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JB7 wrote:
That’s so long ago, Sami’s son Kasperi has already played 8 seasons in the NHL
But I go back to the Gilmour/Clark era, when they actually made conference finals.
Brinbe wrote:JB7 wrote:
That’s so long ago, Sami’s son Kasperi has already played 8 seasons in the NHL
But I go back to the Gilmour/Clark era, when they actually made conference finals.
exactly. that's the teams i grew up on. those guys actually had it and still came up short.
mdenny wrote:Boston bruins just put together a regular season for the ages. Some ppl at TSN calling them among the best teams ever.
But it's hockey. The best team doesn't always win. And the leafs were definitely not the better team in this series. Tampa basically dominated the series and lost. Hockey is fickle.
If they play Boston and win...the next two series will be against inferior teams relatively speaking.
JB7 wrote:Brinbe wrote:JB7 wrote:
That’s so long ago, Sami’s son Kasperi has already played 8 seasons in the NHL
But I go back to the Gilmour/Clark era, when they actually made conference finals.
exactly. that's the teams i grew up on. those guys actually had it and still came up short.
They got screwed in ‘93. They should have been in the final against Canadians, but league wanted Gretzky in LA in the finals.
GQStylin wrote:mdenny wrote:Boston bruins just put together a regular season for the ages. Some ppl at TSN calling them among the best teams ever.
But it's hockey. The best team doesn't always win. And the leafs were definitely not the better team in this series. Tampa basically dominated the series and lost. Hockey is fickle.
If they play Boston and win...the next two series will be against inferior teams relatively speaking.
This is what's so great about the NHL playoffs. Its largely unpredictable where even the best team in the regular season can lose in the first round if it runs into a team with a hot goalie or something. NBA playoffs are a snoozefest much of the time precisely because its so predictable with relative few upsets.
I still expect Boston to win game 7 and if they do in a way playing them would be the 'just' thing to do because after having gotten rid of their playoff demons with the Lightning, what better way than to really get rid of your demons than to slay the biggest monster that has given you nightmares for so many years?
Also Tampa really did outplay and control most of the games in this series outside of game 2, but in the past where the Leafs might've folded and lost when they were pushed, this time they kept battling and stayed close and then were more clutch than the Lightning for a change where it didn't matter that were outplayed just that they came through when it mattered most. 3 OT wins in Tampa is pretty damn crazy and no one would've predicted that, but the Leafs did it.
mdenny wrote:The Warrior wrote:Serious question, how far are we expected to go?
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Boston bruins just put together a regular season for the ages. Some ppl at TSN calling them among the best teams ever.
But it's hockey. The best team doesn't always win. And the leafs were definitely not the better team in this series. Tampa basically dominated the series and lost. Hockey is fickle.
If they play Boston and win...the next two series will be against inferior teams relatively speaking.
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dafan590 wrote:not sure how they managed to win all 3 road games.....go figure!
GQStylin wrote:mdenny wrote:Boston bruins just put together a regular season for the ages. Some ppl at TSN calling them among the best teams ever.
But it's hockey. The best team doesn't always win. And the leafs were definitely not the better team in this series. Tampa basically dominated the series and lost. Hockey is fickle.
If they play Boston and win...the next two series will be against inferior teams relatively speaking.
This is what's so great about the NHL playoffs. Its largely unpredictable where even the best team in the regular season can lose in the first round if it runs into a team with a hot goalie or something. NBA playoffs are a snoozefest much of the time precisely because its so predictable with relative few upsets.
I still expect Boston to win game 7 and if they do in a way playing them would be the 'just' thing to do because after having gotten rid of their playoff demons with the Lightning, what better way than to really get rid of your demons than to slay the biggest monster that has given you nightmares for so many years?
Also Tampa really did outplay and control most of the games in this series outside of game 2, but in the past where the Leafs might've folded and lost when they were pushed, this time they kept battling and stayed close and then were more clutch than the Lightning for a change where it didn't matter that were outplayed just that they came through when it mattered most. 3 OT wins in Tampa is pretty damn crazy and no one would've predicted that, but the Leafs did it.
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