on a team.

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Ya see people?

This is why we could never assume it was going to be Boston automatically in Round 2 against Tampa Bay, despite them having a commanding lead in the series.

 

Leafs are about to wrap their Game 6 up with a win, and forcing a Game 7.

Sure, it could still be Boston moving on, but at this stage, the Leafs have just as good a shot.

Always did feel people were giving the Bruins WAY too much credit...... at the end of the regular season when they were trying to catch the Lightning and in this series when most assumed the Bruins would simply dispense with the Leafs.

 

As a Bolts fan, I honestly don't care which team TB faces (but I will root for the Leafs, because, well, %$#@ the Bruins... lmao).

Either team will present a different problem for TB to try and solve and should the Bolts defeat either, it will have been well earned.

 

But yea.... Go Leafs Go in Game 7.

Let's make it the Battle of the Blue N White for Round 2, shall we?  :)

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Game #6 - Defensive Errors:

  1. Andersen

3-1 TOR. 

 

A tricky one for Andersen off the faceoff loss, but it looks like it went straight in through a few players.  A defensive gem by the Leafs tonight. Matthews and Nylander have shown up!  :)

 

 

 

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19 minutes ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Ya see people?

This is why we could never assume it was going to be Boston automatically in Round 2 against Tampa Bay, despite them having a commanding lead in the series.

 

Leafs are about to wrap their Game 6 up with a win, and forcing a Game 7.

Sure, it could still be Boston moving on, but at this stage, the Leafs have just as good a shot.

Always did feel people were giving the Bruins WAY too much credit...... at the end of the regular season when they were trying to catch the Lightning and in this series when most assumed the Bruins would simply dispense with the Leafs.

 

As a Bolts fan, I honestly don't care which team TB faces (but I will root for the Leafs, because, well, %$#@ the Bruins... lmao).

Either team will present a different problem for TB to try and solve and should the Bolts defeat either, it will have been well earned.

 

But yea.... Go Leafs Go in Game 7.

Let's make it the Battle of the Blue N White for Round 2, shall we?  :)

Well, I think when you win the Cup, (albeit 7 years ago) you get the benefit of the doubt from many, myself included.

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On 4/22/2018 at 7:52 PM, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

LOL.  Who did you pick to win?  :)

 

 

Picked Toronto in this one. 

Looks as though it's gone to 7. 

Playoff action at its best! 

 

:rock: :mapleleafs: v. :bruins: :5a6425fa25331_VikingSkoool:  

 

Do you think Rask'll risk and miss 

on enough moves in another one 

against Toronto this time around? 

 

What're your thoughts out there in Leafs nation? 

 

:toast:  

 

P. S. I'd give just about anything to see a playoff game in Toronto! 

It's a spiritually moving experience to watch postseason action from there. 

Was to fun to watch this game 6.    

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

Ya see people?

This is why we could never assume it was going to be Boston automatically in Round 2 against Tampa Bay, despite them having a commanding lead in the series...

 

 

Well I had the :mapleleafs: winning in six games. 

And they still have the opportunity to 

make me right--Er :ermm: , sort of right. :shakeshead:  

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13 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

True +/- (after 5 games)

 

(Calculated exactly as you would expect: TPM = Points - Defensive Errors.)

 

Marner: 6 - 1 = 5

 

Bozak: 4 - 1 = 3

Hyman: 4 - 1 = 3

JVR: 4 - 1 = 3

 

Brown: 3 - 1 = 2

Marleau: 3 - 1 = 2

 

Rielly: 5 - 4 = 1
Johnsson: 2 - 1 = 1

Matthews: 2 - 1 = 1

 

Plekanec: 2 - 2 = Even

Nylander: 1 - 1 = Even

Kadri: 1 - 1 = Even

Moore: 0 - 0 = Even

Kapanen: 0 - 0 = Even

Komarov: 0 - 0 = Even

 

Dermott: 0 - 2 = -2

Polak: 0 - 2 = -2

 

Gardiner: 1 - 4 = -3

Hainsey: 0 - 3 = -3

 

Zaitsev: 0 - 4 = -4
 

The TPM statistic is an attempt to measure the best overall player on a team.

 

That's slick. Methinks I've never seen that,

never heard it. Right on. :cool[1]:     

 

 

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15 minutes ago, thenewestlights said:

 

That's slick. Methinks I've never seen that,

never heard it. Right on. :cool[1]:     

 

 

 

I should still mention that each player needs to be compared to players at their position since defencemen don't have scores as high as forwards.  :)

 

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20 minutes ago, thenewestlights said:

 

Well I had the :mapleleafs: winning in six games. 

And they still have the opportunity to 

make me right--Er :ermm: , sort of right. :shakeshead:  

 

I picked Leafs in 7 for my NHL playoff bracket challenge.  :)

 

The Capitals stormed back nicely and won their series. If the Leafs do the same, it'll be a marvelous bracket I have going.  

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33 minutes ago, thenewestlights said:

Picked Toronto in this one. 

Looks as though it's gone to 7. 

Playoff action at its best! 

 

:rock: :mapleleafs: v. :bruins: :5a6425fa25331_VikingSkoool:

 

Indeed. :)

 

It's a coin toss now. Boston will be very hard to beat at home in game 7. That being said, some of the Leafs players who have been MIA in this series have finally woken up. The Leafs forwards are playing well, Andersen has found his game, and the team has tightened up defensively. It's a different team than the one in game 1.

 

The Bruins seem to be running cold, although their forecheck is ridiculously effective. It's like the Leafs are skating uphill to get the puck out of their own zone.  

 

This is the only series left now. I'm surprised every other series finished up so quickly. 

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7 hours ago, WordsOfWisdom said:

 

I never heard that. 

 

I guess they were chanting Go Leafs Go so either their Canadian accent confused me or its my Philly hearing converting any chant to Crosby Sucks...:VeryCool:

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Defensive Error Totals (After 6 games)

 

Andersen - 5

 

Rielly - 4

Gardiner - 4

Zaitsev - 4

 

Hainsey - 3

 

Polak - 2

Plekanec - 2

Dermott - 2

 

JVR - 1

Marleau - 1

Kadri - 1

Brown - 1

Matthews - 1

Hymen - 1

Johnsson - 1

Marner - 1

Nylander - 1

Bozak - 1

 

 

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True +/- (after 6 games)

 

(Calculated exactly as you would expect: TPM = Points - Defensive Errors.)

 

FORWARDS

Marner: 8 - 1 = +7

Bozak: 4 - 1 = +3

Hyman: 4 - 1 = +3

JVR: 4 - 1 = +3

Brown: 3 - 1 = +2

Marleau: 3 - 1 = +2

Plekanec: 4 - 2 = +2

Johnsson: 2 - 1 = +1

Matthews: 2 - 1 = +1

Nylander: 2 - 1 = +1

Kadri: 2 - 1 = +1

Moore: 0 - 0 = Even

Kapanen: 0 - 0 = Even

Komarov: 0 - 0 = Even

 

 

DEFENCE

Rielly: 5 - 4 = +1
Dermott: 0 - 2 = -2

Polak: 0 - 2 = -2

Zaitsev: 2 - 4 = -2

Hainsey: 1 - 3 = -2

Gardiner: 1 - 4 = -3

 

 

The TPM statistic is an attempt to measure the best overall player on a team. 

 

NOTE: Players should still be compared to other players at their position.

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10 hours ago, fan4ever said:

 

 

11 hours ago, Samifan said:

Would love to see the Leafs win but ultimately I think the Bruins are a better match for Tampa next round.

 

Curious why you think that?

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14 hours ago, Samifan said:

Would love to see the Leafs win but ultimately I think the Bruins are a better match for Tampa next round.

 

Interesting thing is, I think Toronto and Tampa Bay are almost mirror images of each other (in more than just uniform colors :bigteeth: ).

Both are up tempo offense oriented squads, both rely on the defense pinching in and contributing at the right times, both defenses CAN be good, but are a bit more exploitable than say a defensive squad's D, and both rely on spectacular goaltending to bail out the team when the play runs the other way against them.

 

The main difference, IMO, between the Leafs and Lightning is experience.... Tampa Bay's core has been far in the playoffs before in recent seasons.....Finals vs Chicago not so long ago, Eastern Finals vs the Pens two seasons ago.... whereas many of the Leafs core are rather new to playoff runs, although their head coach certainly is NOT.

 

Boston plays more defensively, and while that is very sound for playoff hockey, the Leafs have shown they can be exploited with speed, transition, and good ol work ethic..... also, while the Bruins have battle tested vets, they also rely on younger players to the league who aren't quite as battle tested yet.

So basically, whatever the Leafs can take advantage on the Bruins, so can the Lightning due to their similarities.

 

The Bruins are a solid playoff bunch, but hardly anything close to unstoppable, therefore, I am not so sure they present any bigger problem for the Lightning should they move on, than the Leafs would.

If anything, I would think teams playing another that plays like THEY do would be difficult to game plan against because you know what they want to do (its what you want to do) and teams generally don't game plan against themselves...if that makes any sense... :IDunnoSmiley:

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1 hour ago, TropicalFruitGirl26 said:

:IDunnoSmiley:

 

:shakeshead:

 

;)

 

For the sake of my NHL bracket, the Leafs need to get through the Bruins (and the refs) first. If they can make it to round two, I think the Lightning would be in big trouble. Not because of the matchup or the talent, but the Toronto fanbase is unlike anything fans in Tampa have ever seen. If the Leafs were the opponent, you could count on those games in Tampa being 50% Leafs fans in attendance. It's tough enough to win on the road, but when your own "fans" are cheering against you at home too, that can break a team down mentally.

 

 

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