GDT: 7pm - Game 4: Leafs vs Florida - The BWO Presents the Drinking Edition! Baby

[Rob Brown]

 

[Suntouchable13]

f***s sake I have such little faith but I do hope they can do the impossible starting tonight. They aren’t technically dead yet but holy shit if they haven’t given us zero reason to believe.

Agreed. They have not given us much reason to believe, except that they are very talented. Talent only goes so far, though, they have not given us much reason to have faith beyond that.

 

[namttebih]

Kid has tryouts for hockey tonight. I am going to watch the harder working team.

Same! Not even mad.

 

[AvroArrow]

By implying another shitstorm is coming, you're suggesting we've escaped the previous one.
We haven't.
Hoping they just lose tonight and wrap it up - I'm done with them, and the idea of them prolonging this is just nauseating to me.

It takes 4 wins to win a series. This ain't over. We win 1 and it's 3-1. We had a 3-1 lead against the Habs and we know how that went. Just win 1 tonight and build from there. The odds are against us, but it's not over.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Holy.

I'm starting to think Marner's horrible media rant and complete no show has some thing to do with being rested a game and not achieving the 100 point milestone. Throw in all the times he's redeemed himself and the trauma he still has from being car jacked around the same time last year... I kind of feel for the guy and love him as a player but wtf is going on in his head. This is emotion yes , this also a one way ticket to being labelled a problem.

If he purposely caved in a series to get back at someone or for not reaching a milestone what the FK was the point of it all.

Did Babcock mess with him that much??

Did he flip those puck over the glass on purpose????

Pump the brakes.. serious vibes of this:

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Pump the brakes.. serious vibes of this:

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That was the intention.

 

[Stephen]

I wouldn’t say it’s an expiry date… it’s more like they are stale. The Bruins are hitting their expiry date, we have an open bag of chips that has lost its crunch. 7 years with the same core with 1 playoff round win is unacceptable with the talent we have. If we lose tonight, I want a massive over haul. I don’t mean just trading 1 of the core and keeping Dubas and re tooling. Nooo, players, coaches, executives should all feel some sort of heat for massively under achieving

Well, I always said I’d like to avoid a summer of mandated roster and regime changes out of anger so we don’t make mistakes and damage the organization in error like when we shipped off the Muskoka 5 for pennies on the dollar. I thought we were free and clear of that possibility after we played Tampa, won and appeared to be on our way as a normal contender with a clean slate. But that’s boomeranged back in a major way with this 0-3 start vs Florida.

Just seems like unless they manage to come all the way back and win Game 7 they can’t really avoid the questions of what went wrong and if they rally a bit, why they couldn’t have done it sooner. And thus an expiry date to the Big 4 project.

 

[Larcos_Unal]

Let's get down to the nitty gritty...what are you guys drinking tonight?

 

[myleafs]

I wouldn’t say it’s an expiry date… it’s more like they are stale. The Bruins are hitting their expiry date, we have an open bag of chips that has lost its crunch. 7 years with the same core with 1 playoff round win is unacceptable with the talent we have. If we lose tonight, I want a massive over haul. I don’t mean just trading 1 of the core and keeping Dubas and re tooling. Nooo, players, coaches, executives should all feel some sort of heat for massively under achieving

If Vegas and Seattle can have the success they have had in the short time they did then there is no reason the leafs cant do the same if they decide to blow it all up. The stuff we could get back for our guys would be big I would think.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Johnny's an American.

 

[BayStBullies]

I'm glad the rest of you are now joining the fire interim coach Keefe train. I've been here since the early days.

 

[Suntouchable13]

If Vegas and Seattle can have the success they have had in the short time they did then there is no reason the leafs cant do the same if they decide to blow it all up. The stuff we could get back for our guys would be big I would think.

I am just concerned there are some injuries to some of the core 4 guys that will be used as an excuse or a justification that will buy them another year at least. And everybody will be brought back. I pray that is not the case.

 

[myleafs]

I am just concerned there are some injuries to some of the core 4 guys that will be used as an excuse or a justification that will buy them another year at least. And everybody will be brought back. I pray that is not the case.

That is a definate possibility. I can say that half of my buddies tuned out the leafs for the first time in many many years this past season waiting for the playoffs and if they run it back I think the other half will follow.

 

[HockeyVirus]

 

[Fogelhund]

I am just concerned there are some injuries to some of the core 4 guys that will be used as an excuse or a justification that will buy them another year at least. And everybody will be brought back. I pray that is not the case.

Matthews has either been injured all year, or has a permanent impairment in his wrists. His shot has been a shadow of what he once was. Everybody knows that at this point. I'm not using that as an excuse... at this point, his injury history is making him a bit unreliable.

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Anyway... Go Leafs Go???

I hope they show up and play, but if they flame out... that might make it easy to make wholesale changes too.

 

[Racer88]

It's funny how everyone expects Florida to just lie down and let the leafs own their asses
Florida is hungry .I look for Tkachuk to grab some headlines

My kids played up to junior b.loved every minute of it
Now 1 a social worker and is an analyst for a software company
So the sun does come up the next day lol

Nice.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

4 games in a row. They can’t even play well for 2 periods in a row.

There’s always next year… again.

 

[leafsfan5]

One game at a time. Win tonight and build some confidence + momentum to take home

Florida is not unbeatable

 

[myleafs]

One game at a time. Win tonight and build some confidence + momentum to take home

Florida is not unbeatable

Leafs are Lucy holding the football and the rest of us are Charlie Brown

 

[Rob Brown]

Anyone have any friends or family who say they 'can't' watch tonight? As in are too upset/frustrated to bother watching? I get it in theory but feels really weak if you consider yourself a fan. Trying not to chirp or make them feel bad, but just feels lame to me lol.

 

[Nineteen67]

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I jut hope the guys in front of him do not hang him out to dry. He should start next season as our backup.

I think he starts as number 1A with Murray the 1b then Kallgren because the backup after Murray completes his 25 games.

 

[ACC1224]

Anyone have any friends or family who say they 'can't' watch tonight? As in are too upset/frustrated to bother watching? I get it in theory but feels really weak if you consider yourself a fan. Trying not to chirp or make them feel bad, but just feels lame to me lol.

I haven't heard anyone say they aren't watching.
Can't imagine why any fan wouldn't watch unless they are unable to.

 

[QJo]

This is a definite literal ultra must win the most.

 

[ToneDog]

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I think he starts as number 1A with Murray the 1b then Kallgren because the backup after Murray completes his 25 games.

Possible if he has a good camp but I think they resign Sammy and buyout/dump Murray.

 

[Rob Brown]

I haven't heard anyone say they aren't watching.
Can't imagine why any fan wouldn't watch unless they are unable to.

Oh I agree, I can't imagine not watching, especially if we win. Do they just not watch Friday too then? Feels really soft to call yourself a fan only to say that you won't watch a 2nd round game because you're too frustrated with the team. Oh well.