Are the Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup contenders?

[winnipegger]

I wonder what Nylander had on their management, that is such a ridiculous deal for his type of player.

 

[Leaf Fans]

so they need gimmicks to win games.

They might not need them, but the NHL has the tie breaker gimmicks anyway.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

If Red Wings, Lightning and Penguins win their next game and Leafs lose theirs
Leafs are out of the top 3 of their division and out of the wild card spot.

 

[BTP]

I've learned not to give a shit about what the regular season tells me. Its all irrelevant.

Florida weren't contenders last year, look what happened.

Not a single soul thought Boston would be beaten by a team in the East, much less in round 1.

Any team that gets into the playoffs is a contender.

The idea that there's only 1 or 3 "serious contenders" in HOCKEY is just stupid. Anyone can beat anyone. Luck. Goaltending. And whos hot when.

 

[Leaf Fans]

If Red Wings, Lightning and Penguins win their next game and Leafs lose theirs
Leafs are out of the top 3 of their division and out of the wild card spot.

Yup, with only half the season left.

 

[Fatass]

21-13-8 overall though

If the Leafs hover around the 10 games over .500 mark they end up with 92 points and that’s (likely) under the playoff bar, no?

 

[Sasha Orlov]

I've learned not to give a shit about what the regular season tells me. Its all irrelevant.

Florida weren't contenders last year, look what happened.

Not a single soul thought Boston would be beaten by a team in the East, much less in round 1.

Any team that gets into the playoffs is a contender.

The idea that there's only 1 or 3 "serious contenders" in HOCKEY is just stupid. Anyone can beat anyone. Luck. Goaltending. And whos hot when.

Hmm sounds like cope to me

 

[Leaf Fans]

If the Leafs hover around the 10 games over .500 mark they end up with 92 points and that’s (likely) under the playoff bar, no?

Perhaps. They haven't made the playoffs yet.

 

[SI90]

It’s not if, it’s when and how many!

 

[Former Referee 68]

Auston Matthews is not going to put up with this much longer.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Auston Matthews is not going to put up with this much longer.

He can wave his NMC, walk away from the team, retire or whatever.

 

[BTP]

Hmm sounds like cope to me

perhaps. but im still right

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Yup, with only half the season left.

For the leafs to continue sucking. They've been lucky with the big 4 and reilly not missing a ton of time. Once the injury bug hits, they are sunk.

Yup, with only half the season left.

For the leafs to continue sucking. They've been lucky with the big 4 and reilly not missing a ton of time. Once the injury bug hits, they are sunk

 

[Leaf Fans]

For the leafs to continue sucking. They've been lucky with the big 4 and reilly not missing a ton of time. Once the injury bug hits, they are sunk.

The injury bug has hit since the beginning of the year. They have had no more luck than any other team's core 4. They haven't been playing the well recently though.

 

[North Cole]

Auston Matthews is not going to put up with this much longer.

Is he going to make a trade or something?

 

[GrumpyKoala]

They are just missing one of two elite secondary piece, players like Hyman or Kadri

 

[McJC]

They're legit.. just going through a slump right now. Happens to every team

 

[Fatass]

I've learned not to give a shit about what the regular season tells me. Its all irrelevant.

Florida weren't contenders last year, look what happened.

Not a single soul thought Boston would be beaten by a team in the East, much less in round 1.

Any team that gets into the playoffs is a contender.

The idea that there's only 1 or 3 "serious contenders" in HOCKEY is just stupid. Anyone can beat anyone. Luck. Goaltending. And whos hot when.

Yup. When was the last time the President’s trophy club won the Cup?

 

[RedRocking]

Auston Matthews is not going to put up with this much longer.

Meaning what? He won’t just happily collect another Rocket and go party with Bieber in the Spring?

He doesn’t strike me as a guy who “hates to lose” like MacK, McD, Crosby, etc… Could be totally wrong, and his quiet demeanor just looks that way, I dunno.

The Leafs, as a whole, seem to want to win “easy.” Teams push back, and they don’t have much for ‘em. Marner tells the press tonight that the team is still playing great? Country club culture with no accountability. They should have kept ROR - he provided that “whatever it takes to win” attitude last playoffs.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Wheels are falling off, seem more likely to miss the playoffs than contend for the cup at this point. 13 regulation wins is basement dweller level. Treliving with back to back awful summers.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

13W-16T-13L record in "old times" hockey
That's 13 wins from 42 games and that is .309 hockey
That's also 39 points from 42 games and that is a 76 point pace.

 

[Leaf Fans]

13W-16T-13L record in "old times" hockey
That's 13 wins from 42 games and that is .309 hockey
That's also 39 points from 42 games and that is a 76 point pace.

Yeah, doesn't look good, but it is irrelevant. The NHL has them a 21-13-8 .595 pct

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

It’s not if, it’s when and how many!

You know you're struggling when an Islanders fan is dunking on you.

Meaning what? He won’t just happily collect another Rocket and go party with Bieber in the Spring?

He doesn’t strike me as a guy who “hates to lose” like MacK, McD, Crosby, etc… Could be totally wrong, and his quiet demeanor just looks that way, I dunno.

The Leafs, as a whole, seem to want to win “easy.” Teams push back, and they don’t have much for ‘em. Marner tells the press tonight that the team is still playing great? Country club culture with no accountability. They should have kept ROR - he provided that “whatever it takes to win” attitude last playoffs.

That's been my opinion of Matthews and why he's never dominated the playoffs. I don't think he actually cares about winning as bad as the top guys do. He's gifted with elite hockey ability and knows he can make a killing playing it, so that's what he does. The rest isn't important.

 

[Gurilla]

Such an overrated team, they’re garbage because they hand out 11m contracts like Halloween candy

 

[Dotter]

Big change coming or they're toast. It's becoming apparent that allowing a losing culture to fester is okay as long as it brings in the benjamins.

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