TSN’s Director of Scouting Craig Button joined SportsCentre to discuss how the Leafs’ dangerous power play can make the Lightning vulnerable in the first round of the playoffs and if this team is better equipped to make a deep playoff push than previous years where they have failed to make it out of the first round.
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Are the additions to the Maple Leafs at Trade Deadline enough to defeat Tampa?
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The leafs losing in round 1 game 7 is an NHL tradition at this point
Way the standing are leafs will play rangers in the 1st round, not tampa bay
Are they ready to puke out in round one again? You betcha!
Lets get through round 1 first lmao 😅
Stop sitting Liljegren over Holl, its a joke.
All I can say is if the Leafs don't win Arceus help us as I'm pretty sure the fans will burn Scotiabank Arena down fig.
the answer remains No
Do not hesitate to highlight the goaltending.
I think that’s a deciding factor.
Naaaa Dey ain’t
Glad to see Craig Button smile when talking about the leafs.
They have grit and skill. Skill can win in the regular season, playoffs are way different. Look at the 67 leafs Christ Bobby Baun breaks his leg and scores the game winner.
1967 !
LMAO
Bruv. Are the Leafs ready for round 1??!?!?!?!?!?
The battle of Blue and White has been renewed! The Leafs have a chance to win over the Lightning this year, and hopefully the officials don't fuck it up this year like what happened last year! Tampa Bay, you're gotta get eliminated in 6 games this time!
Yes, the Leafs are better equipped to beat Tampa in the playoffs.
Too bad Tampa isn't the team to beat this year.
I’d say they have a better chance than they did last year.
I guess they forgot that Tampa has best goalie in NHL & Leafs don't have a clear starter.
Nope
It depend about the core will they show up that's the question,I hope so
no leafs are dust and cant do anything in the playoffs
the ducks have won more playoff rounds then the leafs from 2004 to now and the jets have won more
Me: *reads video title*
Also me: “I think you mean Round 1.”
I agree that the Leafs are better equipped this year, but given the fact that they are proven losers (losing in 1st Round 7 years in a row should qualify), no matter how good the Leafs are, they are still the underdogs to the Lightning …
if the leafs dont show up in the first round this year, can we as fans, do the same for home games next year? 😂
Even if they are better, they will still find a way to lose
Leafs are by far the favourites there prob winning in 5
Yeah but we don't have a good goalie rn.
Meanwhile they've got the best goalie of this era.
lost 6 not 7 guy is wrong
Better equipped how exactly? 😂
I have been a Leafs fan ALL my life, and seen alot of Hockey !
I am now, 68 yr old !
I don't believe the Leafs D is good enough YET !
They are slow, and when they try to speed up thier game, they loose thier balance !
Not only that, but they tend to scratch thier heads when other teams use tic tack toe play on them in the O zone !
That will become a problem against
Boston !
The Leafs G is not good enough either !
Murry is weak on his stick side, and Samsonov is weak glove side !
That means the Leafs D needs to force the opponents to thier
to the G strong side !
If they are not fast enough, or strong enough, it will result in G against !
The smarter teams have ALREADY picked up on this !
We saw this in The Hurricanes game the other night !
As soon as the Leafs scored the tieing goal, Hurricanes came right back, with the WINNER !
This was no accident !
Hurricanes knew RIGHT where to put the puck !
And they DID so !
DML.
I’ve had confidence in this team for the past 6 years that they could win but if they play the way they have been recently they’re getting swept
Leafs need statement games. Tjey cant let Tampa think they have a chance. Leafs need to play like Colorado did last year, only losing 4 games all playoffs
That thumbnail really looks like Gretzky.
Button please don’t jinx the Leafs again year after year. You must hate the team
One word – NO!!