Could the Leafs miss the playoffs?

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I'll try again.....

Love for the leafs to miss but with other teams poor play it's hard not to.

Other teams chasing are playing 500 or less in last 10 games

Ottawa and montreal pl as tying well in last 10.

Devils are as lso faltering given injuries

You need toronto to do a 1-8-1 and teans chasing do a 7-2-1 or better making a 12+ point gain to create s race over the last 5 games

You need something like toronto, montreal, and Ottawa very close along with NJ, columbus, and rangers in 3-5 place standings all within 2 pts of each other

Detroit and boston have been on foenhillstreaks if latr falling farther back of toronto.

I look at pkayoff line as 11.5 pts per 10 g so 60g the line is 69 pts. 70g its 80.5. It looks like both conf has the final WC below that line
 
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If they win their next game they’re tied for the division lead with the same number of GP.

I’d say it’s more likely the Leafs win a Stanley Cup than miss the playoffs.

Take that as you will.
I cannot see how the Leafs do not win the cup this year. They have a vezina caliber goalie and top four that is unmatched. M& M are magic not to mention Tanev who should be a Norris candidate. Laughton and Carlo put them over the top.
 
This isn't really possible in Toronto. You make it sound like it is fans, it is mostly corporations who buy these tickets and will always do so because A) They can write it off as entertainment expenses for clients and B) they gift a lot of tickets to clients who are likely at this first ever hockey game.

Our arena vibe sucks because of those reasons. Fans do not have the power to stop sales in Toronto.

Respectfully, this is a completely clueless take. You're offering up an excuse and pretending it's an explanation.

You think it is unique to Toronto that corporations scoop up a lot of the tickets?

Every major sports franchise in any quasi big city has all kinds of major corporate support and ticket sales. Businesses want sports and concert tickets for clients.

You don't think the New York Yankees, or the Dallas Cowboys or the Los Angeles Lakers have tons of corporate ticket sales?

All the NHL teams in big cities, especially in Canada, have tons of ticket sales to major corporations that snap up season tickets. Pretending this unique to Toronto is absurd.
 
Well, then to be fair,at minimum you’d have to give this coach a playoff run opportunity before definitely saying.
Keeping in mind that the furthest they’ve reached with previous coaches is 5 of the 16 wins it takes to win the cup.
Yup. I'm no leaf supporter. But the style they play now gives them a better chance in the play offs than under Keefe.
But then again , they had no chance under Keefe
 
Respectfully, this is a completely clueless take. You're offering up an excuse and pretending it's an explanation.

You think it is unique to Toronto that corporations scoop up a lot of the tickets?

Every major sports franchise in any quasi big city has all kinds of major corporate support and ticket sales. Businesses want sports and concert tickets for clients.

You don't think the New York Yankees, or the Dallas Cowboys or the Los Angeles Lakers have tons of corporate ticket sales?

All the NHL teams in big cities, especially in Canada, have tons of ticket sales to major corporations that snap up season tickets. Pretending this unique to Toronto is absurd.

Where did I say it was unique to Toronto? Would any of those other markets you said (lakers, Cowboys) ever stop selling tickets? No of course not. I am calling out your unrealistic comment.

There is literally unlimited demand, and most of it does not even come from actual fans. It comes from corporations who know they can use these franchises to market their company
 
The Maple Leafs could replace their current roster with the Toronto Marlies and it wouldn't affect their ticket sales in any way, shape or form. The Lemmings will come out and eat sushi and wear the jersey. This city, for whatever reason, will put up with whatever the ownership throws at them, no matter what.
I'm sure people will be paying $2000 to watch the Marlies, great take man. 10/10 post about the Leafs as usual.
 
Yup. I'm no leaf supporter. But the style they play now gives them a better chance in the play offs than under Keefe.
But then again , they had no chance under Keefe
I’d at least give the current coach one playboy run before passing judgement definitively.

No coach in the past with this core got more than the 5 of 16 wins needed to win the cup, and that was only once. Other than that one year, they got only 2-3 of the 16 wins needed to win the cup. That’s a big gulf.
 
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I'm not worried about them making the playoffs but I would be very interested to consider who their preferred matchup would be between Florida, Tampa, and Ottawa? They would get outclassed by Tampa and straight up bullied by Florida or Ottawa.

Not a good take.
 
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Won't miss, but I really don't see them going far. They lost to the Panthers, the Avs dominated them, who are a much better team than their record shows. For whatever reason the leafs fall flat against elite teams.

The Leafs like other teams have good and bad games against elite clubs. Aside from a recent spell of poor play they’ve had reasonable level of success against other top teams.

Also the Avs and Leafs played to a one goal game with 2 empty net goals ultimately making the score look worse. They buckled in the third and the Avs took advantage, but a 1 goal game with 2 mins left does not constitute being dominated.
 
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That Florida fan has seen his team go to the Stanley Cup Final twice, and maybe three times.

Before you condescend to him, how many Cup runs have you watched your team go on?
I have witnessed 2 conference finals since I've been a fan (wasn't into hockey in '93 even though I was 14 and it was all the rage here)

But the Leafs also have 13 Stanley Cups and a rich history. Yes, a VERY long time ago when there were only 6 teams.

The Montreal Canadiens have 24 Stanley Cups.

The Panthers have one.

The Bruins are an original six team, and have been scary good for nearly 20 years and have 1 cup to show for it in that near 20 years, and how many total? Not very many.

The idea of a thread about 'could the Leafs miss the playoffs' could only be a thread about the Leafs at this point in the season and where they are in the standings.

It's certainly entertaining.

Could the Panthers miss the playoffs? Have they clinched?

Edit: my post was edited because I said I thought this was a stupid thread, and I just want to apologize to everyone if that was offensive to suggest. It may be my personal opinion that this is indeed a stupid thread, but I don't need to be sharing that sort of opinion and my apologies again especially to the moderator that took offense. I like posting on this forum and perhaps I got a bit too defensive.

I will try to treat this idea of the Leafs possibly missing the playoffs with a little more respect going forwards.

I love all my fellow hockey fans even though we disagree on many things. We have a common passion.
 
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I have witnessed 2 conference finals since I've been a fan (wasn't into hockey in '93 even though I was 14 and it was all the rage here)

So zero.

So if you're mocking this Florida fan for (according to you) thinking he's an expert on hockey history because he saw his team hoist the Cup, what does that make you? You've never seen your team win the Cup.
 
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