Can we please put to rest this idea of "pressure" being the culprit behind playoff failure for this team, it's insulting.

[theTTC]

• “Pressure? What pressure? Pressure is poor people in the world trying to feed their families. There is no pressure in football”—Jose Mourinho speaking in a post-match interview

The Core Fore have league high guaranteed salaries, no trade clauses, no AHL demotion threat, best therapy/massage/rehab services in the world, fame, adulation, don't have to bodycheck or fight on the ice, could retire at 30 with generational wealth. MLSE paid them before they won or proved anything.

Pressure? wtf?

 

[Nineteen67]

I just heard a clip on tsn1050 where a basketball player was asked why they didn’t try harder…… wish Toronto media actually had access to players and had just one media member ask a tough question.

It’s never happened and never will in the easiest media market in the league.

 

[The Best Leafs Everr]

Imagine if a baseball player said he doesn’t want to play for Yankees or Red Sox because there’s pressure to win. Only pathetic losers in hockey has this mentality. It’s time we kick these guys out. Bring in players who wants to come to Toronto to take on the challenge to win in a market that wants them to succeed.

 

[ACC1224]

Imagine if a baseball player said he doesn’t want to play for Yankees or Red Sox because there’s pressure to win. Only pathetic losers in hockey has this mentality. It’s time we kick these guys out. Bring in players who wants to come to Toronto to take on the challenge to win in a market that wants them to succeed.

Imagine if a player had ever said that here?

 

[The Best Leafs Everr]

Imagine if a player had ever said that here?

While they don’t say it upfront almost all of them do once they leave. Just goes to show how weak they are!