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I wouldn’t go so far as to say this is a “must win”, but tonight is the last chance to make this series a shorter one.
Wish List for tonight :
1) WIN
2) McCabe lays a punishing clean check on Bennett that takes him out for the game.
3) Tanev destroys Marchand with a clean hip check that takes him out for the series.
4) Domi pummels TkaUpchuk into a bloody turtle.
5) Sick snipes and dirty dangles from Willy Styles.
6) Marner shorthanded breakaway goal.
7) Florida crowd full of methheads sits in deathly silence for the entire evening.
8) Matthews breaks out and lights the lamp more than once.
9) Bob shits the bed so hard that it creates a goalie controversy for Maurice.
10) Syrup Girl makes an appearance.
GO LEAFS MOTHER-F-ING GO!
Whorey Fairy got Edmonton on the board.
I know that rooting for the Oilers is a controversial thing in Leaf Nation, but is there an exception made for the current circumstances because they are facing a US team?
We’ll probably never know exactly what is ailing Matthews. It’s definitely something. The guy isn’t just going to throw his hands up and phone it in during the playoffs.
Knowing this, I think the best we can expect from him is to tread water and cancel out one of Florida’s top defensive centers, thus allowing other Leafs lines to draw a better matchup. Win faceoffs and try to hide the gimpiness from the other team as much as possible. Try to pass it off as just being snakebitten and overdue to bust out – that keeps Florida honest and from cheating on him. Even if they suspect he is limited, they still have to smother him and continue taking away his space or he’ll burn them – even a gimpy Matthews can pot a few goals if you leave him wide open too many times. If Matthews can hold his own, then it’s up to the rest of the core to pick up the slack.
Marner, Willy, and JT need to produce more to compensate for the loss of Matthews sniping. Others like Knies and Patches need to just keep doing what they are doing.
I’m not worried. I hope they take the next game. I don’t want the suspense of a 6 or 7 game series. Let’s finish this shit in 5.
Would have liked a win, but I’m not worried. Cats are the defending champs and have a deep roster. They’re not going to roll over and we knew this wouldn’t be a short series. Don’t dwell on the game. A couple of those goals were deflections and trash. Like the Barkov goal – you can’t fault Woll for shit like that. Rielly doing the own goal thing. Shit happens. Close the book and move on.
Get the split and finish it in Toronto.
Have faith. Drink the Blue Koolaid(tm) – it’s tasty.
Let’s put the dagger in early. My ticker can’t endure a triple or quadruple overtime.
Who will end it? Marner? Willy? JT? Domi? Papi?
How f-ing great. Second round, overtime, defending champs, leading the series. Savor this shit and then close the deal. WIN THIS MOFO.
Who will be the hero?
This game is winnable. We knew the defending champs wouldn’t go out without a fight.
Get the equalizer. Put a ton of traffic in front of Bob and get rebounds. Stop being cute.
