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Forum: NHLMon. at 3:55 p.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #5: The Final Stretch
Imma just die on the hill that Toronto will come back and win this series.

They’re better, have played better than not, and there’s a reasonable chance they get healthy fast, benefiting from extra offday. Each day after is presumably healthier. If Boston had beat them convincingly while they were without I’d think different.

Those dudes have been through too much to cave, and they’ve been too consistently good. You can’t do those things by accident.

If they don’t even put up a fight tho - ya gotta break it up.

Like last year - if I had felt Tampa was the better team, I would have kept that belief to the end, because that entire Tampa leaf series was tilted to Tampa a bit, but the leafs prevailed. Maybe Boston ends it, but it won’t take much for the momentum to flip.
Forum: NHLSun. at 11:10 a.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #5: The Final Stretch
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rangsey</b></div><div>Thing is, there have been multiple times in this series the Leafs best players have had the game in their stick and in those moments they have failed to capitalize. It doesn't matter how close you are over the course of the game/series of you don't win the big moments.

Last year, Tampa was better than the Leafs for the whole first series. But they lost the big moments.
Year before the Leafs were better than tampa for most of the series, but didnt capitalize on the big moments.

The Leafs best players are losing the big moments and that's why they're losing the series.</div></div>

Agree entirely. And Boston is being extremely opportunistic and deserves what it has earned.

I just don’t get the persistent magnified negativity that has to ignore reality by not discussing the piles of good that has occurred as well as be disingenuous by highlighting known weaknesses.

We have this problem in stl too. Kyrou has some media against him, some fans against him, results in the entire building boo-ing the guy while he’s simultaneously 2nd in the league in carrying the puck into the opponents zone, leads the team in scoring.

Like, the number of games the blues have won because of Kyrou, Leafs have won because of Marner is a -way- bigger number than the games they’ve lost because of them. Then dude is literally screaming during a national broadcast about 2 50/50s. It’s just so sensationally stupid. I’ve watched 5’9’’ 4th liner Nathan walker win board battles all night against Nathan Mackinnon. You can find lost 50/50s for Crosby any given night. It’s just so dumb to magnify that, because it happens to everybody, and the type of skater marner or Kyrou are: they don’t look super good on replay when they lose 50/50s. They’re usually trying to do something with the puck besides just win it. When they lose it looks bad. Ok. That’s not gonna ever change til the end of time. To get worked up about it is nonsense.
Forum: NHLSun. at 9:21 a.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #5: The Final Stretch
It’s dumb to me how blind and immature opinions from the media are.

Game 1 Toronto played slightly better but close enuff to equivalent to Boston. While down 2 goals the leafs were well above 50% chance to win game for almost entire third period because they had persistent possession/chances.
Game 2-3 Toronto vastly outplayed Boston. Vastly.
Game 4 - fairly even tilt, still leafs outplaying Boston similar to g1.

Meanwhile:
Boston scoring on what feels like every power play.
Boston scoring with seconds to go in period on broken plays.
Leafs top heavy team missing significant chunk of its top heavy skaters.

Now my social media and media feed is filled with such extremism and negativity towards the leafs.

I’m not making excuses: ultimately I don’t care which team wins, I’m rooting for stl. It’s just so many wrong opinions it hurts my brain.

Everybody knows marner is soft, but showing him lose 2 50/50s then deciding he’s trash right before he dangles to score a solo effort goal is funny. Board battles are not the thing he’s good at. We’ve known that for years. It’s not going to change. If you view him from that perspective he sucks. If you view from other perspectives, like carrying the puck, he’s one of the best in the league. It’s how it works for every player, just different perspectives.

There is this need for Toronto media to be negative. Other teams are down in their series and it isn’t 25 YouTubers, broadcasters live on air pointing out an individual players known weakness anywhere near the amplitude and frequency.

They’ve conditioned the building to boo, to be cautious. It impacts the game. It’s hurting the team, but it gets clicks I guess?

—-Leafs are one of the few playoff teams that have a home ice disadvantage and it’s the medias fault.



Leafs in 7 if you can get your expensive skaters on the ice together and they are close to 100%.
Forum: NHLApr. 25 at 2:50 p.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #5: The Final Stretch
I’m kinda a weirdo:

I’m preferring Utah HC as the final name.

Maybe I’ve thought about so many names they all just kinda seem generic and lazy. Like what low grade theme park would name its newest ride. So why not be generic and lazy to the extreme, own it and do it well, go big or go home. Could refer to them as whatever people from Utah call themselves, or just Utah. (A Ute?, the Utes?) (I’ve recently lived thru the St. Louis MLS expansion and really like our branding there, local ownership enhances marketing opportunity and impact, impresses upon fans that advertising partners are “us”).

It would be fun if their mascot was a snake and it was a dude in a modified green inflatable flailing arms man costume, so for that I’m rooting for venom or poison or whatever. They could have a power play dance for the fans that looks absolutely stupid and ridiculous, making it amazing, where they all wiggle around like snakes.
Forum: NHLApr. 24 at 6:43 p.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #5: The Final Stretch
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensonfire</b></div><div>Obviously, I'm biased about Chychrun's trade value, but I acknowledge that there's a distinct possibility we might get less than what we paid for him.



With that said, any trade for Chychrun should be about saving face.

I think an acceptable return on Chychrun would be a 1st + two 2nds, regardless of how high the 1st is.

It doesn't have to be #12 overall and it can even be #32 overall.



I also think that something like what Calgary got for Noah Hanifin as a pending UFA at the trade deadline would be acceptable.

A 1st + a conditional 2nd + a big right shot depth defenceman with a low cap hit.



As for what Chychrun might sign for, anywhere between 6.5 million and 8 million on an 8 year deal is well within his reach.</div></div>

I think you might be in for a positive surprise. I’m pretty sure a big knock to Chychrun’s value was his historic injuries and time missed. At the time yall got him, it was a very safe bet to assume he’d miss 25%++ of the season cause that’s kinda how it had been, give or take. That had to scare away buyers. Playing a full 82 and playing pretty okay shows not only that he has the fitness/awareness to do it, but all the previous stuff is in the past also. I don’t think you can accidentally play 82, esp as a d.