bustaheims said:
Significantly Insignificant said:
I saw some people who thought that the Rangers were the dark horse in these playoffs. It's not playing out that way, but some people had picked the Rangers to win.
Dark horse, yeah, but they were certainly not the favourites. If they bow out quickly, it won't be much of a surprise, really.
Would you be surprised if the Blue Jackets sweep the Leafs? Also the original point was that nobody picked the Rangers. I think there were some people who picked the Rangers and thought that they had a chance to win. Perhaps what I didn't convey in my original post was just how out of sync the Rangers looked like in the first game, and even in the second game now. They have had an incredibly hard time manufacturing offence against the Canes. A lot of rushes go nowhere due to a bad pass, or a puck bouncing, or a misplay. How much of that is rust, and how much of that is Carolina, is the question in my mind.
How it applies to the Leafs is that they looked very similar in that they couldn't get anything going, and I am wondering if the way things have shook out, if playing a defensive style of hockey in this situation is a little more advantageous and maybe even a little easier now, than being a team that is more skilled and wants to play a more open game.