LFR16 - Round 2, Game 1 - Claws - Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 2 

Ain’t it weird how Toronto and Florida stayed the other team’s dragon to get here? Florida beat Boston, Toronto beat Tampa

Can’t say I’m surprised the Leafs lost this game, it was their 7th game of the playoffs. Wait, this wasn’t a first round game?

The sad part is, I was at this game and I actually thought they played a lot better than they did against Tampa.

I still miss the whole "how am I supposed to go to bed after that?" quip in the opening. And may I say it seems so appropriate in the playoffs.

Congrats to Florida on their first second round win since 1996

As a broken and battered Bruin lets me tell you, good luck leafs, those Panthers are rough

I never want to see McCabe pinch deep again in these playoffs. Dude thought he was Morgan Rielly tonight. If you're a defenceman....play defence!!!

This is the best recap show ever. I dont care who your team is, this is fun.

Steve i love your content but man ive never had to mess around with my volume button as much as i do when watching your videos. 🤦‍♂️

Certainly explains why pridham looked like he was afraid kyle was going to hit him lol. That being said, what we saw was the split second between him forgetting his shoulder was dislocated and the painful sudden reminder as soon as he thought of raising his arms up.

You ever see that episode of Hot Ones with Paul Rudd, and he looks across the table at the host, Sean, and he says "Look at us! Who would've thought? Not me." And he chuckles and shakes his head in joy and disbelief. Truly just enjoying the moment. That's how I picture the Leafs and Panthers lining up in a second round series after knocking off Tampa and Boston. Let's enjoy the moment Leaf fans. Let's enjoy the second round.

Nice shoutout to AGM Brandon Pridham. Impressive that he went to the game and hope he recovers well.

A 2nd Round LFR. Never thought I would see that. Feels weird. 😂❤

We played pretty well but just couldn’t get more past Bobrovsky.

I’m not a leafs or panthers fan, but I am slowly becoming a panthers fan since I moved to Florida. I was expecting a bad fan base but I am surprised. I wish the best to the leafs as my favorite team is running into the best in hockey right now, Edmonton. God I’m nervous

You nailed it on the head! Even tho we lost, I wasn't going around the house kicking immovable objects!!

If they ever win a cup in your career, you better publish another book Steve xD

You're not wrong...I'm not panicked at all, I was like oh well we'll get em in game 2. That first round victory really settled the nerves.

Sheldon loves his 4th line! When you’re down a few goals the 4th line shouldn’t see the ice in the last 10 minutes

Florida is a top 8 team that had a bad regular season, they've come on at just the right time.

So happy and proud of our boys! What a pleasure to watch a second round video😁 GO LEAFS GO‼️ one game at a time

Its only Game 1, but I am loving it😂😂😂

Matthew Tkachuk is gonna give Leaf fans sooooo many fits

It wasn't a bad game overall

Florida has been pretty solid the past 4 games. Very tough team. If the cats keep this up, I might have preferred Boston….

I watched this game, the problem was the Leafs were being way too fancy and waiting for that perfect opportunity to get a shot. Keep it simple, and a bad shot is better than no shot at all.

Gotta say Steve. That is exactly how I felt as a Bruins fan. The Panthers MAKE you hurt yourself.

They played well, I don't see a problem. They keep playing like that, they'll be fine. The goals were a matter of unfortunate bounces. That's not going to continue reliably for Florida. The Leafs controlled MUCH of the game. They keep doing that, they'll be fine.

As a pens fan I want the leafs to win so bad just for Steve

I'm not worried yet. I am excited for this series to continue.

Grats on a 2nd Rnd vid! We got this

Avenge us Leaf’s! Wait…. …why am I having deja-vu. We were saying the same thing in round 1. “All we have to do is cut down the turnovers.” “The Bruins are almost beating themselves more than anything…” Florida might have more to do with forcing those errors than we thought.

I vastly underestimated FLAs speed up front. It was creating issues all night for TORs defense. As was their tenacity.

Have we entered a period in which the Leafs get stuck in the 2nd round for the next 19 years!?

i’d argue that brodie read was the worst thing to happen in this game. He seems to do it a fair bit lately he goes up as he’s gonna pinch but doesn’t commit fully being far to slow then ends up letting up a big break. He needs to either stay or pinch but not half ass it

If the leafs somehow pull it off, I want drew to clip Steve saying “hooray congratulations.” And having that be clipped over whatever the reaction is

This reminds me of the Columbus series were the Leafs D pinch all the time and give stupid opportunities to a team that wouldn’t score otherwise, D-men, play D and let the forwards play O and we’ll be ok

Hats off to Pridham.

I’ve noticed when the Leafs get a lot of penalties the refs are trash but when their opponent does it’s “maybe don’t break the rules?” Lol I love it.

It's a common theme that no one ever beats the Leafs, they beat themselves.. sit down and just admit that the panthers was the better team tonight, cause they were.

Big win for the Panthers! Should be a good series

Like you said: this is the first playoff loss where I didn't immediately think doom and gloom. Leafs looked like a strong playoff force and I'm thrilled that they are actually finishing checks this year. Marner had a very surprisingly quiet game, but other than that the boys played well and had some great chances. Just couldn't finish.

OMG! LOL! "Stop breakin' the law Paul!" Truly lost it after that, had to pause and recover so I could finish the vid. And then you showed the Dimas tweet! I'm gonna need major surgery for a busted gut!! Whew, good one Steve.

Steve as a Tampa fan Ik I’m late but Congrats! You guys truly have a great fanbase, go win the cup! Thank you for being someone I can watch and enjoy through tough times!

"Years to come" should be said lightly.

Panther fan- I don't know the exact way you guys like to play or when you guys play at your best. But I can tell you after listening to Bruins fans for games 5-6-7, the phrase "It's a game they could have and should have won" Was said a whole lot. The cats can just look like they're being destroyed at certain parts of the game but yet the final score shows Cats win and fans are wondering what happened. But hey, hope for a great series leaf fans 🤙🏽. Side note- you definitely bring the energy to these shows lol

LETS GO BABY!

His show is going to be epic, Meltdown. Cheers from Thailand.

American bosses expect you to show up to work the same day you're hit by a car.

The playoff pupper predicted a game 1 and 3 loss while leafs win in 6, we are on track. This is the way

Whenever a team comes in and beats the leafs its always "the leafs beat themselves". Cant just give the other team credit

Bobrovsky is him 🕺🕺

They should give the Corgi the option to pick a series winner in 3 games. 😂

Let's go!

With my team being irrelevant (flyers), I can enjoy these playoffs stress free, and there's really only 1 team I don't want to see win (jersey). I'm loving the way the panthers are playing right now (especially Tkachuk), but I'd love to see a Canadian team win it all. It's been WAY too long. Good luck leafs, I hope you boys go the distance.

5pp to 1 for toronto , the refs were trying to gift you the game

So much for picking leaf’s in 4. I’m going with Steve now in 6 Fla is tuff

I am concerned...because nobody is given the Panthers any credit for the win.

Paul Maurice was thrown up his best Wakanda forever pose...😂

Having to beat not only one Florida team but two is comical lol😂

McCabe with a bad pinch leaving Brodie high and dry nobody saw that?

I keep telling my manager. Isn't it great that we actually get to watch hockey in May! 😂

Mr. Incredible: **wearing a Leafs jersey** "GAME 7 IS GAME 7!"

The microwave analogy was absolute gold!

Let’s face it - the Leafs won their Stanley Cup, they finally won a round - they aren’t doing much else from here! Cue the complaining about the officials……

Just wanted to drop in and say how great this channel is. I live in New England (shout out Inconnu) and obviously a big bruins fan so i stumbled upon your channel when I was looking up how my HS classmate/teammate Acciari was doing. This is the only take on hockey that is logical, fun, and not completely delusional. I knew you guys would break the curse when you traded for Noel. Kids been breaking curses at every lvl of hockey he’s ever played. His random “pick me up” comments are enough to keep anyone from doubting themselves. We won the state championship beating a team that had claimed 24 consecutive state titles and we were known for taking game 1 then choking away games 2-3. Noel was a catalyst in motivating us into burying them 5-0 in game 2 and clinching the Championship Good luck Leafs fans. Noel “cursebreaker” Acciari is on it. Cheers.

Hey you made it to the second round be happy for that. No one said you guys deserve a cup

Was a fast & fun game to watch. The Leafs have the tough hitting power they lacked for so long. Now all we need is that high-octane offence... Mathews and Marner should never be seperated. Mix up Nylander, Traveres and Knies any way you like but don't switch up what worked all year long.

So. It begins....

I was reacting like Steve when Matthew Knies scored

The 3-2 goal was a perfect example of what the Panthers are great at. McCabe decked the Panther coming over their blue line, then the adrenaline got to him and he made a risky and pointless pinch into the offense zone that opened up an easy breakaway for Florida. Toronto needs solid defense and they need to minimize rushes on Samsonov

I'm not worried. I thought they played well and they've still got this! Wow is this what it's like not to feel so doom and gloom all the time?

It’s been 21 years since the last Conference finals

Refs don't like Maurice in general he yelled at one now they all don't like him, and his teams all of a sudden when he moves to a new team they take more penalties than any other team. Your coach agreed they took out their hate on his team in Toronto this season.

So that's 6 out of 7 games this playoffs that the Leafs have been outplayed.

What joy this will be to see loafs knocked out. Yet just as painful if the Panthers win. Struggle is real. How about the KRAKEN ayee?? Lets go Kraks

Bahahaha. There is more pain coming, and honestly for the Panthers to roll off a road win for elimination against Boston and show up and whip you guys in your own barn that well…. Steve’s gonna start screaming soon 😂

When did high sticking become reviewable?

The hockey in this game was ten times better than in the Tampa Series. I appreciated the back and forth , unlike the limit the opponent systems many teams play to win.

This is the year of the Underdog and I'm pulling for the Leafs to win it all. My Avs are out early so it'll be nice to watch someone else celebrate their team getting a cup after years of waiting. Living in the PNW and watching my favorite team of all time lose to Seattle has awoken my inner hatred. I just want to watch the hockey world burn at this point. And what better way for that than for the butt of the hockey world's jokes this last decade to win the cup? it'll be a sweet victory if they pull in off.

Just stopped in to give you a THUMBS 👍 and lol hope he found his Car

Beard is looking good buddy!

Nope it was 5-1 the double minor gose on the sheet a 2 minutes for high sticking and 2 minutes for high sticking. There isn't a 4 minute penalty in the NHL. Thats why if you score in 30 seconds it drops to 2 minutes not 330 seconds. And a delayed call isn't a penalty until its called, it doesn't go on the sheet a "would have been 2 minutes for tripping"

"We have to get out of this habit of looking at the regular season for...anything!!!" I wish everyone would internalize this!

Leafs Nation kept saying "doors wide open", but they forgot to mention for the Panthers, not themselves. Go Panthers!

We haven’t been to the conference finals since 2002

Chuckie says hello!

I also think the hocoey gods have a thing for Brobrosky. Goalie when Columbus swept the Lightning, goalie for the panthers now.

Man Steve can finally grow out his playoff beard for the first time ever and it's graying hahaha

It's nice watching a Leafs playoffs game and not have a lingering sense of dread and nervous energy. Fun game. Clean it up for Thursday

Tkchuck is a rare breed! One of the more skilled players in the league but also an absolute dog! He out dogged Marchand even. One thing for sure is that after this season, no one will take his name lightly.

I think that first round win will be so good for the fans mentally in the long run. Like a release for all the angst so you can enjoy hockey now without fearing the boogieman.

Here comes the choke from the leafs 🤣🤣🤣

With my team playing at home tomorrow I’m expecting a similar result 😢😢

Why is everyone blaming Brodie, did no one notice McCabe went 4th man in as a turnover was happening and got caught up ice leaving Brodie to defend an odd man rush?

Meanwhile im feeling the nerves of iihf division 1a at the moment. So much so i forgot the second round has started

Bob won Florida this game with a .944 save percentage. that's is all the explanation you need for that game.

I watched the round 1 FLA BOS series so much open ice. We saw that last night too. D needs to stop joining the rush and if we shut down line 1 there pretty much solved. But Bobo played spectacular. That could be a huge deciding factor…

Steve, do you recall the hockey announcer who had his nose broken by his dog then had to miss a night's work ??? You are spot on with the two seasons of hockey, REGULAR and PLAYOFF.

Even I expected a loss. I’ll take the win though.