Can we beat Tampa?

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The way I look at it, someone has to come out of the East. Someone has to win the Stanley Cup, and why not us?

All the handwringing about matchups and fairness in the standings. It misses the whole point of sports. And that is elite teams beating elite teams is what it’s all about. And if your elite team is winning it all, that is the pinnacle. So let’s win, enjoy how hard it will be and how sweet it will be.

All this other stuff is just f***ing sad.
So what's the point of playoff seeding? Just put the names into a hat?
 
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Ironic, considering that this all started because you were upset about people voicing justified frustrations at a broken playoff system that creates inconsistent pathways and sucks out meaning and excitement from games through a significant portion of the time people invest into this entertainment product.
 
I'm extremely confident in our team.
This has nothing too do with our team. This has to do with a broken playoff system.
We also make it unfair for Tampa and Boston.

The playoffs have never been fair. And people who cry foul over the system are fans of losing teams. Toronto beating the crap out of Ottawa 4 years in a row in another playoff format. Edmonton beating Winnipeg every year in the 80s. Montreal wrecking the Campbell conference in the 70s when there was cross conference playoff play.

It’s never been fair. Just win. It’s not supposed to be fair.
 
The playoffs have never been fair. And people who cry foul over the system are fans of losing teams. Toronto beating the crap out of Ottawa 4 years in a row in another playoff format. Edmonton beating Winnipeg every year in the 80s. Montreal wrecking the Campbell conference in the 70s when there was cross conference playoff play.
It’s never been fair. Just win. It’s not supposed to be fair.
You are correct that it has never been fair.
You are incorrect in your claim that it's not supposed to be fair. That's a fundamental necessity in sport, and that's the premise that they are selling to consumers.
And just because it's never been fair doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to not only make it more fair, but make this entertainment product more enjoyable and exciting for the fans.
It's, quite frankly, mind-boggling that anybody would try to argue against that.
 
Build a great team and win. Raptors won their championship beating two recent champions in the last 2 rounds. Who cares.
The Raptors didn't have to play one of the best teams in the NBA in round 1 though did they now?

The playoffs have never been fair. And people who cry foul over the system are fans of losing teams. Toronto beating the crap out of Ottawa 4 years in a row in another playoff format. Edmonton beating Winnipeg every year in the 80s. Montreal wrecking the Campbell conference in the 70s when there was cross conference playoff play.

It’s never been fair. Just win. It’s not supposed to be fair.
It's supposed to make sense.
 
Kinda scary! If they can't get it done this year, it's not happening with this core. And I don't mean blowign up the core, just one piece traded.
It gets complicated which of their many top stars do they trade. Dubas made promises to Nylander but a new GM will have no loyalties including Tavares.
 
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Ironic, considering that this all started because you were upset about people voicing justified frustrations at a broken playoff system that creates inconsistent pathways and sucks out meaning and excitement from games through a significant portion of the time people invest into this entertainment product.
Oh FFS.......what drama. Why do you bother watching?
 
I love the Leafs and I love hockey, so naturally, I'd prefer that the biggest hockey league in the world (that the Leafs play in) not do stupid things.
Win your Division
Win your Conference
Win the League

Sometimes your division or conference is stronger, sometimes they're weaker.

Anyway, I realize that you rarely, if ever, concede a point to another poster, so I'll stop here and let you tell me why I'm wrong with the last post you seem to need.
 
Win your Division
Win your Conference
Win the League

Sometimes your division or conference is stronger, sometimes they're weaker.
When it really should just be win your league.
And sometimes, division and conference quality is so drastically disparate that it really exposes how horrible the NHL's system is. Not only for fair competition, but for fan enjoyment.
Not sure why anybody would be against improving all of that with one simple change.
 
Tampa's getting manhandled by Florida in Jeanott's debut. Good reminder not to get too hyped up about 3rd/4th line depth acquisitions...
 
I would think Boston, TB, Carolina, NJ, and New York have all taken notice of how disgustingly stacked Toronto is now.
 
We could have beat Tampa last year. We could have beat the Bruins multiple times. Just couldn't close it out. I think we have the best team since 2004 and are built to run deep. We'll roll Tampa.
 
When it really should just be win your league.
And sometimes, division and conference quality is so drastically disparate that it really exposes how horrible the NHL's system is. Not only for fair competition, but for fan enjoyment.
Not sure why anybody would be against improving all of that with one simple change.
You can make that argument in any sport really. There are always weak divisions where the winner gets in and a better team does not

Tampa's getting manhandled by Florida in Jeanott's debut. Good reminder not to get too hyped up about 3rd/4th line depth acquisitions...
Also a good reminder not to make judgments over 1 game
 
Build a great team and win. Raptors won their championship beating two recent champions in the last 2 rounds. Who cares.
not to be nitpicky but milwaukee hadnt won a chip since 1971 at that point. but i understand what u are saying :)
 

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