Tampa defeats Toronto 4 games to 3

That's not an excuse.
That is just a fact.
They were indeed 3rd and 4th in the East.


"Why are your shoes wet?"
"It's raining"
"Don't give me excuses!!!"

Come on.

It's not even a fact. Tampa was 5th in the east. Rangers were 4th. That's not the reason for their failure in this playoff series. They've had favorable situations in the past be it going against Montreal or Columbus and still didn't get it done.
 
Yep. Traded Spezza for Paul in 2014. 5 years later he finally solidifies a roster spot with the Sens. 2 years after that we send him to Tampa Bay to assassinate the Leafs in the 1st round, and put what is likely the dagger in Spezza's career.

And Spezza was traded from Ottawa because he requested it. So in a way, he sealed his own fate tonight.
Proof that the butterfly effect is real!
 
I know that. My point is bringing up small victories with the expectations on this team is a terrible look. Don't even bring them up. Even if your point is to say "all we care about is wins". Just say that. Don't even talk about how friendly Tampa was to you guys in the handshake line. Nobody wants to hear it.

This is what Cooper said before the game. This is what actually being in the business of winning looks like:



He also made excuses for his team all series when they got outplayed...
 
Pretty sad for Tavares if he gets traded. Kind of hope he can make something happen for another Canadian team. Either him or Nylander is gone 100% but not sure it will be both.
Tavares won't be traded. No movement clause. No chance he waives it after purposely choosing Toronto.
 
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Well Matthews still has 2 years on his contract and maybe he will also re-sign with Leafs.
 
Honestly previously the Isles were out toughest series two seasons straight thought i always felt like we dictated play this year we won vs leafs but this was tougher series.
 
Could you imagine the whining from Canadian media if Tampa fans had booed Oh Canada?
Aren’t a lot of fans in the Florida rinks Canadians though? I thought I read here (in one thread) there’s something like 1 million Canadians who go to Florida during the year.
 
What do you mean by this? The United States is hated? Or just another example of classless Leaf fans?
Politically. But during something impartial like a sports game, he can't separate the two. While he uses his windows or Mac computer, Android phone or iphone, while listening to his American brand music, eating a hamburger from McDonald's.

It's amazing how you don't get it...lol
 
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Aren’t a lot of fans in the Florida rinks Canadians though? I thought I read here (in one thread) there’s something like 1 million Canadians who go to Florida during the year.
That's like saying aren't most of the fans at the leafs game just corporate ticketd and not real fans?

In Tampa?

Habs and Leaf fans do attend games, but are hardly in the majority.
Shhhh. Don't let their ignorance get in the way of facts. Tampa bad, supported by Canada! Leafs best team ever! Won every expected cup since 1927!
 
Could you imagine the whining from Canadian media if Tampa fans had booed Oh Canada?
Well in the 1992 World Series in Atlanta the Canadian flag was displayed upside down. When the series got back to TO the fans, and the media, showed nothing but class. There were people outside selling t-shirts with the US flag upside down or, rather, trying to sell them because literally no one bought one. There were lots of very funny signs inside tho (like "This way up, eh?") but literally nothing insulting. All this to say that not all Torontonians are as classless as leaf fans!
 
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I always wondered why when I watch Tampa games there's so much blue and white in the stands. Canadians wearing Leafs jerseys.
 

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