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Around the League - 2022-23 Season Edition

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torontoblood said:
One thing is sure: Toronto won't have home ice in the conference finals, if the leafs make it that far.

New Jersey had 112 points in the regular season, metropolitan division winner Carolina had 113 points. Toronto closely behind both teams with 111 points registered during the season.
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Hopefully all those losses to those bottom feeders in the regular season don't come back to haunt us
 
Jozay said:
The devils winning a round makes you realize how f***ing absurd it is that it took the leafs so long
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Why?
They had a number 1 pick a year after the leafs did didn’t they picked 6th the year we got marner.
They also won multiple lotteries.

How is missing the playoffs multiple years and winning a round in 2023 better than making the playoffs and winning a round in 2023?

I never understand why people think losing in round 1 is somehow worse than missing the playoffs entirely. Every team that misses the playoffs loses an elimination game too
 
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Legion34 said:
Why?
They had a number 1 pick a year after the leafs did didn’t they picked 6th the year we got marner.
They also won multiple lotteries.

How is missing the playoffs multiple years and winning a round in 2023 better than making the playoffs and winning a round in 2023?

I never understand why people think losing in round 1 is somehow worse than missing the playoffs entirely. Every team that misses the playoffs loses an elimination game too
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I guess it's seen that it's better being terrible for a long time than being good and sucking in the first round?
 
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SprDaVE said:
I guess it's seen that it's better being terrible for a long time is better than being good and sucking in the first round?
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I just checked. They were worse than the leafs over the past 10 years.

They made the playoffs once since 2011-2012 and won 1 single round this year

They may win the cup this year. Who knows but to compare Toronto to them over the decade is just not even close.
 
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Legion34 said:
Why?
They had a number 1 pick a year after the leafs did didn’t they picked 6th the year we got marner.
They also won multiple lotteries.

How is missing the playoffs multiple years and winning a round in 2023 better than making the playoffs and winning a round in 2023?

I never understand why people think losing in round 1 is somehow worse than missing the playoffs entirely. Every team that misses the playoffs loses an elimination game too
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Also people lump in 2004 with this core but this core has only been here since 2016-17. You can't put the futility of the club before that on them.
 
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Legion34 said:
Why?
They had a number 1 pick a year after the leafs did didn’t they picked 6th the year we got marner.
They also won multiple lotteries.

How is missing the playoffs multiple years and winning a round in 2023 better than making the playoffs and winning a round in 2023?

I never understand why people think losing in round 1 is somehow worse than missing the playoffs entirely. Every team that misses the playoffs loses an elimination game too
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Everyone plays the ol' "you may as well have missed the playoffs" game until it's actually round 1, and the excitement of playoff hockey makes it immensely obvious that playing playoff hockey and losing is far superior than being a negative Nelly on the sidelines.

We're all going to die, nothing is guarunteed. Taking the fun in the present over the wishful future is always better as a fan.

The reality is NJ is just a different market with much different expectations.
 
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NorthernFlicker said:
Everyone plays the ol' "you may as well have missed the playoffs" game until it's actually round 1, and the excitement of playoff hockey makes it immensely obvious that playing playoff hockey and losing is far superior than being a negative Nelly on the sidelines.

We're all going to die, nothing is guarunteed. Taking the fun in the present over the wishful future is always better as a fan.

The reality is NJ is just a different market with much different expectations.
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And it's not a bad idea for people to do some living before that happens (if you get what I mean). :)

If I'm still alive tonight when the puck drops, I know I'll be ALIVE!

GLG!!
 
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Legion34 said:
Why?
They had a number 1 pick a year after the leafs did didn’t they picked 6th the year we got marner.
They also won multiple lotteries.

How is missing the playoffs multiple years and winning a round in 2023 better than making the playoffs and winning a round in 2023?

I never understand why people think losing in round 1 is somehow worse than missing the playoffs entirely. Every team that misses the playoffs loses an elimination game too
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You dont think its absurd that it took the leafs 7 tries to win a round?
 
f*** you Bruins fans. Your day in the mega-choke spotlight is here.

People love to rip the Leafs for their playoff futility, but many of those series TOR was the underdog.
 

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1specter said:
Best part about the Rags losing is getting to laugh at that poster EdJovanovski on the mains. Dude is a Rags fan absolutely obsessed with the Leafs and takes every opportunity to troll.
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To a certain extent I respect his devotion to trolling. The Rangers were playing game 6, down 3-2 fighting for their lives and he was still in the TB-TOR GDT laughing at posts complimenting Toronto's game lmaooo
 
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leafsfan5 said:
To a certain extent I respect his devotion to trolling. The Rangers were playing game 6, down 3-2 fighting for their lives and he was still in the TB-TOR GDT laughing at posts complimenting Toronto's game lmaooo
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Some serious psychological problems. Rangers aren't even really a rival.
 
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To a certain extent I respect his devotion to trolling. The Rangers were playing game 6, down 3-2 fighting for their lives and he was still in the TB-TOR GDT laughing at posts complimenting Toronto's game lmaooo
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Never even knew he was a leaf hater until this series. Kept laughing at my posts about Knies. Must really hurt to see the Leafs drafted a better player at the end of the 2nd round than the Rangers have been able to draft with 4 top 10 selections, and 2 of those picks being 1st and 2nd overall. If only Laf and Kakko could have the same impact Knies has had they might not have been bounced in round one.
 
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Pi said:
Also people lump in 2004 with this core but this core has only been here since 2016-17. You can't put the futility of the club before that on them.
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2004 has nothing to do with this management and core, agreed.
But don’t discount the fact of Leaf fans in general enduring the 19 years of not winning a round and having a hockey PTSD on them.
That’s a long time and it makes some people more sensitive to what is going on.
Think about it. As a Leaf fan you had kids and they graduated high school while you are waiting for a playoff series win.
Leaf fans are a tough breed and deserve a good showing now. We deserve some winning.
 
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