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And that’s home ice

That official eliminates Detroit.

Or just allow teams to bring up someone whose AAV is below a certain threshold (like $1M) before they have to play a man short. Take the basic rule they have now and eliminate the need to play a game down a man, but those teams have to place the player that put them below the limit on to the IR...

A Capitals win would eliminate the longshot possibility of the Leafs taking first in the conference.

Update on the chase for 1st place in the Atlantic. Magic numbers for the Leafs to eliminate the teams behind them: TB - 6 FLA - 3 (2 if FLA needs to go to OT)

I didn't catch the 1st, but Tampa controlled the puck a lot in the 2nd. Didn't generate a ton of high quality chances, as the Leafs did a pretty solid job of defending the slot and net-front, as well as not letting pucks through. 3rd period was more even, for sure, with both teams having...

Apparently only serving for McMann, but, still, the hit he took was also a clear cross check.

Send these refs back to the AHL

Yup. It doesn’t look great, but all they’re giving TBay so far are low percentage shots that they aren’t getting through. The Lightning are doing a better job of getting to loose pucks and winning battles - Leafs need to be better at that - but, they’re doing what they need to do when they’re...

They’re just saving their energy for the more important game tomorrow.

11th in goals/game, too (excluding guys who only played a handful of games, obviously). His down seasons are still career years for the overwhelming majority of the league.

The sens almost always had got the better of the Leafs in the regular season in the years they met in the playoffs. Regular season head-to-head doesn't mean much once the playoffs start. Playing a series against the same team is a very different beast than a game here and there during the...

In theory, yeah. They may have to play a game with not enough players to make that option available (we've seen that be the case in the past). Not sure how much scrutiny the league would give to a move like that, though.

I mean, that's generally how the playoffs work these days. There are very few - if any - matchups that don't have potential to be a handful for their opposition.

Problem is that, right now, the Leafs don't have the cap space to bring up extra players to cover for guys to sit and rest. They have to go with the healthy bodies they have on the roster. Because they're in LTIR space, they have to be able to fit the full season's cap hit, and they have less...

Yup. I'm just including that 5th point until the tiebreaker is secured. Same thing recently happened with Ottawa - the Leafs clinched that tiebreaker with their win on Saturday.

Update on the chase for 1st place in the Atlantic. Magic numbers for the Leafs to eliminate the teams behind them: TB - 9 FLA - 5 OTT - 2

The leafs and bruins were locked in as a matchup for weeks before the end of last season.

I wonder if fatigue is starting to set in for Florida. They’ve played more games in the last couple seasons than anyone else. Some tough losses in there, as well as some significant injuries, but they’re really fading badly.

In classic style, no less.