If I did agree with you that it's credible as real playoffs, that is even worse. That's round 0, not even round 1. Round 0 is even weaker and dilute than round 1, so the Leafs can't get out round 1 comments needs to be downgrade to Leafs can't get out of round 0 (indexed to 5 rounds that end in #4). 8th seed versus 9th to show the dilution.
I get what he was inferring fine tbh. Stating the obvious really that it's more likely reasons for losing are being pinned on Dubas right now in some capacity, even though we have no idea the measure of that capacity.
In Leafs current stage our GM did not, for now.You may have something there.....perhaps a dressing room cancer? Lack of leadership? The core don't strike me as warriors (esp Nylander). In the playoffs grit & determination are key and we have such a soft, rudderless team. I also don't think Tavares should be Captain...many things need to be changed.
Yup. If the play ins weren't considered as part of the playoffs, then why does the NHL have the Leafs tied for 4th with the NHL's longest current active playoff streak with 6 consecutive years?
I didn't say Leafs weren't a playoff caliber team. My opinion of the roster since matthews era is very high. You are focusing on the wrong things in my point.
The only thing we know is that one team gave an early extension, and one team in an entirely different situation didn't. Why and what that means aren't known, but both teams are happy with their GM going into this year, which is why they remain. Buffalo's GM really just had to not be a complete tire fire, which isn't exactly a high bar to pass.
It's not actually pointless semantics if we are using consistent playoff making as a pre-cursor dubas is on a cup path. The Jackets series is only useful if discussing NHL rules, it is not useful as a "pro" to decide dubas is the guy we need to extend and all things are going well. The Jackets series counters all that. Jackets aren't even in seeds 1-8
They also have the Penguins streak as ongoing, despite them losing that year. And it's explicitly stated as part of the playoffs in their official playoff format page. It's really amazing that we have people arguing against the NHL themselves to discredit the Leafs.
Columbus was well above 0.500, was tied for 13th in the league despite considerable injury impacts that year, and was the best defensive team in the NHL - who also ended up getting 0.950+ goaltending in our series before they went on to set the all-time playoff save record. The Leafs were also not sleeping in their own beds or getting home arena advantages. They were in a bubble isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time, and it was a shortened series in August in front of no fans, after not skating for almost 5 months. You can be disappointed in the outcome without misrepresenting who we faced, and the situation it was faced in.
I don’t, it’s other users that keep bringing up regular season point totals as if that matters in the playoffs.
Columbus were a great team apparently. Imagine telling one of the hyper fans that before the series. Proper lolz.
I did not say "series outcomes don't matter". In fact, I literally said the exact opposite to you and you've ignored it. It's just not the only thing that matters in a proper evaluation of a GM's performance, even if it's the only thing that matters to you as a fan. Also, everything I said about GM evaluation applies to everybody in general, not just to Dubas. And it will remain true when Dubas wins playoff series. Please do not misrepresent the things that other people say.
Except nobody did. The rules are acknowledged and accepted, only context has been added.
