No. They still lack the depth (f and d) to go deep. They put all their money into the scorers and they get shut down every year.
Do the Leafs get more credit in hindsight for taking the Panthers to 7 games?
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theVladiator
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I think Leafs clearly deserve the title of the second best team in the East. It's not much of an honor, but it does put calls for tear down and rebuild into proper perspective.
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Why should they? They lost in dramatically terrible fashion in their own building. They got exactly as far as they deserved to and the fact that they took it to 7 games isn't a factor; they lost, end of story.
Win, or don't.
Win, or don't.
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No, they can not run it back. 2nd best is not good enough. People forget that Max freaking Paccioretty had to save their asses from potentially having to play game 7 against Ottawa. This is not a contending team. We saw red flags during the Ottawa series already. 2-0 series against Florida was a fluke.
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We don't know that, which is the fun of it. Florida is spanking the Canes up and down the ice, sure, but it's likely the Canes could have done the same to the Leafs.
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No, I see it as just a regression to the mean. Florida was gonna catch up, they weren't gonna lay down. Once they started playing, Toronto had no answers. They are not even close to Florida's level, or Edmonton's level, or Dallas' level.
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The Leafs are a roster, for sure, but in the playoffs not much of a team.
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They had a 2-0 lead and then butchered 2 games at home getting completely destroyed.
Also they made round 2 because they played Ottawa
Same thing for Washington they were ass they won because they played against a rebuilding team and completely crumbled after.
Reilly Nylander Tavares Marner and Matthews have been a disaster for almost a decade now.
Also they made round 2 because they played Ottawa
Same thing for Washington they were ass they won because they played against a rebuilding team and completely crumbled after.
Reilly Nylander Tavares Marner and Matthews have been a disaster for almost a decade now.
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So that's 2 goals per 100 shots. You lost 12-2 last 2 games at home. I don't think that explains the utter collapse of will the Leafs exhibited.
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Woll is a loser. AHL caliber.. the leafs played differently in front of Stolarz. It would have been a very different series.
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Stolarz's suspenders could have snapped and he could have flown to the moon... what ifs are lame.
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Suntouchable13
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Then the whole team are losers if they play differently in front of Woll. Losers. Plain and simple. Stolarz wasn't playing all the games. 0% chance. He would have sustained another injury, he never played this many games ever.
No they got outscored 14-4 over the final 4 games of the series. That it went 7 says more about the Panthers’ (specifically Bobrovsky’s) play in the first 2.5 games than the Leafs play.
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Stolarz is a career backup with season high 34 games. He isnt the savior you think he is. Leafs are a sinking ship, with or without Stolarz.
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My gut says no. I think Florida just elevated their game mid way through round two and haven't come down from that yet. Toronto forced game seven after allowing the Panthers to overcome a 2-0 deficit, not because the Leafs clawed their way into the series or were keeping it close every game
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Are we really supposed to give credit to a team for pushing a series to the limit but absolutely no showing in games 5 & 7 at home.
It's not that they lost, it's the way they lost.
It's not that they lost, it's the way they lost.
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The whole roster are losers, singling out one goalie (who did well all things considered) is a cop-out.
3 coaches, 3 GMs, something like 6 or 7 goalies, a pile of different flavours of defencemen, a complete recompile of the bottom six and a few extras in the top 6, and nothing to show for it. It all boils down to Shannahan being a stubborn tool, and the core 5 (I'm adding Reilly) becoming the new, slightly more advanced, Muskoka 5.
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