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Athlon4all

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Man. I did not expect honestly the Leafs to win tonight and if they did, I would've expected them to play not even half as good as they did tonight. They just won't quit. G6 will be a grrrrrreat game, the Leafs do have a chance. Believe me. For those who didn't pick it up, I am a die hard Philadelphia Flyers fan and we were up 2 years ago in the East Finals 3-1 on the NJ Devils, and we lost G5 at Home, and ya know what? We lost all the momentum and NJ had gained it all and before we knew it Patrik Elias was in the front putting in an open net goal to put the Devs up 2-1 in Game 7. The Leafs certainly have a chance, who knows, the idea of going to the finals may have gone to some of the Canes' heads despite Ronnie Francis, and co tellin' them not to let it get to their head.

Anyway, great game CuJo!
 

VFAA

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Great game Leafs! I'm proud of this Toronto team! Put your worries behind and concentrate on the game plan and that's what the Leafs did. Great job on penelty killing :D and great game overal. Keep it up Leafs and you'll win the series!

GO LEAFS GO!!!
 

jaeger66

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The Canes weren't going to win 4 in a row, and if all the Leafs can manage in 2 games is one fluke goal off of Sideshow Bob's skate then they're in trouble. Could be a Carolina blowout in game 6 if they play the whole game they way they played in the third tonight. Of course, it didn't help that Brind'Amour played the worst game of his career.
 

revvy

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to ALL LEAF FANS!: I say we HECKLE Matthew Witheiler since he's backing the 'Canes! 'Canes fans don't know the MEANING of hockey!!!
FLOOD HIS EMAIL!! :D
 

VFAA

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Ok now I honestly think this guy jaeger66 is annoying. He criticizes every team and every player. Get a life man or a job at a local newspaper agency in their Sports Edition. Canes played well and so did the Leafs. You shouldn't blame this guy or the other guy. If I remember Brind'Amour was on the ice almost all the time and you say he played the worst game of his life. Can't you think he was well checked and covered by a Leaf player? You don't see anyone in here going around saying that Sundin played the worst game of his life just because he didn't score a goal. And how fluky the goal by Tucker was? It wasn't. Point shot deflected and the puck just lay there waiting for a tip in. That's called a strategy. Every teams goal is to shoot from the point on power plays and hope that there's someone in front to either deflect it or tip it in. Great game by both clubs. It was fun to watch them play tonight.

GO LEAFS GO!!!
 

LuDaCriS66

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Originally posted by: VFAA
Ok now I honestly think this guy jaeger66 is annoying. He criticizes every team and every player. Get a life man or a job at a local newspaper agency in their Sports Edition. Canes played well and so did the Leafs. You shouldn't blame this guy or the other guy. If I remember Brind'Amour was on the ice almost all the time and you say he played the worst game of his life. Can't you think he was well checked and covered by a Leaf player? You don't see anyone in here going around saying that Sundin played the worst game of his life just because he didn't score a goal. And how fluky the goal by Tucker was? It wasn't. Point shot deflected and the puck just lay there waiting for a tip in. That's called a strategy. Every teams goal is to shoot from the point on power plays and hope that there's someone in front to either deflect it or tip it in. Great game by both clubs. It was fun to watch them play tonight.

GO LEAFS GO!!!


He hates the Leafs.. that's all there is to it..
 

Rand

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Originally posted by: revvy
to ALL LEAF FANS!: I say we HECKLE Matthew Witheiler since he's backing the 'Canes! 'Canes fans don't know the MEANING of hockey!!!
FLOOD HIS EMAIL!! :D

You might want to heckle Anand while you at it then, because Anand and half his staff are fans of Carolina. :p


they need a miracle to come out and win 3 more, but it is possible

A very small chance, it's not entirely impossible but their definitely going to have to play much better then they have thus far. Cujo will have to diminate, and Toronto will absolutely need to solve the Canes goaltending more consistently.

FWIW, Toronto is one of only two teams in NHL history to ever come behind in a 3-0 deficet to win the series, and the only team to ever do so in the NHL Finals. Granted, this series was only a 3-1 deficet... just thought it was an interesting informational tidbit.
 

Kilban

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I still think the Canes are going to finish the series off in game 6. This game was just a consolation.

Chances dont mean a thing in any sport. There is no such stat category anyways. The Leafs haven't been doing the job. 5 goals in 5 games is pathetic.

:disgust:
 

kami

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Kilban, that's a stupid statement. Both teams have very few goals. Look how many ended up as 1-1 ties at the end of 3 so far...and tonight's 1-0 game. Are the Canes pathetic because they didn't score tonight? no.....get your head out of your ass. Both teams are playing well and that's why their is so few goals scored. I think Basketball is more your type of sport...sometimes their points even reach the triple digits. Maybe it'll satisfy you more.
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GO LEAFS!
 

Kilban

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Dont be stupid now. This has been one of the most boring series' in recent NHL history. Since when did good hockey mean low scoring games? Since all of the injured players have come back for the Leafs, everything has been going downhill. When Sundin came back, he told Quinn that he didn't want to interuppt the chemistry between any lines. Quinn still wanted to swich up his lines, and this has proved to be a horrible decision. Leafs have scored 5 goals in 5 games, and Carolina has 8 goals.

BTW, I would take basketball over hockey anyday of the week. Too bad the Raptors were eliminated so early into the playoffs.
 

SpongeBob

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Originally posted by: Kilban
Dont be stupid now. This has been one of the most boring series' in recent NHL history. Since when did good hockey mean low scoring games? Since all of the injured players have come back for the Leafs, everything has been going downhill. When Sundin came back, he told Quinn that he didn't want to interuppt the chemistry between any lines. Quinn still wanted to swich up his lines, and this has proved to be a horrible decision. Leafs have scored 5 goals in 5 games, and Carolina has 8 goals.

To each his own i guess. I love this series. I love low scoring games. Games where all the teams are doing is scoring suck IMO. Every game in this series my heart has been pounding the whole time. The suspense of a 1-1 game is incredible, and especially in OT.
 

Rand

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Since all of the injured players have come back for the Leafs, everything has been going downhill.

All of them?
They've still got a good 4-5 guys out injuried, and of those that have come back how many are completely healed?
You ake it sound as if the Leafs are 100%.

FWIW, I usually tend to enjoy low scoring defensive/goaltending battles much more then high scoring games.
To quote SpogeBob, "The suspense of a 1-1 game is incredible, and especially in OT".
That said, this series hasnt been especially memorable nor terribly exciting for the most part... though its had it's nice moments.
It's no worse then many other series I've seen in the last few years though.

The Toronto- St. Louis series from 93' had some of the most exciting games I've ever seen, that triple OT game against Ottawa was very nice also.

I hope the Leafs pull it out but I gotta admit I'm very worried about their chances in Game 6 also...
 

VFAA

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You guys seen the new Cujo and Vector bar commercial? Looks nice :).

GO LEAFS GO!!!
 

Rand

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Originally posted by: VFAA
You guys seen the new Cujo and Vector bar commercial? Looks nice :).

GO LEAFS GO!!!

Neither seen nor heard of it.
I havent been watching the Colorado/Detroit series (though I have been keeping updated on it) but I've heard a lot of people saying the series has had some extremely competitive and exciting games.
 

yllus

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Originally posted by: VFAA
You guys seen the new Cujo and Vector bar commercial? Looks nice :).

GO LEAFS GO!!!
I want a screen capture of that. :)

Argh, we just took a penalty. From what I've seen today, we're back to the uber-determined Leafs that have made me proud all playoffs long. Joseph is back on track as well.

GO LEAFS GO!
 

VFAA

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Boy these Refs are doing crappy jobs. In a game like this or in the series this deep they should let the teams play a little more and not call every fvcking thing. Look at the Detroit vs Colorado series. AWSOME! Teams play open hockey with plenty of hits and goals. The way Refs are doing jobs for Eastern Conference games is totally bull $hit.
Canada invented hockey, Toronto is the hockey town and we will remain hockey town forever!

GO LEAFS GO!!!