Slapshot_11
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Are the Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup contenders?
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I liked Marner literally crying in the penalty box in the play off series against the Habs better.
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Quinn Hughes having that hissy fit, crying was gutless. Yet, you take a shot at an aging Tavares. We know he is not good now, you are not saying anything we don’t know.
OldCraig71
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I laughed at your beer league team comment. At least you can see it for what it is and I applaud you for that. HF needs more agreement and less needless bickering. Cheers.
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Too much beer?but you guy wouldn't get a shot on net
It is the truth man.
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I think that is fair. Tavares is cooked.
This thread has run its coarse. It is pointless at this point as the easy answer is No.
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He was upset because the Canucks weren't playing well. So he lit a fire under their asses and they played better and won the game.
What did your Captain do when your team wasn't playing well?
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Tavares did nothing. Nothing at all. You think you are telling us anything we don’t know about him? He is bad, we get it.
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The NHL, the stupidest League ever.
Likely the worst constructed I have ever seen.
Below average goaltending.
Weak defence
Offence is good but their backchecking skills are lazy
Below average goaltending.
Weak defence
Offence is good but their backchecking skills are lazy
I don’t get all the talk that the Canucks just won because of their goalie.
First, the Leafs D was also bad.
And second, Demko is one of the Canucks star players you’d expect him to be better than one of the worst goalies historically the last few years.
It’s not exactly earth shattering that having good goaltending is an advantage. The Canucks drafted and developed Demko and are now reaping the benefits. It’s not a fluke that this gives them an advantage over teams with poor goaltending. It’s no different than when Matthews helps win games for the Leafs.
First, the Leafs D was also bad.
And second, Demko is one of the Canucks star players you’d expect him to be better than one of the worst goalies historically the last few years.
It’s not exactly earth shattering that having good goaltending is an advantage. The Canucks drafted and developed Demko and are now reaping the benefits. It’s not a fluke that this gives them an advantage over teams with poor goaltending. It’s no different than when Matthews helps win games for the Leafs.
Of course he will stick around. It's a pretty tough trade to pull off at the best of times with his salary.
He will most likely stay and get another monster contract. He now has Nylander's contract as a compareae. Marner is better than him every year except the one where Nylander needs a new contract. Marner will put up some big stats next year and the Leafs will let him write his own contract.
In the unlikely chance they let him go they will assainate him in the media and blame 9 years of playoff futility on him because that's what the Leafs do.
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Berube would break some of the Leafs players. You'd have to have mental health professionals on call 24/7.
Be kinder and less harsh to toss a pack of newly born lambs into a lion pit.
As an Oiler fan who hates both teams, that game was incredibly fun to watch.
Leafs fan shaming Hughes for caring about winning too much while that is the exact thing his own team is lacking come playoff time. Leafs get ousted first or second round again or not even make the playoffs at all this year and the core 5 (especially Matthews and Marner) will not even really care. Classic.
They looked at the oilers model, and doubled down on it
Outside of the top guys, their depth is almost non existent:
Bertuzzi - 1 goal in last 25
Kampf - 1 goal in last 19
Gregor - 1 goal in last 19
Knies - 1 goal in last 16
Domi - 1 goal in last 14
Tavares - 1 goal in last 11
Does that look like a playoff contender?
Bertuzzi - 1 goal in last 25
Kampf - 1 goal in last 19
Gregor - 1 goal in last 19
Knies - 1 goal in last 16
Domi - 1 goal in last 14
Tavares - 1 goal in last 11
Does that look like a playoff contender?
Nope. It doesn’t.
And some of their depth guys they could move at the deadline have NMCs and NTCs. Just disaster.
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Did you see their AAV number? Of course, they figure it out. The issue is do MLSE and Shanny figure it out? Maybe, we are the ones not figuring it out.
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