Tank Nation: Who's In?

[saffronleaf]

It's all but a foregone conclusion now that the Leafs will not make the playoffs.

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[Peasy]

Yeah tank with like 7 games left

 

[DaveT83*]

Better late than never.

Lose em all.

 

[headwire]

A little late for that.

Brian Burke set this team back by a decade. Get ready for another 5 years of mediocre finishes and mediocre picks.

 

[saffronleaf]

If we lose every game (which is very likely), and the other teams continue to perform reasonably well, we could position ourselves for a top 10 pick.

 

[Erdinger]

Way too late. Please don't finish 9th one point out of the playoffs though. Make it a little worse.

 

[Teeder9]

I don't believe in tanking, but, if we were to trade Phaneuf, Lupul, Clarkson, Franson, Reimer, Gleason, and fire Carlyle...wait, don't fire Carlyle, then I would be ok with that.

 

[Stephen]

This isn't a particularly great year to be tanking.

 

[FlareKnight]

Well it might be a bit late for that.

I could see Bernier against less amazing teams stealing a win or two over the next several games.

Just whatever...honestly aside from us rigging the lottery it almost doesn't matter.

 

[Swervin81]

Better late than never, I suppose.

 

[KingMatthews]

True fans through and through!

 

[theTTC]

Great thought but.. in the Friends Zone again... too good for a top 3 pick but too lousy to make the playoffs. Every frigging year.

 

[Erdinger]

This isn't a particularly great year to be tanking.

Good practice for next season though.

 

[Teeder9]

True fans through and through!

Your idea would be what? Another 8 years of this? I get it. Make a snarky comment and run, but what is it about this team you find acceptable?

 

[LeafalCrusader]

We won't be getting a high enough draft pick. Don't care.

 

[sync95]

Yes I'm more concerned about the future than this measly season...It's all but over anyways.

 

[Espher]

By "tank nation" do you mean "hope Randy Carlyle has an unfortunate accident on Canadian Forces Night if he's not fired before then"... "nation"?

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

Look at the bright side, we don't have the worst farm system in the league

 

[Blufreezy]

I think the OP just found out what tanking is or how it works after making this thread.

 

[BiggestLeafsFanEVER*]

I will never cheer for them to lose, sorry

 

[Peasy]

At least we have Clarkson for 6 more years.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

Tank next year for McDavid the Prophet.

 

[saffronleaf]

I will never cheer for them to lose, sorry

I can't either. But the point is that this season is over. I'd rather not be 9th place, 1 point out of the wildcard.

 

[Chieftans22*]

It is completely reasonable to think if Toronto lost their remaining games (which isn't out of sight really, considering how they've done recently) they would be in position for a pick in early teens, possible a single digit if all goes to plan. Not sure how anyone can be against that.

 

[Pi]

I will never cheer for them to lose, sorry

Sorry but you really don't have to hope that they lose, they are doing a fine job of it themselves.