I agree. They can't waste the ends of ovi and sids career

I agree. They don't have that many assets to give so maybe they go into a quick retool

You didn't miss much in the MN/VGK game, it was a pretty dull game. The 5 min recap video will show the interesting parts. Talbot got one of the easier shutouts you'll see a goalie get in the Playoffs. MAF was good but not great and that was the difference in the game.

Hedman and Stralman long-time defence partners pic.twitter.com/PD5bTsjC9n

— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) May 27, 2021

I love this

Even if Vegas squeezes by Minnie, they're finished in round 2. They're offense is just totally anemic, especially without Pacioretty. I never really liked how this team was constructed. When they committed to Fleury at $7M per, they should've added a cheaper 1B and spent the cap space on another top six goal scorer. Adding Lehner at the deadline was one thing, but extending him was impetuous and short sighted. I never understood the Pietrangelo singing either. He's not quite a redundancy to Theodore but, they were already a top their defensive team w/o him. They should trade him for Tavares this summer, assuming he fully recovers, as expected.

I think it will probably be done in 5.
But I really don't know what having fans will mean, it might be a bigger advantage than we realize.

Well you're forgetting the trap card, Leafs always lose round 1

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My predictions for today:

CAR over NSH 4-2

TOR over MTL 3-1

Seeing as Gust - Merrill is playing today I’m going 10-1 Toronto lmao

Why tf is Gustafsson in OVER ROMANOV

vEtErAn eXPeRiEnCE


I woulda played all the young guys and flair I could and maybe even some call ups from Laval just to go all in. Better than dressing Merrill

and people were telling me losing mete and bringing in merrill was a good thing

mete with more minutes and a bigger role thrived in Ottawa while Merrill who had incredible defensive stats in a bigger role in Detroit crashed down and burned in a lesser role in MTL

Accidental comment.

But yeah Mete definitely was a great pick up by Ottawa. No risk at all for them to give him a role and it worked out well. I found it odd MTL wouldn’t give Mete a real big shot but also they were pushing for the playoffs so it was a hard decision

"Pretty Dull" is being generous lmao. absolute snoozefest of a game. also in no way was that Goaltender Interference. Refs handed minny game 7 on a silver platter there.

Looks like the Canes will ice the same lines that they had on Tuesday:

Svechnikov-Aho-Teravainen
Niederreiter-Trocheck-Necas
Foegele-Staal-Fast
Martinook-Lorentz-McGinn

Slavin-Hamilton
Skjei-Pesce
Bean-Hakanpaa

Nedeljkovic
Mrazek

How many fans will they allow?

Svech needs to step it up a notch or two. He was amazing in the bubble before he got hurt. I'm just not seeing that level of confidence right now.

Yes, he needs to find his playoff gear. Svech just doesn't look as comfortable out there for some reason. Hopefully he can pick back up on where he left off last year... or at least get more comfortable.

Toronto set a terrible precedent on Goaltender Interference when they overturned the Canes goal the other night. If you need to look at a play 25 times before you decide, the ruling on the ice should stand, imo.

I know you're asking about the north, but it's insane that the canes increased their capacity to 15,000. If they're gonna have THAT MUCH then why not just go the distance. Glad I already went to game 2.

He's not the only one struggling to score. I don't need to list the players who need to step it up, lol. I'm just wondering how much of their struggles are due to Saros' excellent goaltending and how much can be attributed to the Canes' offense. They're averaging over 44 SOG, best in the league by far.

What is the capacity for the Canes? 15k has to be like 90%, no?

83.33 percent that is. I would love to go to another game once more people get vaccinated.

I'll list them for ya: Svech, Nino, Fast, Foegele, Lorentz, Hamilton, Bean. Turbo could be a bit better too.