Every Leafs Season Since 2017 Follows The Same Trend
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TMLBlueandWhite
Knies Is The Next Hyman But Better
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You forgot the annual post all-star game skid.
You know the one I'm talking about. Where they go something like 4-9-2 every year immediately after the break. It's a tradition for this team.
The trends you point out are both real and concerning.
It doesn't matter who the coach or GM is. Doesn't matter who the goaltender is. Doesn't matter who the Captain is.
They do the same damn thing every year.
It's almost like they come back fat and out of shape after the offseason and stink the entire month of October. Then when coach is one more loss away from being fired they go on a hot streak and have a playoffs spot cemented by American Thanksgiving. After that it's stat padding the rest of the year.
Until the playoffs, and they're no longer getting paid to play, at which point they usually wrap things up relatively quickly by losing.
You know the one I'm talking about. Where they go something like 4-9-2 every year immediately after the break. It's a tradition for this team.
The trends you point out are both real and concerning.
It doesn't matter who the coach or GM is. Doesn't matter who the goaltender is. Doesn't matter who the Captain is.
They do the same damn thing every year.
It's almost like they come back fat and out of shape after the offseason and stink the entire month of October. Then when coach is one more loss away from being fired they go on a hot streak and have a playoffs spot cemented by American Thanksgiving. After that it's stat padding the rest of the year.
Until the playoffs, and they're no longer getting paid to play, at which point they usually wrap things up relatively quickly by losing.
DitchMarner
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The Leafs do always look like world-beaters in November. I wonder what the reason for that is exactly. It might be that teams haven't yet tightened things up all that much and the playing style suits them. Then again, games are even more wide-open and higher-scoring in October, no? Why are they constantly about a .500 team in October?
I remember during the Kessel era, they got off to a great start (record-wise) a couple of times and then struggled when play really tightened up around the League late in the season.
I remember during the Kessel era, they got off to a great start (record-wise) a couple of times and then struggled when play really tightened up around the League late in the season.
TMLBlueandWhite
Knies Is The Next Hyman But Better
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I lost count of all the 18 wheelers that went off a cliff with Dion and Phil driving.
What I notice is that every time it looks like the Leafs might start building a decent lead on the rest of the division, that's when suddenly the penalty-fest games start where they spend most of it fighting off waves of opposing PP's...
They also seem to have a period every year, no matter what, where their goaltending falls apart.
They also seem to have a period every year, no matter what, where their goaltending falls apart.
