Round 2: Colorado Avalanche vs. Vegas Golden Knights
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That's the exact kind of incoherent nonsense you'd expect from a reporter who was fired from his newspaper for sending harassing Twitter messages to a female hockey fan. Super glad the NHL gave him credentials again for his blog.
Guilt Trip
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I'm thinking Kadri will be finding a new home next season.
bustaheims
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Guilt Trip said:
Maybe, though, I'm not sure he would have been a difference maker here.
Deebo said:
My favourite part was how he mocked Spittin' Chiclets and I thought "oh ok maybe this guy does have a brain" and then the second one of them responded to him he started kissing their feet.
Guilt Trip
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He would have. In a series so tight you need all your guns going. He's their 2nd line centre and Kadri being out allowed Vegas to focus on the MacKinnon line and after the 1st game blowout, that's what they did.bustaheims said:
MacKinnon had 2 assists in the last 4 games,(Vegas' victories). Rantanen had 2 goals 1 assist, Landeskog had 2 assists.
Anybody think the Leafs still lose if JT was in our lineup? Kadri hurt them just like he did with us 2 years in a row. I say he gets left unprotected for the draft.
bustaheims
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Guilt Trip said:
This series wasn't that tight, though. Vegas was the better team, and by a margin larger than what Kadri could have made up. He maybe helps Colorado push it to game 7, but he doesn't put them over the top. Their big guns needed to produce more.
Highlander
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KHL goonmiesterbustaheims said:
Bender said:
I'm not so sure. The Leafs are very good when you allow them to play with pace. I think if the Leafs get in to a series with Tampa or Colorado their chances of winning are quite high.
The problem becomes when they play a team that is capable of taking the pace out of the game. That's when the Leafs either have to assert themselves more or have the pieces in place that can play that game as well.
dappleganger
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Significantly Insignificant said:
I agree with this.
I don't think I agree when they've got the likes of Brayden Point, Kucherov, Stamkos, Hedman and a good supporting cast. Vegas is Montreal esque so I don't see it there and the Avs are the Leafs but with better and cheaper deprh.Dappleganger said:
And as an aside, I mean how many times so they have to lose in the first round to recognize this team isn't as good as we want them to be or think that they are? There's no use throwing away 1st round picks every year while never being better than a 6-10 team in the league.
Bender said:
For me style of play that the other wants to play factors in to it. I get they haven't got past the first round which means they aren't in that true contender status yet, but they are still a top team.
Like the Avs have weaknesses. Their center depth is a little thin. I would take Matthews/Tavares over MacKinnon/Kadri for example. So it's not like the Leafs would have no chance of skating with the Avs or the Lightning. A game with flow plays right in to wheelhouses of the big 4.
However if you take skill out of the game, the Leafs have nothing left. They don't have those grind players that will score the scrambly goals in front of the net when you are skating through mud in the neutral zone.