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GDT - Game 3, Round 1 - Pat Maroon is Fat

A nice solid curb stomping again tonight would go ways for my well-being.

Suspect we will be battling the Lightning and the stripes though. Need to succeed on our early PKs and I feel good.

Hope Sammy keeps his mojo going too.
 
Easy win.


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Question is which team will play tonight, 1-st game leafs or 2-nd game leafs
So far 3-rd games are much calmer
 
Wayward DP said:
I mean he's been a defensive liability all year so dunno how much he'll move the needle. I'm guessing they sit Fleury for him?
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I struggle to be cocky enough to believe he cannot flip a switch and suddenly isn't a very good d, but even if you're right, he's replacing a player who isn't an nhler. That's the bigger deal. The Leafs have like 8 d who can fill in the top 4; they lose a top 4 guy or 2 and they're probably still fine. Tampa does not have that luxury. They barely even have 5 NHL d when everyone is healthy. The net gain from Hedman vs Fleury or any one of their plugs is enormous.

But yes, that's not enough to make up for whatever happened last game. They didn't get embarrassed because Hedman was out.
 
Preston said:
I struggle to be cocky enough to believe he cannot flip a switch and suddenly isn't a very good d, but even if you're right, he's replacing a player who isn't an nhler. That's the bigger deal. The Leafs have like 8 d who can fill in the top 4; they lose a top 4 guy or 2 and they're probably still fine. Tampa does not have that luxury. They barely even have 5 NHL d when everyone is healthy. The net gain from Hedman vs Fleury or any one of their plugs is enormous.

But yes, that's not enough to make up for whatever happened last game. They didn't get embarrassed because Hedman was out.
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yeah this is fair. also, if Hedman is playing on one leg, that may limit his effectiveness. he does have a history of stepping up in the playoffs though.
 
Unfortunately TB ain’t the Sens.

Will need to come out of the gates flying. They’re not going to be happy having been totally embarrassed last game.
 
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