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The Motherfucking 2021 Playoffs Thread

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For what it’s worth, I didn’t think the Tavares play warranted a penalty. Doesn’t mean I’m not pissed off about the Leaf luck that came from it.
 
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Neurospasm said:
I’ve been watching a lot of games this playoff and there is absolutely no certainty on what will or will not be a penalty. Even high sticks which should be pretty easy are not being called if the conditions of the game aren’t right.

The only thing being religiously called for all teams is the puck over the glass penalty.
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NHL officiating is broken and will remain broken as long as game management remains the goal. The goal needs to be getting the call right every time.
 
Neurospasm said:
I’ve been watching a lot of games this playoff and there is absolutely no certainty on what will or will not be a penalty. Even high sticks which should be pretty easy are not being called if the conditions of the game aren’t right.

The only thing being religiously called for all teams is the puck over the glass penalty.
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It does add an unnecessary layer of randomness to the playoffs....which of course often helps the less talented teams.

The armchair sociologist in me thinks this is very Canadian and purposeful....in that it equals the footing between the have and have nots.
 
CH1 said:
It does add an unnecessary layer of randomness to the playoffs....which of course often helps the less talented teams.

The armchair sociologist in me thinks this is very Canadian and purposeful....in that it equals the footing between the have and have nots.
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Yeah I agree, it definitely helps the parity agenda.
 
LOL the old media guys are lining-up trashing Dubas for knocking the Sun. Apparently Dubas cannot comment on this and concentrate on the playoffs. Impossible.
 
JackBurton said:
LOL the old media guys are lining-up trashing Dubas for knocking the Sun. Apparently Dubas cannot comment on this and concentrate on the playoffs. Impossible.
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Yeah, it was a distraction to take away from the fact the Leafs are three games from losing...this was actually said.
One game into the series.
 
Xgf% / gf% / pts

1 Engvall 100.0 / ------- / 0
2 Marner 85.3 / 100.0 / 2
3 Hyman 84.0 / 100.0 / 0
4 Matthews 83.4 / 100.0 / 3
5 Mikheyev 75.7 / 100.0 / 0
6 Kerfoot 63.3 / 00.0 / 1
7 Nylander 53.5 / 30.7 / 3
8 Foligno 52.3 / 47.0 / 1
9 Spezza 50.8 / 100.0 / 1
10 Simmonds 48.0 / 100.0 / 0
11 Galchenyuk 36.6 / 00.0 / 0
12 Thornton 19.4 / 00.0 / 0
13 Tavares 19.1 / ------ / 0
14 Nash 6.7 / ------- / 0


1 Bogosian 75.0 / 64.0 / 1
2 Sandin 66.3 / 47.0 / 1
3 Rielly 65.8 / 100.0 / 2
4 Holl 52.4 / 64.0 / 1
5 Brodie 51.9 / ----- / 0
6 Muzzin 50.0 / 00.0 / 0



Most of the forwards have played well. A few of the one game guys weren't great - Galy, Tavares, Nash - but the one that had been very bad in both games is Jumbo. Might be a worry spot there.

With how well that 3rd line played last night it's gonna stay together for now at least - interesting to remember that that was actually Keefe's first choice of a 3rd line way back at the start of the year.

The 2nd line might be OK but might not. Galy didn't do much in his first game. And if Foligno is playing C you really can't afford any weak links on the wing. Hopefully Galy improves. If not, I can't get this vision of a Foligno-Spezza-Nylander line out of my head.


Bogo beasted last night. Not just in his own end but puckrushing like a madman and set up the equalizer. Putting any controversy over playing over dermott to bed quickly. Love it.

And Rielly has been legit great in both games so far imo. Suddenly looks way more confident and incisive than he has all year.
 
zeke said:
Xgf% / gf% / pts

1 Engvall 100.0 / ------- / 0
2 Marner 85.3 / 100.0 / 2
3 Hyman 84.0 / 100.0 / 0
4 Matthews 83.4 / 100.0 / 3
5 Mikheyev 75.7 / 100.0 / 0
6 Kerfoot 63.3 / 00.0 / 1
7 Nylander 53.5 / 30.7 / 3
8 Foligno 52.3 / 47.0 / 1
9 Spezza 50.8 / 100.0 / 1
10 Simmonds 48.0 / 100.0 / 0
11 Galchenyuk 36.6 / 00.0 / 0
12 Thornton 19.4 / 00.0 / 0
13 Tavares 19.1 / ------ / 0
14 Nash 6.7 / ------- / 0


1 Bogosian 75.0 / 64.0 / 1
2 Sandin 66.3 / 47.0 / 1
3 Rielly 65.8 / 100.0 / 2
4 Holl 52.4 / 64.0 / 1
5 Brodie 51.9 / ----- / 0
6 Muzzin 50.0 / 00.0 / 0



Most of the forwards have played well. A few of the one game guys weren't great - Galy, Tavares, Nash - but the one that had been very bad in both games is Jumbo. Might be a worry spot there.

With how well that 3rd line played last night it's gonna stay together for now at least - interesting to remember that that was actually Keefe's first choice of a 3rd line way back at the start of the year.

The 2nd line might be OK but might not. Galy didn't do much in his first game. And if Foligno is playing C you really can't afford any weak links on the wing. Hopefully Galy improves. If not, I can't get this vision of a Foligno-Spezza-Nylander line out of my head.


Bogo beasted last night. Not just in his own end but puckrushing like a madman and set up the equalizer. Putting any controversy over playing over dermott to bed quickly. Love it.

And Rielly has been legit great in both games so far imo. Suddenly looks way more confident and incisive than he has all year.
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I like the sounds of this.
 
Xgf% 5V5

1. BOS 63.0 -- WSH 37.0
2. TOR 60.5 -- MTL 39.5
3. COL 57.8 -- STL 42.2
4. FLA 56.7 -- TBL 43.3
5. EDM 56.6 -- WPG 43.4
6. CAR 56.1 -- NSH 43.9
7. MIN 54.7 -- VGK 45.3
8. NYI 51.0 -- PIT 49.0

Nice to see the leafs legitimately outplaying the Habs.

I'm not surprised to see BOS up top - the caps have never been a legit strong possession team and BOS always knows how to play.

Some surprisingly poor numbers from TB and VG, though both are up 3-1. Might be some weakness there.

PIT is a big disappointment imo - I had them coming out of that division but I don't see how they can possibly beat Boston now even if they get past the isles.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I haven’t seen concussion mentioned in any of the reports I’ve seen.
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Dubas confirmed it when he did his short interview just prior to Game 2. He explicitiy said Tavares had a concussion, and that they were taking a "conservative approach" with him, the leafs top doctor was heavily supervising JT as he recovered at home.
 
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