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Quoting: TheresAlwaysNextYear

Power play deserves to be in a category worse than 1

agreed. might put it on LTIR at this point

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May 20, 2021 at 10:56 p.m.

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I’d easily put Marner in the 5 star category.

I think he played better than Matthews.

I honestly think Nylander was the best on the ice tonight. Followed by Campbell, then Marner.

I may slightly biased. But I thought Marner was good.

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May 20, 2021 at 10:56 p.m.

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Quoting: RangerWall92

Throw it down in the AHL

Buy it out at this point 😂

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May 20, 2021 at 10:57 p.m.

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this is fair. i personally hold marner to a really high standard which he didn't hit tonight. nothing against him - i didn't think he was bad by any means but he didn't have the 'marner takeover' we have come to be familiar with. would love to see more of that in game 2. still a solid showing though

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May 20, 2021 at 11:01 p.m.

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I love it, the high powered offense scores 1 goal and leafs fans be like "5 stars"

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May 20, 2021 at 11:02 p.m.

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I love it, the high powered offense scores 1 goal and leafs fans be like "5 stars"

did u watch the game... we were dominant

May 20, 2021 at 11:04 p.m.

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Quoting: pharrow

I love it, the high powered offense scores 1 goal and leafs fans be like "5 stars"

how hard did you get when tavares got injured

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May 20, 2021 at 11:12 p.m.

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Quoting: mondo

how hard did you get when tavares got injured

Is that really the best you got. I be a leafs fan gives you 5 stars.

May 20, 2021 at 11:17 p.m.

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Quoting: leafs_RtheBest

did u watch the game... we were dominant

you didn't score. Period. There is no way you can look at a game you lost 2-1 and say 5*. You must do better than that. Be more realistic.
Your like EDM last night, your stars let you down. Nothing from Matthews or Marner. If they can't score you're not winning games. They didn't score. Hell it's their job to carry the team they are making 11 million each. Hardly a 5* game. FFS raise the bar man.

May 20, 2021 at 11:20 p.m.

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Quoting: pharrow

okay so our team captain went down hard and is currently hospitalized. try being 23 and playing through that while also getting rocked around by an older canadiens team. we controlled the tempo of the game 5 on 5, and our stars were stars. nylander was stellar. matthews and marner were playing great - hell matthews had like 10 shots - they just got robbed by price. clearly you didn't watch the game, because if that was any other goalie (except maybe hellybuyck, fleury, and vasy), we win that game easily 99 times out of 100.

May 20, 2021 at 11:25 p.m.

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Quoting: leafs_RtheBest

oh spare me the tears. This is playoff hockey. That game was freaking light weight.
JT was an accident on the ice, "currently hospitalized" dude has a concussion. You can stop your drama.
I watched in between the pens game and the whole 3rd period. I seen plenty.
You either do or your don't. You are holding the bar very damn low.

May 20, 2021 at 11:28 p.m.

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Quoting: pharrow

very normal hockey things when a guys head snaps back and starts bleeding from his scalp. love to be an nhl guy and not know if someone just ****ing died on the ice.

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May 20, 2021 at 11:37 p.m.

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very normal hockey things when a guys head snaps back and starts bleeding from his scalp. love to be an nhl guy and not know if someone just ****ing died on the ice.

yeah sure thing there, want an oscar with your drama?

May 20, 2021 at 11:48 p.m.

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yeah sure thing there, want an oscar with your drama?

i'll give you a pulitzer if you ever manage to write a single good post on this website.

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May 21, 2021 at 12:08 a.m.

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Edited May 21, 2021 at 12:15 a.m.

Quoting: pharrow

yeah sure thing there, want an oscar with your drama?

JT had his head richochet between corey perry's knee and the ice, has a severe concussion, could've broken his neck or broken vertebrae in his neck, could have been paralyzed, could have brain bleed or a variety of other skull fractures/damage/head trauma, and is undergoing a million tests rn - and you're here downplaying it?

half the team looked on the verge of tears, perry looked like he wanted to throw up he felt so bad, the canadiens actually ISSUED A STATEMENT about how they are praying for his recovery - we're witnessing the entire hockey world unite for this poor guy and even some non-hockey outlets reporting this story because of just how severe and dangerous it is - and you're saying people are overdramatic?

yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes

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May 21, 2021 at 12:16 a.m.

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dude i was literally crying. not lying for a second when he rolled back i though he had died. scary **** man. prayers up for him.

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May 21, 2021 at 12:28 a.m.

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Quoting: leafs_RtheBest

dude i was literally crying. not lying for a second when he rolled back i though he had died. scary **** man. prayers up for him.

it was downright disturbing. having those players, psyched to finally win something, see their captain hunched over like a lifeless husk, bleeding and vacant, like that's traumatic lmao

they played as well as they could've but you can't tell me they weren't lingering on their captain likely having a horrific season ending injury 10 minutes into what they hoped was a cup run. they lost a key forward 10 minutes in, they used 27 different line combos tonight - it was a huge tactical disadvantage that threw the team for a loop, let alone the mental aspect of it

imo, I won't panic until we see the results of game 2. if they win game 2 who cares, but if they lay an egg on saturday, then I will panic.

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May 21, 2021 at 12:30 a.m.

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Quoting: leafs_RtheBest

did u watch the game... we were dominant

no you weren't. https://www.naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20202021&game=30171
we led in faceoffs and hits. you led in shots by 6 (7 of them coming in the last pp + 6 on 5), we led in HDCF as well. yeah sure JT's loss hurt, but 2nd period you were better. and this is a habs line up without caufield and KK. if habs win game 2, this could be a very deep series and thats exactly what mtl wants because when the teams are in the trenches, the habs win. if we keep throwing hits like we did this game, leafs will be severly banged up and bruised by game 5, which will make it better for the habs as we have more nhl talent and nhl bodies. it fits our style of play. and yeah, if Price continues his play, it'll be another 1st rd exit for the leafs

May 21, 2021 at 4:52 a.m.

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thats alot of 5 stars, 4 stars for a team that managed 1 goal and lost.

I know it was close and all, but this is a 4th versus 1st matchup. This is one of the top offenses in the league. This is a team full of vets.

Its almost like participation trophy stars.

(As for Tavares, it was tough to watch, but when your entire offense is essentially 4 players and you lose one, it should tell you that you might want to spread your base)

May 21, 2021 at 9:21 a.m.

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Quoting: Lyle_Bubas

DID you watch the game?
His head wasn't between the ice and a knee. His head was up on all fours and the guy accidently ran into him. Stop lying about what actually happened.
skull fractured...... the leafer drama.
You would think WIlson was involved with so much drama.

May 21, 2021 at 9:34 a.m.

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Quoting: mondo

i'll give you a pulitzer if you ever manage to write a single good post on this website.

Marchand took a knee to the head from Neal.......on purpose....walked off the ice.
BOS fans weren't crying about how he had a "fractured skull."
But I guess that's why no one says boston is soft.
leafer drama.
He's got a concussion, the world isn't ending.
It's so sad that you use that as an excuse for putting up 1 goal and calling it a 5-star performance...... out of 5 stars.
What a low bar to reach.
You act like they had a hat trick when they put up 0 points. FFS how can you even balance that out. It's not even remotely possible.

May 21, 2021 at 10:09 a.m.

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