02-28-2023, 03:12 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by bluejays
I don’t know about that. Samsonov has been outstanding this year. Giving him better defence should help a lot. They’re not pretenders any more. And they haven’t broken the bank on futures to make it happen. Solid management of assets.
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Regular season isn't his issue. 1-6 record in the playoffs is.
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02-28-2023, 03:14 PM
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#22
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
I don’t know about that. Samsonov has been outstanding this year. Giving him better defence should help a lot. They’re not pretenders any more. And they haven’t broken the bank on futures to make it happen. Solid management of assets.
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We will see, could easily lose in round 1 again...and if by some miracle they pull through GL with the Bruins
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02-28-2023, 03:16 PM
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#23
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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See you in July, Mr. Schenn
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02-28-2023, 03:16 PM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Originally Posted by dino7c
We will see, could easily lose in round 1 again...and if by some miracle they pull through GL with the Bruins
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IMO, Bruins are playing above their head this year. They’re the favourites and definitely going to be hard to beat but I think Toronto and Carolina in the east stand the best chance. Toronto is primed age wise to be a good matchup.
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02-28-2023, 03:19 PM
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#25
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The fact that Flames don't have a 2023 3rd round pick took them out of this one. A 4th or 2024 3rd is obviously not worth as much.
And a 2nd is a big overpay.
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The fact the Flames are falling out of the race took them out of this one.
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02-28-2023, 03:20 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
IMO, Bruins are playing above their head this year. They’re the favourites and definitely going to be hard to beat but I think Toronto and Carolina in the east stand the best chance. Toronto is primed age wise to be a good matchup.
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Is this the year Mitch Marner shows up in the postseason? Still lots of question marks and I would not be surprised to see them one and done once again as the regular season really doesn't equate to much when it comes to this group as they struggle worse than the Flames in the playoffs and that's hard to do.
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02-28-2023, 03:20 PM
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#27
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
IMO, Bruins are playing above their head this year. They’re the favourites and definitely going to be hard to beat but I think Toronto and Carolina in the east stand the best chance. Toronto is primed age wise to be a good matchup.
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guy from TO thinks this could be the year!
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02-28-2023, 03:22 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Is this the year Mitch Marner shows up in the postseason? Still lots of question marks and I would not be surprised to see them one and done once again as the regular season really doesn't equate to much when it comes to this group as they struggle worse than the Flames in the playoffs and that's hard to do.
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Yeah. There is a ton of pressure on Marner. Last year their full team looked great. If they won that Tampa game I think they would have had a long run as the path was easy. Honestly this year they look like a team that will grind it out well while also being fast. They’ve built a contender.
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02-28-2023, 03:23 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dino7c
guy from TO thinks this could be the year!
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FTR, I used to hate the Leafs. Now I’m just a fan of skill
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02-28-2023, 03:29 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
IMO, Bruins are playing above their head this year. They’re the favourites and definitely going to be hard to beat but I think Toronto and Carolina in the east stand the best chance. Toronto is primed age wise to be a good matchup.
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pretty impressive to be playing above their heads for 5 solid months, without a dip
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02-28-2023, 03:31 PM
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#31
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Franchise Player
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The challenge for the Leafs is that they have to face 2 of the top contenders, in the first 2 rounds
Getting past Tampa is tough. Also getting past Boston is tough. They will have to beat 4 legitimate contenders to win it all. Tough to do.
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02-28-2023, 03:39 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluejays
IMO, Bruins are playing above their head this year. They’re the favourites and definitely going to be hard to beat but I think Toronto and Carolina in the east stand the best chance. Toronto is primed age wise to be a good matchup.
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Looking past Tampa are ya?
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02-28-2023, 03:43 PM
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#33
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Yeah. Even though these are good players, there are a lot of cases where rentals don't mesh with the new team in such a short time frame and they ended up having been better off not changing anything
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See: Stuart, Brad and Primeau, Keith, circa February, 2007.
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02-28-2023, 03:46 PM
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#34
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
The fact the Flames are falling out of the race took them out of this one.
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Do you think they were prepared to beat this offer a week or so ago? You're hopefully right that they're not looking at adding now but at the same time, would have been hard for them to match this price.
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02-28-2023, 03:48 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Looking past Tampa are ya?
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I am. Their defence looks weak. Goaltending looks to be a miss for the first time as well.
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02-28-2023, 03:52 PM
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#36
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
pretty impressive to be playing above their heads for 5 solid months, without a dip
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Ask Tampa how that worked in 2018-19 playoffs vs Columbus!
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02-28-2023, 04:09 PM
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#37
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scooter
Ask Tampa how that worked in 2018-19 playoffs vs Columbus!
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Sure, but I think we can list a lot more teams who went wire to wire in the regular season, doing well in the playoffs, than doing poorly
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02-28-2023, 05:32 PM
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#38
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Scoring Winger
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I don't know. I think NYR and Tampa are probably my favourites.
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02-28-2023, 09:28 PM
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#39
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NegativeSpace
I don't know. I think NYR and Tampa are probably my favourites.
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Boston will break the record for points.
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03-01-2023, 09:38 AM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Paradise
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NegativeSpace
I don't know. I think NYR and Tampa are probably my favourites.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Boston will break the record for points.
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Carolina looks dialled in too. Leafs may have the best playoff built team they have had yet if Goaltending holds up.
East is absolutely insane this season.
Also think the Avs coast through the west if everyone is healthy.
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