Racer88
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Actually the only trade chips we have are hopes and players…….i hope they spend them wisely
Post-Game Talk: Leafs Lose 2-1
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Stephen
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The frustrating thing on nights like Saturday is it doesn’t look like we have any star power. If anything, the cap structure implies we have nothing but star power. Winning 3 and dropping 1 is hardly the end of the world but it always underscores the question of how serious these core guys are when losses can be telegraphed from a distance, to what kind of team, on what kind of night.
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Every playoff series the Leafs go into, you can tell the other team adopt this “we’re going to steal their lunch money” mentality regardless of how tough they actually are.
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Yup. No such thing as an easy out as long as the core remains and plays the same.
Unfortunately not enough people or perhaps it’s just the wrong people that can see it. They still have a lot of people fooled.
It's cute, but it's a heavily flawed assumption.
The team (and core) clearly has issues, especially in crunch time, but to suggest it's just a matter of others competing hard is silly - especially when they've lost so many game 7s. The funny thing is it's not even about complimenting the Leafs, think about what that says for other teams and their lack of compete against the Leafs on critical moments
Your comment makes no sense. In a long playoff series, as the series goes on games gets more intense and open ice shrinks. Teams give up fewer rush chances and control the high danger areas in the middle of the ice. This is when goals are hard to come by for the Leafs as they continue to play their perimeter game with shots taken farther from the net as they can’t easily get to the inside closer to the net. That is the primary reason the Leafs don’t win series deciding games. They are 0 for 6 in those games with this core. They are a mentally fragile group who don’t raise their compete level in the key areas of the game when their opponents do. Will Berube and a different system be able to overcome the Leafs core groups history of choking when the games tighten up. Skill without Will = Nil is a commonly accepted axiom in hockey and this Leafs core is the epitome of that. I hope they prove me wrong but I have my doubts.
Too many Leaf fans have become satisfied with their favourite player’s individual accomplishments during the regular season and forget how pissed off they were to watch those same players choke when the going gets tough in the playoffs. People baying for Marner’s head after losing to Boston in the first round last year want to sign him to a record contract before even seeing if he and the team can raise their level of play and get out of the first round for the second time in nine years. Shanny with his bull shit end of season press conferences has done a great job of promising changes but doing little and Leafs fans just keep hoping against hope that this is their year.Yup. No such thing as an easy out as long as the core remains and plays the same.
Unfortunately not enough people or perhaps it’s just the wrong people that can see it. They still have a lot of people fooled.
