Do the Leafs get more credit in hindsight for taking the Panthers to 7 games?

[avocadosmoothie]

Pot meet kettle, because stats proven to you are useless when it does not support your narrative

where are the stats?

 

[avocadosmoothie]

Again, you are speaking as if the Leafs are up 2-0 in games, and 3-1 in Game 3, with Stolarz playing 30 minutes of Game 1 only. You cant assume everything is the same because it fits your narrative You cant say shit because the only >>>FACTS<<< anyone has is that the Leafs were winning 30 minutes into Game 1, period.

this is pure cope. any rational observer would be able to confirm that had Stolarz been in net, Leafs would have easily won either G3 or G4, all but guaranteeing a series win. very amusing that you're trying so hard to convince yourself otherwise

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

Leaf fans love to seek credit when their team loses. I know it's difficult to never win (believe me ...), but, you know, the Leafs got outplayed by FLA. It's clear to me they were not good enough.

So, if it makes you feel better to say "we did better than Carolina", sure, go ahead. But the main point is that your team is not championship level - Leafs need to get better.

 

[mandiblesofdoom]

I feel like every season the Leafs look for every little moral victory they can.

Yeah. It's the funniest thing.

I was rooting for the Leafs, but they lost. And they looked bad toward the end. They need to improve.

 

[pb1300]

this is pure cope. any rational observer would be able to confirm that had Stolarz been in net, Leafs would have easily won either G3 or G4, all but guaranteeing a series win. very amusing that you're trying so hard to convince yourself otherwise

Panthers decimated the Leafs even strength, and once they adjusted, it was game over for them. just quit already. You've been proven terribly wrong by countless members on this board. Have the decency to accept defeat, and go to the country club, like the losers Leafs players did.

where are the stats?

Been posted already many of times by members, including myself. Yet you have posted NOTHING but your terrible opinion

 

[sampollock]

Yeah. It's the funniest thing.

I was rooting for the Leafs, but they lost. And they looked bad toward the end. They need to improve.

core 5 will do it next year.
nostrils will win the Hart, Selke, conn Symthe and the silver cup
and get a new purse for the parade

 

[avocadosmoothie]

Panthers decimated the Leafs even strength, and once they adjusted, it was game over for them. just quit already. You've been proven terribly wrong by countless members on this board. Have the decency to accept defeat, and go to the country club, like the losers Leafs players did.



Been posted already many of times by members, including myself. Yet you have posted NOTHING but your terrible opinion

stats trying to prove to me that the East is just as good as the West?

experts such as Bruce Boudreau have already been on air last week confirming that the East is much weaker than the West. are you arguing with expert Bruce Boudreau?

 

[Laus723]

not to mention they only won because they took out Toronto's .926 starter. anyone who believes that Florida would have won with Vitek Vanacek in net is beyond help

Mr. .926, You mean our former backup that our goalie coaches spent time with last year?

You sure do love hypotheticals, we didn't have to play with Vanacek in net, did we? Thanks for providing his stats outside of being behind the Panthers. Your hate is hilariously delicious at this point. You can't help yourself.

 

[Laus723]

this is pure cope. any rational observer would be able to confirm that had Stolarz been in net, Leafs would have easily won either G3 or G4, all but guaranteeing a series win. very amusing that you're trying so hard to convince yourself otherwise

"Easily won"...and you're talking to HIM about cope?? Lmao, mmmk.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

Mr. .926, You mean our former backup that our goalie coaches spent time with last year?

You sure do love hypotheticals, we didn't have to play with Vanacek in net, did we? Thanks for providing his stats outside of being behind the Panthers. Your hate is hilariously delicious at this point. You can't help yourself.

yea cause the Leafs aren't dirty like the Panthers? lmao

"Easily won"...and you're talking to HIM about cope?? Lmao, mmmk.

pure cope if you believe you win g3/g4 with equal footing in the net, from an observer with no horse in the race

 

[Laus723]

yea cause the Leafs aren't dirty like the Panthers? lmao

pure cope if you believe you win g3/g4 with equal footing in the net, from an observer with no horse in the race

You ABSOLUTELY have a horse in the race, it's any team facing the Panthers. That's clear as day, don't kid yourself. Run along with your nonsense, the Panthers goalie department spent a whole year with their former backup, they know his weaknesses. The Leafs weren't Stolarz away from winning that series. Ottawa took them to over time twice in their first time in the playoffs in for.ev.er.

Yep, Panthers are durrrrty af,only dirty team in the NHL ever.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

I don’t like the Leafs.

 

[Tryblot]

Florida also dismantled Tampa Bay - but I understand the haters would sooner gouge out their eyes than admit TML are a very good hockey club, that given a slightly altered path, would have been Stanley Cup Finalists in numerous seasons for the past 10 years. Fact is the Leafs "choked" 2 years of this 9 season run. All the others were long series losing to very good teams and a 5 game series where Bobrovsky stole the show. That's the reality, Haters invent their own story - people love their lies.

Why in the f*** are you quoting me for this? I wanted toronto to win, and absolutely belive they would have went to the finals if they best Florida.

 

[Ratsreign]

yea cause the Leafs aren't dirty like the Panthers? lmao

pure cope if you believe you win g3/g4 with equal footing in the net, from an observer with no horse in the race

No horse, just hard feelings and bias against the Panthers from last June perhaps, lol.

You bag on others for “hypotheticals”, yet you are here with nothing but hypothetical theories about how things would’ve went with Stolie in goal, and without Bob in goal. It’s hilarious that you somehow fail to see this.

 

[sampollock]

Why in the f*** are you quoting me for this? I wanted toronto to win, and absolutely belive they would have went to the finals if they best Florida.

I didnt want the figs to win

 

[avocadosmoothie]

No horse, just hard feelings and bias against the Panthers from last June perhaps, lol.

You bag on others for “hypotheticals”, yet you are here with nothing but hypothetical theories about how things would’ve went with Stolie in goal, and without Bob in goal. It’s hilarious that you somehow fail to see this.

nah, all folks who can put aside their feelings and look at this objectively feel the same way. lots of em are on this thread

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Yep, Panthers are durrrrty af,only dirty team in the NHL ever.

OH don't worry... seems like the kind of poster that, if the Leafs played exactly the same way as the Panthers, would talk about how it's 'old time hockey' and 'tough play'. Happens all the time. It's dirty when any team but yours does it but once your team does it, it becomes 'good, hard hockey'.

 

[elmaco]

 

[Based Anime Fan]

nah, all folks who can put aside their feelings and look at this objectively feel the same way. lots of em are on this thread

Yup. The Leafs lost. Retrospective 'respect' for taking a team that beat them to 7 is stupid.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

Yup. The Leafs lost. Retrospective 'respect' for taking a team that beat them to 7 is stupid.

Leafs probably win though if roles are reversed and .926 season Stolarz is playing against .834 playoff career Vanecek, no?

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Leafs probably win though if roles are reversed and .926 season Stolarz is playing against .834 playoff career Vanecek, no?

Maybe, maybe not... but it also doesn't change them getting credit, because It. Didn't. Happen.

Leafs lost with the team they had, and the Panthers won with the team they had. That's it. Losers don't get credit for doing something that made them lose.

 

[Jimmy Apollo]

Leaf fans love to seek credit when their team loses. I know it's difficult to never win (believe me ...), but, you know, the Leafs got outplayed by FLA. It's clear to me they were not good enough.

So, if it makes you feel better to say "we did better than Carolina", sure, go ahead. But the main point is that your team is not championship level - Leafs need to get better.

I don’t think any leafs fan denies that the Panthers played better and generally are better. But to say it’s not a championship level team when two teams have happened to dominate the east and be in your division for the past decade.

They were worse than Boston just about every year too. The cope isn’t that we’re somehow insanely better, the cope is that we’re good and at this point god clearly hates us with injuries, covid, flat cap, and two hilariously bad losses to not playoff teams.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

Maybe, maybe not... but it also doesn't change them getting credit, because It. Didn't. Happen.

Leafs lost with the team they had, and the Panthers won with the team they had. That's it. Losers don't get credit for doing something that made them lose.

they don't get credit for going 7 when they had their starting goalie nuked in game 1 and had enough honor to not reciprocate? lmao

 

[Based Anime Fan]

they don't get credit for going 7 when they had their starting goalie nuked in game 1 and had enough honor to not reciprocate? lmao

No they don't. They didn't win, especially how badly they lost in the end.

The fact that Carolina might be out in 5 doesn't change that.

 

[avocadosmoothie]

No they don't. They didn't win, especially how badly they lost in the end.

The fact that Carolina might be out in 5 doesn't change that.

idk, rational observers can see why they deserve credit