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azzurri63 said:
Good rebound game boys. Play anywhere near tonight and they?ll take the series quiet all the haters who say we can?t get out of the first round.
That's the thing though, we see this every year in the playoffs, they're able to bounce back with a great effort after a crappy loss, but ultimately they crap the bed when the series is on the line. Hope they change that this year but i'm in the "prove it to me" category right now.
The series won't even be "on the line" as such. Leafs in 5 games.
Well, maybe.
They could just as easily lose the next game 8-4 then win the one after 10-3
A Leafs team that was not as good as this one, took Tampa to seven games and lost by a goal last year.
Tampa to me looks pretty gassed. They came out hard in game one, scored a couple quick goals and then got into shenanigans.
Vasilevskiy looks very ordinary.
Tampa knew last year they were lucky to get out of the first round, Leafs were oh so close.
This year I think Tampa knows they are in tough, and they can't beat the Leafs without the shenanigans, which to me looks like the refs had a pretty good handle on last night.
Leafs played a garbage Habs team and blew a 3-1 series lead. Don't put anything past this team.
The thing that kills me about this though is the Habs made it to the final which people conveniently forget. They had a crazy Cinderella run and literally swept the Jets and took out Vegas in 6 while Carey Price put up a .924. Not excusing it, but they weren't the only ones that should've beat the Habs.
It is a game of chance and happenstance, so yes could the Leafs lose this series? Yes of course, nobody is going to guarantee anything.
Leafs looked like garbage game 1, last night they looked like world beaters. Last night the Leafs looked more like they did the entire season than they did in game 1.
I understand as Leafs fans, it has been more than suggested the Leafs are a bunch of losers, and by extension, the fans are a bunch of losers. The only safe thing to do as a Leafs fan is to half heartedly cheer for the Leafs, guard your optimism and temper any expectations with a negative expectation.
I've been a Leafs fan for many, many years. They are not a perfect organization, but I love this team, win or lose and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
At the end of the day, it's all just a game.