Are the Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup contenders?

[Bank Shot]

I thought they looked like a real strong team tonight and matched the Oilers pretty well in play. That's tough to do as the Oilers have been mostly dominating teams this year in 5v5 play.

Difference tonight was goalie, as it is on many nights in the NHL.

Leafs definitely look like Cup contenders if they get the timely saves come playoff time.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I don't think so. They've got one more regulation win than Ottawa despite playing an extra 3 games, that's not good at all.

 

[VainGretzky]

21 wins 21 loses

 

[Ninety7]

Matthews is great

The rest of them?

Meh

 

[jackjohnson]

I thought they looked like a real strong team tonight and matched the Oilers pretty well in play. That's tough to do as the Oilers have been mostly dominating teams this year in 5v5 play.

Difference tonight was goalie, as it is on many nights in the NHL.

Leafs definitely look like Cup contenders if they get the timely saves come playoff time.

Very nice joke, the leafs are far from a contender

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

21 wins 21 loses

13-13-16 in regulation, 4-1 in SO, 4-7 in OT

 

[NVious]

I thought they looked like a real strong team tonight and matched the Oilers pretty well in play. That's tough to do as the Oilers have been mostly dominating teams this year in 5v5 play.

Difference tonight was goalie, as it is on many nights in the NHL.

Leafs definitely look like Cup contenders if they get the timely saves come playoff time.

Agreed, I do believe this team can win the Calder Cup and Spengler cup (if they get a few tries).

The problem though is the underpaid players like Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Tavares are playing their little hearts out and barely scraping by, I say give them a raise and the team can REALLY take off.

 

[winnipegger]

You need to give Matthews, Marner and Nylander time to grow. They show such promise, sure losing in the first round sucks but once they sign Tavares they will be the strongest team down the middle in the NHL. Buy Bitcoin.

 

[Oilslick941611]

13-13-16 in regulation, 4-1 in SO, 4-7 in OT

so they need gimmicks to win games.

 

[TheOrangeDesk]

yo leafs, thats how you get a regulation win

 

[thekernel]

13-13-16 in regulation, 4-1 in SO, 4-7 in OT

 

[KCC]

This was one of their better games and they still lost. They just don’t have enough to do much again. Once again proving when games and the opponents get tough they don’t play to win they play not to lose as a game gets into the later stages. As proof by all the blown leads esp in the third.

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Contenders? They are not even gonna make the playoffs. Lol

 

[KlefDown]

It’s crazy how insightful Leafs fans were on Oilers woes early in the season in our threads, wonder where that insightfulness is now regarding their own team

 

[Sens9292]

Nylander reverts back to his normal self after a huge payday, who would’ve thought

 

[Aashir Mallik]

No they aren’t

 

[winnipegger]

It’s crazy how insightful Leafs fans were on Oilers woes early in the season in our threads, wonder where that insightfulness is now regarding their own team

If you would like to see their insights, I would wander over to the leafs board where they are currently melting down and saying all manner of entertaining things to one another.

 

[Leaf Fans]

13-13-16 in regulation, 4-1 in SO, 4-7 in OT

21-13-8 overall though

 

[Ninety7]

Think they need a shake up of their core...

The only one I would keep is Matthews

Good thing they just signed Nylander to that massive deal

 

[Arpeggio]

You have to wonder if Matthews is looking to get out if the franchise can't turn it around. Such a waste of a generational goal scorer.

 

[34]

NO

 

[Sens9292]

Think they need a shake up of their core...

The only one I would keep is Matthews

Good thing they just signed Nylander to that massive deal

Gave a guy 11 plus million a year who only put up over a PPG once

 

[WORLDSTARHIPHOP]

I don't think so. They've got one more regulation win than Ottawa despite playing an extra 3 games, that's not good at all.

as a fellow Ottawa sufferer this is crazy to me

 

[Bouboumaster]

Pretender team, at most

Can't wait to see them fail yet again in 1rst round

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

their defense is WEAK...Reilly and a bunch of 3rd pairing guys...Jones was good tonight

they're lacking depth up front and they're soft....
Tavares looks cooked and washed and can't skate anymore

sorry, but you cannot build a championship team with 4 guys making 11+ mil
so no, not even close