2025 Playoffs Rd 2

[K012010]

3 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Holy crap, just switched to Leafs Panthers after the Amerks. WTF happened?

Leafs legit looked like the entire team was hung over

[Taro T]

10 minutes ago, K012010 said:

Fans are throwing Leafs jerseys on the ice wow

Shouldn't "fans" be in quotation marks?

[K012010]

I know that the Buffalo Sabres are the embarrassment of the league and have been for some time, but I can’t imagine rooting for a team like Toronto. 

Earlier a compilation of Toronto Maple Leafs chokes came up on YouTube for me. It was like 20 minutes long. I forgot about some of them. It’s actually absurd what they’ve been up to the last 15 years.

Edited 17 hours ago by K012010

[K012010]

Losers. Literally didn’t even start trying until the last three minutes so they didn’t get shut out.

[Pimlach]

89 on Toronto turtled unlike any I have ever seen. 

[K012010]

Just now, Pimlach said:

89 on Toronto turtled unlike any I have ever seen. 

I guess the younger Robertson is used to being scared after scoring on his older brother growing up or something. Very weird.

[shrader]

1 minute ago, Pimlach said:

89 on Toronto turtled unlike any I have ever seen. 

No helmet and skates everywhere? Dude is incredibly lucky there. 

[Pimlach]

3 minutes ago, shrader said:

No helmet and skates everywhere? Dude is incredibly lucky there. 

I remember watching games when helmets were rare.  They only wore them after serious injuries.  Seems crazy in today’s world. 
 

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34 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I remember watching games when helmets were rare.  They only wore them after serious injuries.  Seems crazy in today’s world. 
 

There are some arguments that make sense, such as "Leafs fans are obnoxious". Then there are arguments that are ridiculously ridiculous, such as "hockey players who wear helmets are wusses".

[Indabuff]

1 hour ago, ... said:

There are some arguments that make sense, such as "Leafs fans are obnoxious". Then there are arguments that are ridiculously ridiculous, such as "hockey players who wear helmets are wusses".

I could not imagine playing goalie back in the day and not having face/ head protection.  Insane.

[K012010]

Good for Skinner. Big time redemption moment. 

[HumanSlinky39]

2 straight shutouts for Skinner to close out VGK, wow. Must be nice to be a fan of a real hockey team.

[HumanSlinky39]

Kasperi Kapanen has more goals in the playoffs than Matthews.

Edited 13 hours ago by HumanSlinky39

[OverPowerYou]

Panthers. Vs oilers again for Stanley cup? That could be fun. I think Edmonton wins it this time 

[SabresBillsFan]

At the Knights-Oilers game last night and VGK deserved what they got. Nobody driving to the net, Edmonton keeping them to the outside and boxing out the middle of the ice in the defensive zone. I couldn’t remember one great chance last night where I said wow, that was a great save by Skinner. They looked like the Sabres not driving to the dirty areas and getting people in front of Skinner. I knew the series was over when they lost both home games to start the series, it’s just too hard to come back and try to win 4 of the next 5 with 3 road games. I thought Vegas did a great job on Connor and Leon in a few of the games but I’m getting frustrated by how no teams ever make either one of their lives difficult. These two need to be hit and hit often and put them in uncomfortable spots! I loved it when Charlie McAvory was going after McDavid at the 4 Nations. You want to beat Edmonton then make these 2 earn their space! It’s just sickening like years ago when teams let Patrick Kane dance around and do whatever he wants without destroying him!

4 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:

Panthers. Vs oilers again for Stanley cup? That could be fun. I think Edmonton wins it this time 

Dallas vs Florida, hoping that Dallas will play tougher on Connor and Leon. Way too many teams don’t physically abuse either of them!

[SwampD]

28 minutes ago, SabresBillsFan said:

At the Knights-Oilers game last night and VGK deserved what they got. Nobody driving to the net, Edmonton keeping them to the outside and boxing out the middle of the ice in the defensive zone. I couldn’t remember one great chance last night where I said wow, that was a great save by Skinner. They looked like the Sabres not driving to the dirty areas and getting people in front of Skinner. I knew the series was over when they lost both home games to start the series, it’s just too hard to come back and try to win 4 of the next 5 with 3 road games. I thought Vegas did a great job on Connor and Leon in a few of the games but I’m getting frustrated by how no teams ever make either one of their lives difficult. These two need to be hit and hit often and put them in uncomfortable spots! I loved it when Charlie McAvory was going after McDavid at the 4 Nations. You want to beat Edmonton then make these 2 earn their space! It’s just sickening like years ago when teams let Patrick Kane dance around and do whatever he wants without destroying him!

Dallas vs Florida, hoping that Dallas will play tougher on Connor and Leon. Way too many teams don’t physically abuse either of them!

You make it sound like they aren’t trying. Those guys are really, really good and make it almost impossible to hit them. 
 

On another note, is there a place you can actually watch the Bennet hit on Stolarz
All you get with a google search is a bunch of AI generated bullsh!t.
These sites don’t show anything and just waste my time. It’s pissing me off.

[SabresBillsFan]

15 minutes ago, SwampD said:

You make it sound like they aren’t trying. Those guys are really, really good and make it almost impossible to hit them. 
 

On another note, is there a place you can actually watch the Bennet hit on Stolarz
All you get with a google search is a bunch of AI generated bullsh!t.
These sites don’t show anything and just waste my time. It’s pissing me off.

I just think these guys give them way too much respect without making their lives difficult, you want to beat them then you punish them every chance you get, make them earn that space!

[Pimlach]

I don't think I have ever seen a team playing at home, with the series even at 2-2, and the game still close, just quit like the Toronto Maple Leaves did last night. 

The players quit, the fans quit, the organ player quit, the people generating noise/music quit, I'll bet the beer sales guys quit too.    As soon as they fell two goals behind they quit playing and the fans stopped cheering and that was that.  

[Mr Peabody]

13 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I don't think I have ever seen a team playing at home, with the series even at 2-2, and the game still close, just quit like the Toronto Maple Leaves did last night. 

The players quit, the fans quit, the organ player quit, the people generating noise/music quit, I'll bet the beer sales guys quit too.    As soon as they fell two goals behind they quit playing and the fans stopped cheering and that was that.  

I was looking at it from the Panthers side and was wowed by their lack of let up late in the 3rd with a huge lead.    Very impressive.  What a culture. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mr Peabody

[That Aud Smell]

11 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:

I was looking at it from the Panthers side and was wowed by their lack of let up late in the 3rd with a huge lead.    Very impressive.  What a culture. 

An absolute wagon.

[HumanSlinky39]

25 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I don't think I have ever seen a team playing at home, with the series even at 2-2, and the game still close, just quit like the Toronto Maple Leaves did last night. 

The players quit, the fans quit, the organ player quit, the people generating noise/music quit, I'll bet the beer sales guys quit too.    As soon as they fell two goals behind they quit playing and the fans stopped cheering and that was that.  

[SabresBillsFan]

It’s the Leafs, so who cares. I could care less if they ever win the Cup! But maybe we are finding out that Matthews and Marner even as good as they out during the season aren’t the right guys to get them over the hump in the post season. They are your leaders so lead. Or is it that Florida just woke up after they were down 0-2 going back to Florida. I think it’s a bit of both. Florida is a really good team who got to their game in the last 3 games. 

Edited 3 hours ago by SabresBillsFan

[JP51]

13 hours ago, Pimlach said:

I remember watching games when helmets were rare.  They only wore them after serious injuries.  Seems crazy in today’s world. 
 

I remember Rick Martin's bad concussion... half the team came back with helmets the next game include Perrault...  I think Robert shunned them until he retired...  the last guy on the sabres I remember without a helmet I think was Phil Russell 

[PromoTheRobot]

11 hours ago, HumanSlinky39 said:

2 straight shutouts for Skinner to close out VGK, wow. Must be nice to be a fan of a real hockey team.

The Oilers have under achieved for years. But yeah, last night they're a "real team."

[Porous Five Hole]

3 hours ago, SwampD said:

On another note, is there a place you can actually watch the Bennet hit on Stolarz
All you get with a google search is a bunch of AI generated bullsh!t.
These sites don’t show anything and just waste my time. It’s pissing me off.

try this:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/stolarz-forced-to-exit-game-1-after-taking-bennett-elbow-to-head/