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For Borje - The Toronto Maple Leafs 2023 Stanley Cup Champions Thread

leafman101 said:
it wasn’t just the forecheck, it was the NZ defense. Once the Leafs got past the forecheck there were 3 guys back forcing them to dump and chase and preventing the Leafs from gaining the zone with possession and creating zone time.

the forecheck was only half the equation. Florida is good, but not Tampa.

The Leafs should be able to create more ozone time against the Panthers.
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Against Florida, Our forwards will have more room to make plays and will get more space and time to release shots.

Panthers are a high energy, physical and offense-first team that take risks defensively and their defensive coverage/team defense won’t be as stifling and smothering as the lightning defensive system was. Even without Jan rutta/Erik Cernak/Ryan McDonagh they were competent defensively.

We have to negate the efficiency of their relentless forecheck. Their physicality and aggressive ozone forecheck gave the bruins defense fits all series. They come at you in waves and they have a quick and fast transition/breakout game.

It will be A fun and intense series with both teams trading scoring chances. Leafs in 6.
 
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L1 (+11) 33 : 22
L2 (+9) 28 : 19
L3 (-6) 2 : 8
L4 (+5) -20 : -25

D1 (-3) 11 : 14
D2 (-1) 6 : 7
D3 (+8) 6 : -2

G (-1) 7 : 8



Top6 (+7) 69 : 62
Bot6 (+12) -26 : -38

Top3 (-6) 19 : 25
Bot3 (+10) 4 : -6

G (-1) 7 : 8


F (+19)
D (+4)
G (-1)

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trujaysfan said:
That's too bad... as far as the "former hockey player who is sorta dumb" category went he was pretty good entertainment
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I kinda liked him. It seemed like he played the fool in a good natured way, I think he did it well.

I'm pretty sure most of those guys on the panels have a script of sorts to loosely follow.
 
Locke said:
Against Florida, Our forwards will have more room to make plays and will get more space and time to release shots.

Panthers are a high energy, physical and offense-first team that take risks defensively and their defensive coverage/team defense won’t be as stifling and smothering as the lightning defensive system was. Even without Jan rutta/Erik Cernak/Ryan McDonagh they were competent defensively.

We have to negate the efficiency of their relentless forecheck. Their physicality and aggressive ozone forecheck gave the bruins defense fits all series. They come at you in waves and they have a quick and fast transition/breakout game.

It will be A fun and intense series with both teams trading scoring chances. Leafs in 6.
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I see Florida as sort of a B version of the Leafs.

So I'm confident the A version that is the Leafs will be able to handle them.
 
Last 2 seasons

Samsonov 86gms, .907sv%, +0.31dfsv%, +0.13gsax/60
Bobrovsky 104gms, .906sv%, +0.37dfsv%, +0.15gsax/60


Last 2 playoffs

Samsonov 11gms, .905sv%, +.018dfsv%, +0.09gsax/60
Bobrovsky 15gms, .905sv%, +0.59dfsv%, +0.26gsax/60
 
Wayward DP said:
Panthers are no gimme
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And even if they were, the Leafs have proven they’re perfectly capable of losing to gimmes. Both in the regular season and playoffs.

It’s another test for them to show they’re capable of playing up to being the favourite in a series.
 
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