Tribute Leafs clinch a playoff spot.

[Menzinger]

Definitely not taking it for granted qualifying with ease for essentially a decade. I remember getting in by the skin of our teeth vs Pittsburgh. And the days of not controlling our own destiny. f*** that

Yep. I think part of the fanbase has taken for granted the ease in which the team has had in making the playoffs for such a long time.

It's obviously also fair to be angry at the black of wins in the post season, but things could still be a lot worse. It's not hard for teams to slip and become a playoff bubble team (ie ask how much fun it's been being a Sabres fan for the last almost decade)

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Tampa looks weak this year.

Shanny Dubas and Keefe all gotta go if the Leafs lose in round 1

Or round 2 or round 3.

I’ll be happy with anything > 4.

That bar is pretty low, and frankly, sad.

 

[OVO16]

1st rd exit here we come

 

[crump]

“Can you believe it?” ~Bob Cole

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Win a round

Win a Participation Trophy!

 

[Cleetus]

1st rd exit here we come

 

[Stephen]

Yep. I think part of the fanbase has taken for granted the ease in which the team has had in making the playoffs for such a long time.

It's obviously also fair to be angry at the black of wins in the post season, but things could still be a lot worse. It's not hard for teams to slip and become a playoff bubble team (ie ask how much fun it's been being a Sabres fan for the last almost decade)

It's strange to look back on the black hole decade when making the playoffs was so unachievable. Whatever happens in the future, that level of franchise incompetence can't be allowed to happen again.

 

[IPS]

Or round 2 or round 3.


That bar is pretty low, and frankly, sad.

Pathetically low. Look at the talent this franchise got blessed with. 1 round being the standard is wrong in so many ways.

 

[AvroArrow]

If the Leafs play like they did last year, we win in 6. If they play how they've been playing this year, we win in 5. Would need a huge collapse to lose this one.

 

[HolyCrap]

I really hope Leafs finally slay the playoff dragon and advance. There’s already lotsa posters guaranteeing the Leafs will lose in round one. Be nice to piss the haters off for once.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

If the Leafs play like they did last year, we win in 6. If they play how they've been playing this year, we win in 5. Would need a huge collapse to lose this one.

Oh god oh f***

 

[crump]

It’s a sign.

 

[Racer88]

I really hope Leafs finally slay the playoff dragon and advance. There’s already lotsa posters guaranteeing the Leafs will lose in round one. Be nice to piss the haters off for once.

So which do you care about most pissing other people off or the Leafs winning……..just curious

 

[Westlander]

Yep. I think part of the fanbase has taken for granted the ease in which the team has had in making the playoffs for such a long time.

It's obviously also fair to be angry at the black of wins in the post season, but things could still be a lot worse. It's not hard for teams to slip and become a playoff bubble team (ie ask how much fun it's been being a Sabres fan for the last almost decade)

It is something of a paradox where both the team and fanbase are at the moment. The Leafs have enviable talent but remain a laughingstock; this extends to us the fans who have arguably become both spoiled as well as deprived.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Very trivial, but who knew back in 2002 that the blood bath Islander series would be the last time Leafs beat an American team in the playoffs? Wow. Back then, Leafs were also getting in the playoffs with ease. I don’t remember “celebrating” a clinch. But again, online discussion boards such as these were just in their infancy.

 

[MSZ]

Very trivial, but who knew back in 2002 that the blood bath Islander series would be the last time Leafs beat an American team in the playoffs? Wow. Back then, Leafs were also getting in the playoffs with ease. I don’t remember “celebrating” a clinch. But again, online discussion boards such as these were just in their infancy.

Imagine if Sundin never went down because of injury in that playoff run. By the time they reached the ECF Roberts already had nothing left in the tank.

 

[HolyCrap]

So which do you care about most pissing other people off or the Leafs winning……..just curious

The Leafs winning obviously. The haters being pissed off is a bonus.

 

[Arzak]

Oh god oh f***

I know, way to jinx it...

 

[LeafsFan89]

Yep. I think part of the fanbase has taken for granted the ease in which the team has had in making the playoffs for such a long time.

It's obviously also fair to be angry at the black of wins in the post season, but things could still be a lot worse. It's not hard for teams to slip and become a playoff bubble team (ie ask how much fun it's been being a Sabres fan for the last almost decade)

I think what has most fans (at least me) upset is not necessarily losing in the first round, but how the Leafs lost those series (perhaps the recent Tampa Bay series aside).

 

[Mess]

Clinching a playoff spot is enough for some Leaf fans to call it a successful season, when I see that as the low bar minimum requirement achievement level.

The playoffs is all that really matters for diehard fans.

 

[Schennanigans]

Great year. Clinched with plenty of hockey still to play.