Eastern Conference Second Round: (2) Toronto Maple Leafs vs (WC2) Florida Panthers

[hockeyrobot]

Who saw this coming?

[hockeyrobot]

I like Florida. Leafs now have all the pressure. Panthers are rolling. They're big, deep and I'd take Bob over Samsonov.

Panthers in 6

[Godin]

Can't say I seen it coming, but im not surprised. Many Bruins have a lot of miles on them.
Colorado losing would be a huge surprise.
I honestly believe Toronto would have beaten Boston. As for Florida, it's going to come down to goaltending and I like Samsonov. It's going to be a great, long series.

[Belexus75]

Can't say I seen it coming, but im not surprised. Many Bruins have a lot of miles on them.
Colorado losing would be a huge surprise.
I honestly believe Toronto would have beaten Boston. As for Florida, it's going to come down to goaltending and I like Samsonov. It's going to be a great, long series.

i agree with this completely.... but i also think that leafs have way more confidence than pressure now....we will see soon enough...picked leafs in 5

[blayze]

Leafs in 6

Florida's just happy to be here after beating the Bruins... playing with house money now.

[The Comish]

Leafs in 5.

[pmorrow]

I like Florida. Leafs now have all the pressure. Panthers are rolling. They're big, deep and I'd take Bob over Samsonov.

Panthers in 6

???

[loppantorkel]

Panthers in 6
edit: basically this

I like Florida. Leafs now have all the pressure. Panthers are rolling. They're big, deep and I'd take Bob over Samsonov.

[Axeman33]

Leafs dominated the Panthers in the regular season but if there's one thing the Leafs know well in recent years, what happened in the regular season goes out the window pretty quick. The playoffs are a new season.

Leafs in 7

[hockeyrobot]

???

They're favored. I don't think there would have been much pressure facing Boston.... The best team in NHL history.

[hockeyrobot]

Series starts Tuesday. A 1 day break for Florida?? All so Toronto can keep their pressure Saturday game. Yikes.

[random-d]

I'll take Leafs in 6. I like the odds of Bob turning into a pumpkin for the next series.

[2014olympicgold]

I also thought the schedule would be Thursday Game 1 to set up the Saturday. But not the Game 2.

However, this short of a turn around for a game 7 series isn't that big of a shock.

Man, I have some scar tissue. People were talking about who I would want to face in the 2nd round, and I said "The 65 win team or the team that beat them? I do not want either right now".

Here's your H2H this season:
Jan 17 - Leafs win 5-4. Bobrovsky vs Murray. Murray was pulled for Samsonov (OT)
March 23 - Leafs win 6-2. Bobrovsky vs Murray
March 29 - Florida wins 3-2. Lyon vs Samsonov (OT)
April 10 - Leafs win 2-1. Lyon vs Samsonov (OT)

That's a lot closer than the 3-1 Leafs season series suggests. I'm saying Leafs in 6. But I think a game goes to OT in the first 2 games and that'll be HUGE on who comes out on top of that game.

I wonder how healthy Tavares is. He only had 16:39 in that game 6. He has to be averaging below 18min/game. How much of that was just line matching and Keefe couldn't get him vs a favourable matchup. I think he's hurt. He hasn't even been taking draws the same. He took only 18faceoffs in the last 2 games.

[Godin]

I also thought the schedule would be Thursday Game 1 to set up the Saturday. But not the Game 2.

However, this short of a turn around for a game 7 series isn't that big of a shock.

Man, I have some scar tissue. People were talking about who I would want to face in the 2nd round, and I said "The 65 win team or the team that beat them? I do not want either right now".

Here's your H2H this season:
Jan 17 - Leafs win 5-4. Bobrovsky vs Murray. Murray was pulled for Samsonov (OT)
March 23 - Leafs win 6-2. Bobrovsky vs Murray
March 29 - Florida wins 3-2. Lyon vs Samsonov (OT)
April 10 - Leafs win 2-1. Lyon vs Samsonov (OT)

That's a lot closer than the 3-1 Leafs season series suggests. I'm saying Leafs in 6. But I think a game goes to OT in the first 2 games and that'll be HUGE on who comes out on top of that game.

I wonder how healthy Tavares is. He only had 16:39 in that game 6. He has to be averaging below 18min/game. How much of that was just line matching and Keefe couldn't get him vs a favourable matchup. I think he's hurt. He hasn't even been taking draws the same. He took only 18faceoffs in the last 2 games.

3 overtime games in the regular season. Yes, this is going to be a long hard fought battle with both teams on highs.

[blayze]

Meh regular season means shit.