Lmao. That's not even close to true. So much else factors into success in life and especially in hockey than just whether you care or not. That's such a disconnected, privileged mindset.
We'd probably have a bunch of cups too if we had the best player in the history of the game and no cap.
We may have the best goal scorer of all time. According to you probably a top 10 playmaker of all time. JT will be a top 100 player of all time and Nylander may be as well.
As leaf fans maybe we have forgotten what killer instinct really is……it’s been so long since we had any.Guys with "killer instinct" are real gamers! Fiercely competitive! They will never stop pushing! Nothing will deter them! They will come through no matter what!... unless a couple players on the team aren't "killer instinct" buddies with them. Then they stop caring and give up and decide to no longer be clutch. That's who we want!
The truth is, "killer instinct" is less of an individual trait than people like to pretend.
We can’t win in the playoffs because they care to much. Serious question here. You have to be spoofing us.
Care doesn’t show up on a spreadsheet. Hence Dekes not realizing what you were saying.
Even if that were all true, that doesn't sound like the best player in the history of the game (plus many other great players) and no cap.
Any unbiased observer would see that they care a ton.
This team plays better when Matthews is not in the lineup when he is out of the lineup they have way more wins than losses
The last 5 Cup winners didn't have the best player in the history of the game, not even close. Amazing they were able to win a cup using your idiotic criteria.
Any unbiased observer knows their past playoff performances have been severely lacking.
This guy has no clue about effort, intensity, physicality, care, etc. pretty sure he's never laced up a pair skates let alone played an organized hockey game.
Lacking absolutely but pretty silly to think they don’t care.
And the last 5 cup winners didn't equal the Oilers Dynasty either.
Whether or not you think that, it has nothing to do with "care".
I've skated, played organized hockey, and know more about effort, intensity, physicality, care, etc. than you ever will.
I'm sure they care, but so far not nearly enough. Intensity, physicality and effort get turned way up in the playoffs which is why they're so great to watch, for some reason our stars haven't turned it all the way up yet. Willy and Matty have shown improvement, hoping Marner will this year too. Sometimes it takes awhile to learn. Kane, Ovie, Yzerman, Malkin, Hull, etc all had to learn and they got their Cup. We'll see if our stars eventually get there too.
Red Herring.
If your performance is lacking it certainly does.
Cool story bro!
I just mentioned ‘care’ since that’s the word that others had used.
The irony. Might want to try actually reading the original topic you replied to.
There's more to performance (and the production you mistake for performance) than caring.
I've read it. You claimed the Leafs would win a cup too if they had the best player to ever play the game, I pointed out the last 5 teams to win the Cup didn't have that player, not even close and then you responded as usual with a red herring about the Oilers "dynasty".
Caring plays a big part. The the lack of production (1 win past the first wound) is what happens when you don't care quite enough.
Actually, the original topic was an individual comparing the Matthews era with the Oilers dynasty, and I said "We'd probably have a bunch of cups too if we had the best player in the history of the game and no cap." And then you came in "introducing an irrelevant piece of information that distracts the reader" in "an attempt to redirect a conversation away from its original topic". You know, I think there's a word for that...
Not nearly as much so you seem to think, and it's not been the issue for our players.
Yes and I directly disputed that, you couldn't answer so responded with some red herring nonsense about "the last 5 cup winners didn't equal the Oilers Dynasty either" which has zero to do with the Leafs having "the best player to ever play the game" helping them when cups.
It's obviously not enough, otherwise we'd have more than 1 win past the first round, so yes it is an issue.
He never answers that, expect more dodging and red herrings.
No you didn't. You just changed the subject.
It's obviously not about caring.
Disputing your erroneous assertion isn't changing the subject, you changing the subject from one player to an entire franchise is.
It obviously is.
