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That was a really good statement game. He's done it before - scored after sitting out. But he really put an exclamation mark on it right before the playoffs. If they go any distance, players are going to get hurt. He gives them scoring depth for the top 6 if a winger gets hurt. I don't know if...

MSN: Robertson makes case to be in Leafs' Game 1 playoff lineup after two-goal performance

Robertson could have got down on himself - taken out of the lineup after all he's been through. Go back to the summer - asking for a trade. Sucking it up and winning a job in preseason. Throughout the year, he has made a consistent effort to play a two way game for Berube & his team. You see it...

I thought Murray was hurt but I see he's back. That's good. My wife loves going to Marlies games. We haven't been able to make it this year. So I've lost some touch. They got off to such a great start this season, I thought they would be fine and competitive. Now, they're looking like a playoff...

Yzerman was hurt in '88 - played 3 playoff games. So he led from the IR? It is an example of a team with a great player working to eventually surround him with others to break through - rather than tossing him on the scrap heap because the media was howling stupid nonsense. The guy was a great...

Hard to believe after the start they had that they would be fighting for a playoff spot

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So they were screwing around for 70+ games and now they're getting serious? :) Sabres won shootout

I read and heard nonsense like that in the 1990s. His NHL city and sports media was campaigning on the front pages to run him out of town. In his first 11 years or so there, they got out of the first round twice. They alleged he couldn't lead his team to playoff success, etc etc. You might have...

Nearly ever player who got his name on the Cup played for a team in a season they didn't win a Cup. Is that player the reason or part of the reason those teams didn't win a Cup? How is it so many of these players that were part of the reason they didn't win a Cup won one? How does that logic...

It has varied. Goaltending. Supporting cast covers a bunch.

If a GM has been gawking at Marner for nine years in the NHL, after 3 stellar years in the CHL, after leading the Leafs in playoff scoring since he arrived, with a top 5 playoff ppg in Leafs history along with leading the Leafs forwards in playoff +/- since he arrived and the GM still doesn't...

Probably fighting from the outside looking in to get into the playoffs. Mitch leads his team in scoring, is tied for 4th in the league in scoring, 2nd in Leafs all time ppg among top 15 scorers, 3rd in the league in takeaways/60, has been in on 38% of the Leafs goals and is tied with McMann at...

He's unlikely to suddenly play good defense. They should put him on a wing. Both Laughton & Jarnkrok are better defensively and ok on faceoffs. They could platoon for faceoffs and contain Domi's liability on a wing. Domi did fairly well on a wing in last year's playoffs.

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Wasn't pretty against a tired and injured Panthers team. But it wasn't terrible either. Hard fought game. A number of Leafs played well. I though Stolarz held them in there. Playoff berth clinched. 4 pts up on Florida for home ice in the 1st round with 7 games to play.

Their likely paths are: Defending Cup champ, Florida, still playing well A hot past Cup champ, Tampa or A pretty hot Ottawa who swept them this season So no easy path A win tonight helps them towards getting home ice in the first round.

He's probably going to pass a bunch of them in his last 8 or so games

It did not make much sense to me to give his gimpy knee a lot of wear and tear during the regular season. Sitting him out for as many as 60 games wouldn't have surprised me. Just get him in shape for the playoffs. But that window seems closed. How can he get into game shape now and play at a...

But his agent wouldn't have gone for that. "We'll take UFA at age 25 or so, thanks" So the Leafs get to flip him at the end of his 7th season to a contender for a low 1st or so because he's a rental. Or flip him at age 24 to try to get more. But they'll never get his talent value back. Never...