Meanwhile in Iraq & Syria

[Fife]

change channel, back to hockey, order pizza.

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How many games to the Leafs have left to go?

[StCapps]

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How many games to the Leafs have left to go?

3 games remain for the Loafs. The Bruins are a point ahead but only have 2 games left and the Sens are a point ahead with 3 games left. If the Leafs aren't at least 3rd in the Atlantic then they play the Caps.

[Smitty-48]

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How many games to the Leafs have left to go?

They've got three games to get two points to make the playoffs, which is doable, but the real issue is avoiding the wildcard and Washington in the first round, so really, if they want to get Boston or Ottawa, who the Leafs could actually beat in a 7 game series, they need more than just two points here, so if they beat T-Bay tonight, they've clinched, but if all they've clinched is a first round match up with the Caps; kind of a pyrric victory, not going to get too excited, unless and until they clinch and avoid the wildcard both.

[StCapps]

change channel, back to hockey, order pizza.

https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nsh-vs-d ... te=preview

:goteam: :drunk:

How many games to the Leafs have left to go?

They've got three games to get two points to make the playoffs, which is doable, but the real issue is avoiding the wildcard and Washington in the first round, so really, if they want to get Boston or Ottawa, who the Leafs could actually beat in a 7 game series, they need more than just two points here, so if they beat T-Bay tonight, they've clinched, but if all they've clinched is a first round match up with the Caps; kind of a pyrric victory, not going to get too excited, unless and until they clinch and avoid the wildcard both.

Might as well tank if you are going to draw the Caps. Pyrrhic victory indeed, that has the makings of a sweep, the Atlantic division team that is unfortunate enough to play the Caps is royally screwed

[Smitty-48]

https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nsh-vs-d ... te=preview

:goteam: :drunk:

How many games to the Leafs have left to go?

They've got three games to get two points to make the playoffs, which is doable, but the real issue is avoiding the wildcard and Washington in the first round, so really, if they want to get Boston or Ottawa, who the Leafs could actually beat in a 7 game series, they need more than just two points here, so if they beat T-Bay tonight, they've clinched, but if all they've clinched is a first round match up with the Caps; kind of a pyrric victory, not going to get too excited, unless and until they clinch and avoid the wildcard both.

Might as well tank if you are going to draw the Caps. Pyrrhic victory indeed, that has the makings of a sweep, the Atlantic division team that is unfortunate enough to play the Caps is royally screwed

Meh, the Caps are actually vulnerable, if I was the Caps, I'd want no part of a "nothing to lose" team like the Leafs, the Caps are a choke team, all the pressure would be on them, if they started gripping the sticks, they could choke again, never underestimate the Caps capacity to blow themselves up, expecially against a loosey goosey team which wasn't feeling any pressure as the underdogs who everyone had written off.

For Washington, first round is the most dangerous round, anything can happen in the first round, and often does.

[Smitty-48]

Let's put it this way, I actually think Washington's defence is meh, if they got themselves into a series of run and gun shoot it out against Matthews, Marner and Nylander, they could get burned. Yeah, Washington can score, but so can the Leafs, if Washington lost structure, I think the Leafs could light them up, Holtby ain't no Carey Price.

One would assume that Washington would stick to the game plan and not get baited into that, except for the fact that Washington gets baited into that every year and blows themselves up, I wouldn't be cocky if I was them, they can wear the Leafs down with structured hockey, but that doesn't mean that they are guarunteed to, they are under an extreme amount of pressure, while the Leafs have no pressure on them at all; that is the stuff huge upsets are made of.

[StCapps]

Meh, the Caps are actually vulnerable, if I was the Caps, I'd want no part of a "nothing to lose" team like the Leafs, the Caps are a choke team, all the pressure would be on them, if they started gripping the sticks, they could choke again, never underestimate the Caps capacity to blow themselves up, expecially against a loosey goosey team which wasn't feeling any pressure as the underdogs who everyone had written off.

For Washington, first round is the most dangerous round, anything can happen in the first round, and often does.

Meh, the Leafs have a punchers chance, but not a particularly good punchers chance. I mean if the Caps lost to the Leafs that would be one of the epic first round chokes of all time, would make the tsn top 10, sure anything can happen but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[Smitty-48]

I'd rather face Washington than Columbus or Pitt, Washington is overrated, regular season championship team, the Leafs would be huge underdogs no doubt, but when it comes to punchers, they have three of the best in the league right now, and the Leafs punchers ain't feeling no pressure at all, a very dangerous animal that can be, in the first round.

[TheReal_ND]

[Fife]

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