Speculation: My Dude. It's early.
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Nothing wrong with cheering for the Leafs. It may be hard to believe but we all are. I just don’t like seeing posts telling other fans how they should react.
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Blanka
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We've seen how much April matters for this group in all of its 8 year glory. But hey, maybe this year is different.
The standings don’t have me one bit worried. In fact I think we’re in a better position than we deserve to be in.
To me it’s the way the team is playing and the consistency. I don’t doubt the ability of this team as we saw it in Tampa as well as NJ and Pittsburgh. I really questions this teams drive and their ability to adapt to play the way you need to consistently. They have it in them, they just keep resorting to their comfort zone. The emotion is also lacking. They rarely look bothered by shitty performances.
To me it’s the way the team is playing and the consistency. I don’t doubt the ability of this team as we saw it in Tampa as well as NJ and Pittsburgh. I really questions this teams drive and their ability to adapt to play the way you need to consistently. They have it in them, they just keep resorting to their comfort zone. The emotion is also lacking. They rarely look bothered by shitty performances.
Arzak
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They should have fired Keefe during the season to ride the new coach bump + to not give Berube time to f*** everything up.
Ah yes I hate when one of the teams best players gets assists (I hate goals too).
Can’t wait to hate on Marners 100 pt season
The bottom 6 and goaltending hasn't been the problem so far this season. The problem is still the core players. At this point this is what they are. They take too many games off, play the way they want to play. It works in the regular season up til now due to Buffalo, Ottawa and Detroit not being good. Those teams look much better so far this season. With many teams at .500 there isn't as many easy games like in years past.
These guys better figure it out quickly or the 18 wheeler will come quickly
I think the problem is they really honestly don't care that much, they lack pride in themselves and the team. That's why they lose to zamboni drivers, that's why they lose to the isles, that's why they kept getting pumped in the playoffs. They just don't care that much.
These 3 games illustrated how rotten the core is as a whole.
Columbus has one of the worst rosters in post lockout history and they manage to lose 6-2. Ok the excuses flood in "1 game" aka the nonsense we heard when they lost to a middle aged non athlete, whatever. The next game is a massive opportunity to put the hurt on a mediocre team that is your coach's former team, they get pumped. "B-but it's only 2 games." They have TWO leads vs the team that eliminated them in the playoffs that they blow and then their captain manages to completely flub it in OT.
New coach/new D/new lines/new captain made zero difference because the core itself sucks, they're just so talented that them sucking is a bit different than a team with no talent sucking.
That is why players like Matthews/Marner experience such a massive dropoff in the playoffs, it just doesn't matter that much to them and when people elevate their compete/effort level, theirs stays the same or drops off.
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The core of players aren't early. They shouldn't be still learning lessons at this stage in their career or at their salary
